Captain Commando

"Who doesn't want to be a defender of earth AND get to kick the crap out of a drug lord?"

Captain Commando..... almost everyone has heard of him. He was in Marvel VS Capcom 1 and 2. Few know that he was just an image used to ''mascot'' for Capcom in the late 80s. In fact, the shooters known as 1942 and 1943 for the NES are called ''The Captain Commando Series: 1942(3)''. Well finally they gave the man his own game and they did a killer job on it too.

STORY: 8/10

You'd expect someone has been kidnapped, right? Nope. Is a bad overlord trying to take over the world? Nope. The most powerful drug simply must be stomped so the youth of the world will be safe. Now thats cool. Somewhat original and drugs suck anyways so it all works out. It's up to you as Captain Commando or one of his friends, a mummy named Mack The Knife, Babyhead who is walking rocket launcher bot built and controlled by a genius infant or Ginzu, a ninja who reminds me of Gaiden. There is no stat differences, so your pick is just a personal choice.

CONTROL: 10/10

Very responsive. Cap and friends for where you tell them with the D pad. The attacks come out at soon as you hit the button, jumps are easy to control and simple to pull the few combo's off that are in the game.

GRAPHICS: 8/10

I dont think they were up to the SNES standards at the time but they dont bother me. You can see small details such as Caps shades and Mack's eyes peering through his bandages. Enemies make ''OH GOD MY SPLEEN!!'' face when you smack them around. They're about average, you dont get bored with them but nothings gonna make your jaw drop.

SOUND: 8/10

Average here too. You get the fist-hitting-face sound when you get your enemy or get hit. Both you and the enemies scream when you die. Ginzu's sword and Mack's knives make the air cutting sound when you miss an enemy. Rockets go boom and Caps special attack makes the electricity (Zzzttt!!!) sound. The music is kinda blah but you be hearing much of it due the hordes of enemy screams and attacks going on in the 95% of the game.

GAMEPLAY: 10/10

With the easy controls, near future setting and the odd but original levels, this is very easy to understand and easily played. Just punch, kick, blow up, throw, slam cut and stab every enemy that decides to wander on screen.

OVERALL: 10/10

You'd think its a another Final Fight clone and well... it is but man its fun. Just knowing that the enemy is some drug junkie or pusher and your a super hero with killer moves to smash his face in makes it fun. For once you feel as you are the favored winner in these kind of games and the bad guys are the under dogs. You should have a blast with this one. If you have an SNES, you should pick this up. I'd pay up to $20 for it and so should you.

Reviewer's Score: 10/10, Originally Posted: 03/01/02, Updated 08/10/02