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Captain Commando (1991)

Capcom

Arcade · PlayStation · Super Famicom · Super Nintendo Entertainment System

3.37 from 161 ratings

318 members have it in their collection · 4 playing now · 57 backlogged · 23 wish listed

How long? Main story 2h · 100% 1h (from 7 logged playthroughs)

Captain Commando is a futuristic side-scrolling beat 'em up video game. The game stars the titular superhero who was originally conceived as a fictional spokesman used by Capcom USA in the company's console games during the late 1980s. Among its unique features are the option for 4 simultaneous co-op play and the ability to control mecha suits scattered on the stages.
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Details

Developers
Capcom
Publishers
Capcom, NEW Corporation
Genres
Arcade, Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Platform
Themes
Action, Science fiction

Release dates

  • Sep 28, 1991 (Full Release) (North_America) Arcade
  • Nov 1991 (Full Release) (Japan) Arcade
  • Mar 17, 1995 (Full Release) (Japan) Super Famicom
  • Aug 1995 (Full Release) (North_America) Super Nintendo Entertainment System
  • 1995 (Full Release) (Europe) Super Nintendo Entertainment System
  • Sep 17, 1998 (Full Release) (Japan) PlayStation

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Rating distribution

5 stars
14
4 stars
51
3 stars
79
2 stars
14
1 star
3
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Community All Reviews Statuses

TheBeautifulEric

Status TheBeautifulEric Jul 21, 2025 Completed

Another game from the Capcom beat 'em up bundle completed.

It was pretty cool finally playing CAPtain COMmando. I enjoyed it more than I expected to. 4 player, nice art and animation, more attacks, dashing, and added weapons and mounts. I think I'd rather go back to this than Final Fight if I want to go back to an older …

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Another game from the Capcom beat 'em up bundle completed.

It was pretty cool finally playing CAPtain COMmando. I enjoyed it more than I expected to. 4 player, nice art and animation, more attacks, dashing, and added weapons and mounts. I think I'd rather go back to this than Final Fight if I want to go back to an older beat 'em up.

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Chovus

Status Chovus Sep 8, 2019

Beat on normal as the captain himself and found it reasonably challenging. I liked how most enemies have unique special attacks to be wary of. Reasonably good game but is too similar to other beat em ups. Could have used more story and the baby character is ridiculous.

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