Editing Commando (video game) (section)

== Ports ==
A home version of ''Commando'' developed by Capcom was released for the [[Nintendo Entertainment System]]. [[Activision]] released a port of the game for the [[Atari 2600]] and INTV released a port for the [[Intellivision]]. An [[Atari 7800]] version by [[Sculptured Software]] was published in 1989.

[[Elite Systems|Elite]] released versions for many home computers. They released the [[Commodore 64]], [[ZX Spectrum]], [[BBC Micro]], and [[Amstrad CPC]] versions in November 1985.<ref name="CVG-50">{{cite magazine |title=The Smash Hit No. 1 Arcade Game! Commando |magazine=[[Computer and Video Games]] |date=16 November 1985 |issue=50 (December 1985) |pages=2–3 |url=https://archive.org/details/computer-video-games-magazine-050/page/n1/mode/2up}}</ref> The BBC Micro and [[Acorn Electron]] versions were developed under contract by Catalyst Coders, while Elite developed the [[Amiga]], [[Atari ST]], Acorn Electron, ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC and Commodore 64 versions.

The Commodore 64 port's theme, a more complex and extended version of the arcade music, was created in less than 12 hours by [[Rob Hubbard]], "&#91;I&#93; started working on it late at night, and worked on it through the night. I took one listen to the original arcade version and started working on the C64 version. &#91;...&#93; By the time everyone arrived at 8:00 in the morning, I had loaded the main tune on every C64 in the building! I got my cheque and was on a train home by 10:00".

The arcade version was re-released on the [[Virtual Console]] as ''Wolf of the Battlefield: Commando'' in Japan on October 5, 2010, in North America on December 6, 2010, and in the PAL region on December 17, 2010.

===Unreleased versions===
A version for [[Atari 8-bit computers]] was created by [[Sculptured Software]] in 1989, intended to be released by [[Atari Corporation]] for the [[Atari XEGS|XEGS]]. However, although the game appeared in Atari catalogs of the time,<ref>{{cite book |title=The Atari Advantage |url=http://www.atarimania.com/catalog-atari-atari-usa-_122_8.html |year=1989 |publisher=[[Atari Corporation]] |access-date=2011-02-08}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Atari Video Game Catalog |url=http://www.atarimania.com/catalog-atari-atari-usa-c034003-rev-a_123_8.html |year=1987 |publisher=[[Atari Corporation]] |access-date=2011-02-08}}</ref> it never reached the market in spite of being completed. In the 2000s the game's prototype cartridge was found.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.atariprotos.com/8bit/software/commando/commando.htm|title=Commando page on AtariProtos.com|access-date=2008-01-07}}</ref>