Bionic Commando

Time to beat

Main story

26 h8 reports

Main + extras

39.5 h6 reports

Completionist

66.3 h4 reports

Median of the hours reported by players who completed the game.

Synopsis

Bionic Commando, originally released as Hitler's Resurrection: Top Secret in Japan, is a 1988 platform game developed and published by Capcom for the Nintendo Entertainment System. It is based on the 1987 arcade game Bionic Commando. As Ladd, a member of the FF Battalion, the player explores each stage and obtains the necessary equipment to progress. Ladd is equipped with a mechanical arm featuring a grappling gun, allowing him to pull himself forward or swing from the ceiling. As such, the series is one of few instances of a platformer in which the player cannot jump. To cross gaps or climb ledges, Ladd must use his bionic arm. In the instruction manual, the character is only known as "Player". In the ending, his name is revealed as "Ladd". The Game Boy version, a retelling of this game, calls the character "Rad". In the Game Boy Color remake, the main character is unnamed. His full name of Nathan "Rad" Spencer was revealed in 2009's Bionic Commando for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.

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Details

Type

Game

Release date

July 20, 1988

Genres

Metroidvania

Platforms

Nintendo Entertainment System

Created by

Minakuchi Engineering Co., Ltd.

Countries

Japan