Editing Commando (video game) (section)

==Reception==
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===Arcade===
In Japan, ''[[:ja:ゲームマシン|Game Machine]]'' listed ''Senjō no Ōkami'' on their June 1, 1985 issue as being the most-popular arcade game for the previous two weeks.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Game Machine's Best Hit Games 25 - テーブル型TVゲーム機 (Table Videos)|magazine=[[:ja:ゲームマシン|Game Machine]]|issue=261|publisher=[[:ja:アミューズメント通信社|Amusement Press, Inc.]]|date=1 June 1985|page=23|url=https://onitama.tv/gamemachine/pdf/19850601p.pdf#page=12|lang=ja}}</ref> In the United States, it had topped the American ''RePlay'' chart for upright [[arcade cabinet]]s by November 1985.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=RePlay: The Players' Choice |magazine=RePlay |date=November 1985 |volume=11 |issue=2 |page=6 |url=https://archive.org/details/re-play-volume-11-issue-no.-2-november-1985-600DPI/RePlay%20-%20Volume%2011%2C%20Issue%20No.%202%20-%20November%201985%20%28Compressed%29/page/6}}</ref> In the United Kingdom, it became one of the top-grossing arcade games in [[London West End]] test locations, leading to orders for thousands of units in the UK alone,<ref name="CG4"/> where it became a major hit.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Commando |magazine=[[Crash (magazine)|Crash]] |date=12 December 1985 |issue=24 (Christmas Special 1985/1986) |url=https://www.crashonline.org.uk/24/commando.htm}}</ref> ''Commando'' similarly became a major hit across Europe.<ref name="Computer-Gamer">{{cite magazine |title=Who Dares Wins |magazine=[[Computer Gamer]] |date=October 1985 |issue=7 |url=https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gamer_Issue_07_1985-10_Argus_Press_GB/page/n60/mode/1up}}</ref> It had become the world's top arcade game at the time.<ref name="CVG-50"/><ref>{{cite magazine |title=The Smash Hit No. 1 Arcade Game! Commando |magazine=[[Computer and Video Games]] |date=16 December 1985 |issue=51 (January 1986) |pages=2–3 |url=https://archive.org/details/computer-video-games-magazine-051/page/n1/mode/2up}}</ref> ''Commando'' sold more than 15,000 arcade [[Printed circuit board|PCB]] units by June 1985.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Meades |first1=Alan |title=Arcade Britannia: A Social History of the British Amusement Arcade |date=25 October 2022 |publisher=[[MIT Press]] |isbn=978-0-262-37235-0 |page=184 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LudaEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA184 |access-date=5 August 2023 |quote=Capcom's games were excellent, and its ''Commando'' was immensely popular, selling more than 15,000 PCBs by early June 1985.}}</ref>

''Commando'' ended the year as the highest-grossing [[1985 in video games|arcade game of 1985]] in the United Kingdom, while also outperforming ''[[Track & Field (video game)|Track & Field]]'', the UK's highest-grossing [[1984 in video games|arcade game of 1984]].<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Commando: Soldier of Fortune |magazine=[[Your Sinclair]] |date=January 1986 |issue=1 |page=54 |url=https://archive.org/details/your-sinclair-01/page/n53}}</ref> In the United States, it was one of the top three highest-grossing arcade video games of 1985, along with fellow Data East releases ''[[Karate Champ]]'' and ''[[Kung-Fu Master (video game)|Kung-Fu Master]]''.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=1985 Operator Survey: This Poll Says Go Gettum! |magazine=RePlay |date=November 1985 |volume=11 |issue=2 |pages=91-102 (93-4) |url=https://archive.org/details/re-play-volume-11-issue-no.-2-november-1985-600DPI/RePlay%20-%20Volume%2011%2C%20Issue%20No.%202%20-%20November%201985/page/93}}</ref>

Mike Roberts of ''[[Computer Gamer]]'' called it "a very exciting game" and said "the quality of animation and graphics is superb."<ref name="CG4">{{cite magazine |last1=Roberts |first1=Mike |title=Coin-Op Connection |magazine=[[Computer Gamer]] |date=July 1985 |issue=4 |pages=18–9 |url=https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gamer_Issue_04_1985-07_Argus_Press_GB/page/n17/mode/2up}}</ref> ''[[Computer and Video Games]]'' praised the fast-paced gameplay, smooth movement, rousing music jingle, and cartoon-style graphics, while criticizing the lack of color in the graphics.<ref name="CVG">{{cite magazine |title=Arcade Action: Commando |magazine=[[Computer and Video Games]] |date=16 July 1985 |issue=46 (August 1985) |page=108 |url=https://archive.org/details/cvg-magazine-046/page/n107}}</ref> ''[[Cash Box]]'' magazine said it "is fierce and strategic, the graphics realistic and the fire power explosive" which makes it "an exciting and challenging play experience."<ref name="CB50">{{cite magazine |title=War-time Action |magazine=[[Cash Box]] |date=November 2, 1985 |page=50 |url=https://retrocdn.net/images/f/f2/CashBox_US_1985-11-02.pdf#page=50}}</ref>

===Ports===
The [[home computer]] ports of ''Commando'' topped the UK software sales charts in December 1985,<ref>{{cite magazine |title=The Software Chart |magazine=[[Computer and Video Games]] |date=16 January 1986 |issue=52 (February 1986) |page=64 |url=https://archive.org/details/computer-video-games-magazine-052/page/n63/mode/1up}}</ref> becoming the seventh best-selling [[1985 in video games|game of 1985]] in the UK.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=News Desk: Exploding Fist tops Gallup 1985 charts |magazine=[[Popular Computing Weekly]] |date=20 March 1986 |page=4 |url=https://archive.org/details/popular-computing-weekly-1986-03-20/page/n3}}</ref> It topped the charts again in January 1986,<ref>{{cite magazine |title=The charts |magazine=[[Your Computer (British magazine)|Your Computer]] |volume=6 |issue=3 |date=March 1986 |page=17 |url=https://archive.org/details/your-computer-magazine-1986-03/page/n16/mode/1up}}</ref> and went on to become one of the top three best-selling [[1986 in video games|games of 1986]] in the UK.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Yie Ar tops charts for 1986 |magazine=[[Popular Computing Weekly]] |date=12 February 1987 |page=6 |url=https://archive.org/details/popular-computing-weekly-1987-02-12/page/n5}}</ref> In the United States, the home computer versions received two Gold Awards from the [[Software Publishers Association]] in 1987 for more than 200,000 units sold in the region.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Petska-Juliussen |first1=Karen |last2=Juliussen |first2=Egil |title=The Computer Industry Almanac 1990 |date=1990 |publisher=Brady |isbn=978-0-13-154122-1 |location=New York |pages=3.10–11 |url=https://archive.org/details/computerindustry00kare/page/n265/mode/2up}}</ref>

The NES version released in 1986 sold {{nowrap|1.14 million}} copies worldwide.<ref name="capcomplatinum">{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080116224723/http://ir.capcom.co.jp/english/data/million.html|archive-date=2008-01-16|url=http://ir.capcom.co.jp/english/data/million.html|title=Platinum Titles|publisher=[[Capcom]]|access-date=2008-11-10|date=2008-09-30}}</ref>

''[[New Straits Times]]'' reviewed the BBC Micro, Amstroid CPC, Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum versions in January 1986, calling it a "must-have" war simulation "to end all war simulation games" with "fast and furious" action "bordering on the impossible."<ref name="NST"/> ''[[Computer Gaming World]]'' said in 1988 that "few cartridges can equal [''Commando'']'s non-stop action" on the NES.<ref name="cgw198809">{{cite magazine | title=Video Gaming World | magazine=[[Computer Gaming World]] | issue=51 | date=September 1988 | url=http://www.cgwmuseum.org/galleries/issues/cgw_51.pdf#page=52 | access-date=2016-04-17 | last1=Worley | first1=Joyce | last2=Katz | first2=Arnie | last3=Kunkel | first3=Bill | pages=52}}</ref> ''[[TouchArcade]]'' reviewed the [[iOS]] version in 2017 and gave it a score of 2.5 out of 5 stars.<ref name="TA">{{cite web |url=https://toucharcade.com/2017/03/24/wolf-of-the-battlefield-commando-mobile-review/ |title='Wolf of the Battlefield: Commando Mobile' Review – Don't Disturb My Friend, He's Dead Tired |last=Musgrave |first=Shaun |date=2017-03-24 |website=[[TouchArcade]] |access-date=2018-09-25}}</ref>

''[[NintendoLife]]'' wrote, "Commando might be one of the few examples of the stripped-down ports actually being stronger than the original game. These later ports added powerups, better music and depth to the gameplay that are all sadly lacking in the arcade original."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Reed |first=Philip J |date=2010-12-10 |title=Review: Wolf of the Battlefield: Commando (Virtual Console / Virtual Console Arcade) |url=https://www.nintendolife.com/reviews/2010/12/wolf_of_the_battlefield_commando_virtual_console |access-date=2022-05-17 |website=Nintendo Life |language=en-GB}}</ref>

===Accolades===
''Computer Gamer'' magazine's Game of the Year Awards gave the original arcade version of ''Commando'' the award for best coin-op [[List of Game of the Year awards|game of the year]], beating ''[[Paperboy (video game)|Paperboy]]'' and ''[[Marble Madness]]''.<ref name="CG11">{{cite magazine |title=Game of the Year Awards: Best Coin-Op Machine |magazine=[[Computer Gamer]] |date=February 1986 |issue=11 |page=15 |url=https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gamer_Issue_11_1986-02_Argus_Press_GB/page/n13}}</ref> After being ported to home computers, ''Commando'' was voted best arcade-style game of the year at the 1986 [[Golden Joystick Awards]],<ref name="Golden">{{cite journal|title=Golden Joystick Awards|journal=[[Computer and Video Games]]|date=May 1986|issue=55|page=90|publisher=[[EMAP]]|url=https://archive.org/stream/Computer_Video_Games_Issue_055_1986-05_EMAP_Publishing_GB/Computer__Video_Games_Issue_055_1986-05_EMAP_Publishing_GB#page/n89/mode/2up}}</ref> and won the award for best [[shoot 'em up]] game of the year according to readers of ''[[Crash (magazine)|Crash]]'' magazine.<ref name="crashonline">{{cite web|url=http://www.crashonline.org.uk/27/awards.htm|title=CRASH 27 - Readers' Awards|publisher=crashonline.org.uk|access-date=2015-09-03}}</ref> In 1996, [[GamesMaster (magazine)|GamesMaster]] rated the game 57th on their "Top 100 Games of All Time."<ref>{{Cite journal |date=July 1996 |title=Top 100 Games of All Time |url=https://retrocdn.net/images/c/cf/GamesMaster_UK_044.pdf |journal=GamesMaster |issue=44 |pages=76}}</ref>