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Bionic Commando Bionic Commando - Japanese Logo - Katakana / Kanji

Bionic Commando - Cabinet - Video Game Marquee

Description

Use your bionic arm to climb through levels and shoot enemies. Collect parachuting weapons and bonus point items that fall from the sky.

Bionic Commando was produced by Capcom in 1987.

Capcom released 229 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1984. Capcom was based in Japan.

Other machines made by Capcom during the time period Bionic Commando was produced include: Legendary Wings, Side Arms - Hyper Dyne, Ares No Tsubasa - The Legendary Soldiers, Speed Rumbler, The, Rush & Crash, Avengers, 1943 Kai - Midway Kaisen, 1943: The Battle Of Midway, Black Tiger, and Black Dragon

Specs

Name Bionic Commando
Developer Capcom (Japan)
Year 1987
Type Videogame
KLOV/MOG # 7123
Class Wide Release
Genre Scrolling Fighter
Monitor
Conversion Class JAMMA
Dipswitch Settings

Bionic Commando Dipswitch Settings (user contributed)

# Simultaneous Players 1
# Maximum Players 2
Game Play Alternating
Control Panel Layout Single Player
Controls
  • Joystick: 8-way
  • Buttons: 2 - FireGrapling Hook
Sound Amplified Mono (one channel)
Cabinet Styles
  • Upright/Standard
Control Panel Bionic Commando Control Panel Image
Side Art Bionic Commando Side Art Image
PCB Bionic Commando PCB Image

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Images

Trivia

The main character is Super Joe from The Speed Rumbler. This game was also released under the name Top Secret.

VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Bionic Commando Census

There are 15,179 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,629 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 166,375 machines (6,974 unique titles).

Common - There are 46 known instances of this machine owned by Bionic Commando collectors who are active members. Of these, 13 of them are original dedicated machines. One is a conversion in which game circuit boards (and possibly cabinet graphics) have been placed in (and on) another game cabinet. 32 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.

For Sale - There are 2 active VAPS members with a Bionic Commando machines for sale. There are 2 active VAPS members with a Bionic Commando circuit boards for sale.

Wanted - There is one active VAPS member currently looking for Bionic Commando.

This game ranks a 17 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records.

This game ranks a 2 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census want list records.

Rarity and Popularity independently are not necessarily indications of value. [More Information]

Flyers

Technical

There are a few songs in the test mode that are not used in the actual game.

Manuals

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Bionic Commando Arcade Marquee 26" x 8"

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