Captain Commando [B-Board 91634B-2]

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Type of the game: [Coin-Op] Arcade Video Game
Captain Commando © 1991 Capcom Co., Ltd.

In this beat'em up, Captain Commando and his three faithful companions travel through various locales on their way to confront the evil Scumocide!

Runs on the "CP System" hardware.
B-Board #: 91634B-2

Players: Up to 4 simultaneously
Control per player: 8-way joystick
Buttons per player: 2
=> [1] Attack, [2] Jump

Captain Commando was released in November 1991 in the Japanese arcades. It was known there as the 17th video game made for the CP-S system.

CAPtain COMmando = CAPCOM

The stages of the game takes place in "Final Fight"'s Metro City, but in the year 2026.

Captain Commando is Capcom's own homage to classic American sci-fi shows and magazines and the work of artists like Frank R. Paul. It was not the only game, though; "Battle Circuit" is even a better example of Capcom's enthusiasm for this stuff.

Each of the player's button on the dedicated 4-player cabinet uses a unique two-in-one play action button design : two large half circle buttons (red & blue) placed straight side by straight side to form one big circle, thus making two buttons look like one big button cut in half vertically.

Mack the Knife's name is based on a song made popular in the mid 1950's by Louis Armstrong, and later by Bobby Darin.

Ginzu the ninja's name comes from the ginzu kitchen knives which were introduced in the 1970's which were made famous by its TV advertising campaign.

Sho (Ginzu the ninja's Japanese name) is probably based on Sho Kosugi who is a Japanese actor who is known for his portrayals of ninjas in various movies in the 1980's.

Pony Canyon / Scitron released a limited-edition soundtrack album for this game (Captain Commando : G.S.M. Capcom 5 - PCCB-00083) on March 21, 1992.

Planners : Akira Yasuda (Akiman), Junichi Ohno (Ohno)
Character Designers : Kurisan, Ouji, Eripyon. N, Mattian, Q, Mayo, Ykaru M.
Scroll Designers : Koi, Konomi (Powerful Konomi), Sui, Buppo, Go
Programmers : Y. Egawa, Yokoyama, T. Ueno, Yoshizumi
Sound : Masaki Izutani (T. Yomage)
Sound-Sub : Syun Nishigaki (Syun)
Special Thanks : James Goddard (DJames), Scott, Tetsu, Akira Nishitani (Nin)

Here is a list of ports released in Japan only. To see non-Japanese ports, please see the Export version entry; "Captain Commando [B-Board 91635B-2]".

Consoles:

Nintendo Super Famicom (March 17, 1995) "Captain Commando [Model SHVC-QM]"
Sega Mega Drive [Unreleased Prototype]
Sega Mega-CD [Unreleased Prototype]
Sony PlayStation (September 17, 1998) [Model SLPS-01567]

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