Bionic Commando | Video Review

Developer: Capcom

Publisher: Capcom

Reviewed on: NES

Available on: NES

Released: December 1988

Bionic Commando is an action platformer which stars Ladd Spencer as a soldier with a bionic arm who can't jump. His mission is to rescue Super Joe and defeat the evil Master-D before he activates a secret weapon known as Project Albatross.

Despite first being introduced to the Bionic Commando series with the 2008 remake; Bionic Commando Rearmed, I decided it would be a good idea to go back to the series roots and play the game that started it all. This review took quite a long time to create so I hope you enjoy it, let me know in the comments what you think!

18 Sub-Genres of Shooter Games | List

The shooter genre has been around almost since the birth of video games as a medium. The earliest examples were very basic but obviously appealed to a huge audience as they became one of the most prominent game genres and it remains as such today. Because the shooter genre has existed for such a long time, developers have changed the standard formula in many different ways, thus creating many, many different sub-genres of shooter games.

The shooter genre covers an extremely diverse range of games but to sum it up simply, a shooter is an action orientated game featuring guns or long ranged weapons which tests your accuracy and reactions. The objective of a shooter changes depending on the exact sub-genre but most consist of the player character needing to reach the end of a stage while defeating enemies before they defeat you.