Captain Commando

Very clever of Capcom to sneak a hidden message within its game titles, take the first three letters from each word and what does that leave? That’s right! Tain Mando, the widely known bare knuckle boxer known to his fans as “The Bhutan brawler” despite being born and raised in Staffordshire…the spiritual home of fictional wrestlers. Captain Commando was Capcom’s attempt to create a popular mascot. Like Sega’s Alex Kidd this didn’t really provide a lasting memory, the lesson learned here is you can shoehorn your company’s unwanted characters in as many tennis and kart racing games as you like, people will still meet them with contempt. This is one of Capcom’s earlier attempts and it shows from the quite unashamed recycling of goons. Expect to be punching green man with pillow on head from now until the end of the game! To its credit, the offering of playable characters is somewhat more inspired than most. If the bionic captain doesn’t tickle your groin (which I’ve warned him about), then why not pick from the ninja, the mummy commando…or perhaps the mecha pilot named “Baby Head”. Perhaps owing to the fact that he is indeed a baby and I hasten to add, one with a head. Its a relatively forgettable knuckle based romp that will unlikely please fans into the long hours, not like that whore of the night that is Tetris!