I feel like I'm taking crazy pills, because no one else seems to admit that the original arcade version of Commando had more than 8 directional shooting.

Like, look at this longplay:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glAOASJEmQE

To me, it seems obvious that a lot of bullets are NOT just going in the standard 8 directions. It's possible to hit enemies that are "in between" vertical/horizontal and the standard diagonal slope.

Am I the only one who realizes this?.

#Capcom #Retrogaming

Commando - Arcade 1985 - Gameplay

And here we are, with Capcom's first major arcade hit of 1985, which defined the Run 'n Gun genre. Vertical scrolling, tons of enemies to fight, rapid-fire s...

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