Legacy
Commando was followed by a sequel titled Mercs in 1989, which was known as Senjō no Ōkami II in Japan. A second sequel, Wolf of the Battlefield: Commando 3 was released as a downloadable title for the Xbox Live Arcade and the PlayStation Network in 2008.
The arcade version of Bionic Commando was marketed as a sequel to Commando and the main character, a nameless soldier in the game, is identified as "Super Joe" in an American brochure for the game. Super Joe would appear as an actual supporting character in the later versions of Bionic Commando for the Nintendo Entertainment System and Game Boy, as well as in Bionic Commando: Elite Forces. In the 2009 version of Bionic Commando for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, the character of Super Joe is identified as Joseph Gibson, one of the three player characters in Mercs.
The game Duet by Elite Systems Ltd was also called first "Commando '86" then "Commando '87".
The game won the award for best shooting game of the year according to the readers of Crash magazine. It was also voted best arcade-style game of the year at the Golden Joystick Awards.
| Preceded by "Monty on the Run" |
UK number-one Spectrum game March 1986 |
Succeeded by "Winter Games" |
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