


Additionally the instruction manual for Section Z identified the otherwise nameless player character as being Captain Commando himself.Ī revised version of the Captain Commando character appeared again in Capcom's NES lineup in 1989 ( Strider, Mega Man 2, Willow, and Duck Tales). Each game's instruction manual also featured a "Special Message" from the Captain addressed to the owner of the game, congratulating the player for purchasing one of Capcom's products. All of Capcom's games released for the NES between 19 ( 1942, Commando, Ghosts 'n Goblins, Mega Man, Trojan, Section Z and Gun Smoke) were released as part of the "Captain Commando Challenge Series" and featured a drawing of the Captain on the back of the packaging, which depicted him as a "futuristic" space hero wielding a raygun on each hand and two large medallions around his neck with the letter "C" engraved on each.

The rendition on the left was featured in games released between 19, while the rendition on the right are from games released in 1989.Īn early version of the Captain Commando character appeared in the packaging and manuals of many of Capcom's earlier console titles released for the Nintendo Entertainment System in North America from 1986 to 1989. Earlier depictions of Captain Commando from the rear packaging of Capcom's NES games.
