Commando (NES)

Commando is a slow-paced, vertically scrolling shooter by Capcom for the NES. It has some disabled features in it!

Timer Adjust
To enable, use the Game Genie code (Japanese version: ).

At the title screen, press A, Left, Left, Left, Up, B, Up, A, Right, Right, Right on the second controller. Then you can hit A + B on the second controller to speed up the game.

Invulnerability
To enable, use the Game Genie code (Japanese version: ).


 * 1) Get a game over and perform the following code at the title screen.
 * 2) On controller 2, press Down, A, A, Right, B, B, Up, Up, A, Left, Left, B, Down.
 * 3) Select 1P or 2P Continue.
 * 4) On controller 1, hold A + B and press Start.

Even though you're invulnerable to enemies and their attacks, you can still die from falling into a pit, water, or not escaping a gas room in time. If you get a game over this way, you can just do steps 3 and 4 to re-enable the cheat ― no need to reenter the controller 2 code.

Unknown
Additionally, in the Japanese version of the ROM, there's several more disabled cheat codes. Quoting CaH4e3's page: "B, Down, Up, A, Left, Left, Right on title screen is checked and triggered but there is no code that uses it's cheat flag in whole ROM. Another cheat Left, B, B, Right, A, Up disabled by setting some wrong data in code sequence, so it cannot be verified correctly, but there is no any code that uses according cheat flag too. [...] Other cheat sequence present in ROM but not checked by any part of code is Left, Left, Up, B, Up, A, Right, Right, Right."

' enables some bad cheat. Use this code, then after gameover after returning to title screen press on second controller Left, B, B, Right, select 1P or 2P continue mode at tile menu then hold A on first controller and press Start. Game will hang up.

Message 1
This message is found only in the US version at. It talks about not being able to meet Mamiko Takai, a then-popular singer, at a handshake party ― a party where you shake hands with the celebrity.

NO.16 TAKAI MAMIKO KAISYA NO HIKKOSHI DE 86/7/6 AKUSYUKAI NI IKENAKKATTA NOGA KUYASII MAMIKO FAN YORI

Message 2
This message is found only in the US version at. It mentions beating the game with 3 lives and 24 grenades remaining, which will display a secret message after the ending (pictured right). (Note: Line breaks have been added for readability.)

THIS GAME OF KEYWORD IS 3/24... ITS MY BIRTHDAY. IF 4-4 ROUND PLAY 3=PLAYER 24=HAND BOMB  THEN YOU WILL BE CLEAR THIS GAME. MY NEXT MAKE GAME IS -CAPTAIN HIGEMARU- PLEASE PLAY IT. YOU KNOW ??

Credits
These credits are found at in both the US and JP versions.

SOFT:M.K SCROOL:KURA PLANNER:KURO SOUND:SAKA MUSIC:TAMA

M.K is Masamitsu Kobayashi, KURO is Tokuro Fujiwara, SAKA is Yoshihiro Sakaguchi, and TAMA is Tamayo Kawamoto. More credits can be found in other Capcom games by the same programmer: Makai Island.

Version Dates
These dates are found at in both the US and JP versions. They are different for both.