Cobra Command (1988 video game)

Cobra Command (コブラコマンド) is a 1988 arcade scrolling shooter video game developed and published by Data East. That same year, it was later ported to the Nintendo Entertainment System.

For the 1984 interactive movie game also produced by Data East, see Cobra Command (1984 video game).
Cobra Command
Japanese arcade flyer
Developer(s)Data East
Publisher(s)Data East
Director(s)T. Seki
Producer(s)Kohji Sasamoto
Designer(s)Akira Otani
Kazuhiro Takayama (hardware)
Programmer(s)Kohji Sasamoto
Artist(s)Akira Otani
M. Narita
T. Konishi
Satoshi Furukawa
Composer(s)Shogo Sakai, Masaaki Iwasaki, Takafumi Miura (NES)
Azusa Hara
Platform(s)Arcade, NES
ReleaseSeptember 1988: Arcade[1]
November 1988: NES
Genre(s)Scrolling shooter
Mode(s)Single-player, Multiplayer

Gameplay

Cobra Command is a horizontally scrolling shooter in which the player takes control of a heavily armored helicopter through six stages to destroy enemy tanks, cannons, submarines, and gunboats.[2] There are missions to Sumatra, Java, Borneo, South China Sea, Siam, and the enemy's headquarters.[3]

Ports
North American NES box cover

The NES port of Cobra Command was released the same year as the arcade game. Unlike the arcade game, the NES version does not scroll automatically, and its gameplay is similar to Choplifter as the main goal of each level is to rescue all of the hostages. Also, throughout the game, the player's helicopter can be upgraded by landing in certain areas.

A port of Cobra Command was announced to be released on the Retro-Bit Super Retro-Cade.[4]

Reception

In Japan, Game Machine listed the game on their October 15, 1988 issue as being the sixth most-successful table arcade unit of the month.[5]

References
  1. "ライセンス一覧表". www.dataeast-corp.co.jp. Archived from the original on 23 April 2001. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  2. Robbins, Judd; Robbins, Joshua (1989). Mastering Nintendo video games. Hayden Books. p. 152. ISBN 978-0-672-48464-3.
  3. "Cobra Command". Mobygames. 1988. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
  4. "Retro-Bit Super Retro-Cade Review – A High-Quality RetroPie Killer". GameRevolution. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 12 August 2018.
  5. "Game Machine's Best Hit Games 25 - テーブル型TVゲーム機 (Table Videos)". Game Machine (in Japanese). No. 342. Amusement Press, Inc. 15 October 1988. p. 29.


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