Commando 1985

Is it still worth playing?

Capcom's 1985 run and gun arcade game, known in Japan as Senjō no Ōkami and designed by Tokuro Fujiwara. You play Super Joe, dropped by helicopter into a jungle, who has to fight his way out single handedly against a massive assault of enemy soldiers. He has an assault rifle with unlimited ammunition, which fires in any of eight directions, and a limited supply of grenades, which can only be thrown straight up the screen whatever direction he faces. Grenades clear obstacles, and well placed explosions can kill several enemies at once. At the end of each level the screen stops and you fight soldiers streaming from a gate or fortress, ordered out by a cowardly officer who runs away, though shooting him in the back awards bonus points. You still have to think about where to stand, with a grenade that goes only one way.