Commando

STORY / GAMEPLAY
You are Super Joe, a Special Forces member, dropped (from a helicopter) into a jungle aiming to rapidly eliminate a massive army of enemy soldiers. You are called to shoot your way through large numbers of military hordes and save the prisoners of war. Your mission is quite tough and the only you can trust is your machine gun and your (limited) hand grenades. The enemy soldiers are either wandering around shooting and throwing grenades at you or they hide in various spots, drive army vehicles towards you etc. So shoot, shoot and...shoot again and do not forget, by any means, to rescue the captured soldiers from the enemy!

GRAPHICS / SOUND
The BBC Micro port features good graphics, though the sprite animation is a bit sluggish and makes gameplay frustrating. Additionally, the graphics are a bit "overwhelmed" (especially the terrains) with details that make almost impossible to avoid enemy fire. Note that the game here runs in flick-screen mode. Other than that, the game looks good and the visuals still offer some of the original details (missing on the CPC and ZX ports). I do prefer playing it on other 8bit versions though as the graphics are more distinct and you can avoid enemy fire plus that the sprites move faster and way smoother! This version's sound doesn't have a main-menu or an in-game music, but instead it's limited to a few noisy SFX.