Commando C64

V2 UPDATE: No longer requires bluetooth controller or keyboard to play. For a better gameplay experience a bluetooth controller is highly recommended.

Commando is a classic vertical scrolling shoot 'em up for the Commodore 64 home computer. A BLUETOOTH CONTROLLER OR KEYBOARD IS REQUIRED TO PLAY THE GAME. PLEASE NOTE: The game runs in an emulator and REQUIRES some configuration of the emulator (See website). The emulator is a faithful recreation of the Commodore 64 home computer.

The player takes control of a soldier named Super Joe, who starts by being dropped off in a jungle by a helicopter, and has to fight his way out singlehandedly, fending off a massive assault of enemy soldiers.

Super Joe is armed with an assault rifle (which has unlimited ammunition) as well as a limited supply of hand grenades. (Unfortunately, grenades are NOT implemented in this version of the game). While Joe can fire his gun in any of the eight directions that he faces, his grenades can only be thrown vertically towards the top of the screen, irrespective of the direction Joe is facing. Unlike his assault rifle bullets, grenades can be thrown to clear obstacles, and explosions from well-placed grenades can kill several enemies at once.

At the end of each level, the screen stops, and the player must fight several soldiers streaming from a gate or fortress. They are ordered out by a cowardly officer, who immediately runs away, although shooting him in the back awards the player bonus points. Along the way, one can attempt to free prisoners of war as they are transported across the screen by the enemy.

Setup:

https://www.thawsoe7.co.uk/phoenix-retro-games

https://www.c64-wiki.com/wiki/Commando