4. Design

Sub-Index

1. Narrative structure
   
2. Analysis of each level
   2.0.1 Area 1
   2.0.2 Area 2
   2.0.3 Area 3
   2.0.4 Area 4
   2.1 Difficulty
   2.2 Items & Power-ups
   2.3 Enemies
   2.4 Other Elements & Obstacles
   
3. Gameplay
   3.1 Game modes
   3.2 General rules & mechanics
   3.2.1 Checkpoints
   3.2.2 Non-player characters
   3.3 Secret rooms
   3.3.1 Facts about secret rooms
   3.3.2 List of secret rooms from mission 1 (all areas)
   3.3.2.0 Area 1
   3.3.2.0 Area 2
   3.3.2.0 Area 3
   3.3.2.0 Area 4
   
4. Controls
   4.1 In the main menu
   4.2 In-game
   4.3 Controls of NES emulator for PC
   
   

Narrative structure

“Destroy the Enemy Army!”

In the game, you take control of Super Joe. He is the main character, a commando (a soldier specially trained for carrying out raids). At the start of the game (as well as when you lose all lives and continue playing from the area you died at), you (we will assume that you are Super Joe since you decide his movements) are armed with a rifle and a supply of 5 hand grenades. The ammunition of your sub-machine gun won’t run out (it is unlimited), but you will have to restock grenades by picking them throughout your way if you don’t want to face further danger with only having the ability to fire one bullet at a time. It may be useful to know that some obstacles aka enemies that you will encounter can only be removed via throwing them a grenade. Also, while you can shoot in any of the eight directions that Super Joe faces, grenades can only be thrown in front of Super Joe (the character will automatically change the direction he is facing when you press the ‘throwing a grenade’ key to look towards the top of the screen).

Since you are a commando, your objective is to “Destroy the Enemy Army!”, which can be resumed in running forward and shooting everyone and everything that stands in your way and tries to stop you from reaching the end of the area (where you will have to fight several enemies until you are allowed to proceed to the next area). There are 4 missions in the game, each one containing 4 areas. All the missions have the same-looking 4 areas, though difficulty increases as you progress and minor modifications are applied to the areas. For example, secret room locations are changed (as well as their interiors). These rooms can be accessed through certain hidden ladders or doors of enemy constructions, and contain from items which may be very handy to terrible enemies and challenging puzzles.

On your journey, you will come upon many items, too, which can be uncovered by going over them, throwing a grenade at their spot, killing certain enemies or, as just said, they are laid out completely visible in secret rooms or at the outside. Note that items dropped by enemies only give you bonus points. Still, the most powerful sort of items is the well-known power-ups, only given by prisoners. Prisoners are distributed all over the areas (each area has got a different quantity of them), and they play an essential role in the whole adventure. Freeing them means either obtaining a power-up or earning points. Both things are decisive to determine your survival when approaching more complicated missions; power-ups will make Super Joe even more super strong and points will give him additional lives (which for sure will be welcomed).

If you haven’t come to the conclusion yet, Commando is not easy at all. Avoid vehicles which kamikaze themselves at you, try not to fall off edges, entertain a commander and several soldiers at the end of each stage until they get bored of you and let you pass through the gate or go ahead and kill them all, find the way out of gas rooms unless you want to die in a countdown of ten seconds… And do it 4 times (remember the 4 missions?). Let your and Super Joe’s journey begin, here is the story’s plotline:

Commando's plotline

Analysis of each level

[Our study is strictly focused on the FIRST MISSION of the game, so it analysis its levels from 1 to 4]
*Secret rooms are not explained in this section. To check them with full detail read Gameplay.

Area 1

Super Joe steps off the helicopter – 2 Soldiers try to kill you with knives (one coming from the left side of the screen and the other from the right) – you can rescue a Prisoner held by two Soldiers (the three of them walk in a straight line)* – a Moto crosses the bridge and sometimes throws you grenades – Soldiers hiding behind barricades throwing you grenades and Soldiers hiding behind stones with rifles – you can rescue 2 Prisoners tied to two palm trees – Soldiers hiding behind barricades shooting you + more Soldiers hiding behind stones with rifles --> FINAL BATTLE.

FINAL BATTLE: kill the leader and the remaining Soldiers in the screen (they will soon stop generating once you kill the leader) or just keep killing the Soldiers until the leader surrenders and lets you proceed to the next area.
-> Enemies involved: Soldiers (a bunch of them come out from the door) + Crazy green soldier who runs + Green soldier with a shield (he is the leader).

*Hurry! They are taking the prisoner:


Two Soldiers taking a Prisoner

-You have to kill both Soldiers in order to free the Prisoner. It only works if you kill one Soldier after another (this means that you can’t kill any other enemy between the two). Otherwise the second Soldier will disappear and you would not be able to finish your job. -You can only kill the Soldiers using the sub-machine gun. -The amount of points earned is of 1,300 (300 points per Soldier killed + 1,000 for freeing the Prisoner).

Area 2

A Jeep and a Truck cross the screen (the first one top-to-bottom and the second right-to-left) – Soldiers hiding in barricades and throwing you grenades + a Moto getting in your way three times (right-to-left, left-to-right and again right-to-left) – Soldiers with rocket launchers between a broken bridge and a river* (with a wooden bridge) – Grey stone rooms with machine gun turrets inside – 2 files of Green Soldiers with shields --> FINAL BATTLE.

FINAL BATTLE: kill the leader and the remaining Soldiers in the screen (they will soon stop generating once you kill the leader) or just keep killing the Soldiers until the leader surrenders and so you can move on to the next area.
-> Enemies involved: Soldiers (coming out from some of the Cave-like houses but not from the door) + Crazy green soldier who runs + Green soldier with a shield (he is the leader).

*Curious fact:


Soldier in the river


Item dropped by the Soldier

There’s a Soldier in the water who can only be killed by throwing a grenade at him. If you kill him, he will sometimes drop an object, but you can’t pick the object dropped since it lays in the middle of the river (remember you can’t swim).

Area 3

Cubic brown houses from which enemies spawn + Soldiers hiding in barricades throwing you grenades – 4 Soldiers try to kill you with knives (two on the left side and two on the right side of the map) – a Moto crosses the bridge – Soldiers coming out from Cave-like houses (both left and right one spawn a Soldier with knife) – Rows of Stone houses spawning a huge amount of Soldiers --> FINAL BATTLE.

FINAL BATTLE: it is not necessary to kill both Mortars to win the battle and be able to cross the door and step to the next area. Just keep firing the Soldiers until they stop spawning and leave your way free.
-> Enemies involved: Soldiers (a bunch of them come out of the door) + 2 Mortars (they throw you grenades). There is neither a leader nor Crazy green soldier who runs this time.

Area 4

Soldiers with rocket launchers – bridges to cross black holes (+ 2 Soldiers with rocket launchers + 2 Mortars) – road (+ Car driving left-to-right + Motorbike riding right-to-left) (+ White Tent + double Mortars) – Surveillance Towers --> FINAL BATTLE.

FINAL BATTLE: you don’t have to kill the three soldiers behind the windows since they are not leaders. Free your way killing Soldiers so they stop spawning. Be careful, the area to fight them is very small.
-> Enemies involved: Soldiers (they come out in a greater number than in the previous areas) + Crazy green soldier who runs + 3 Green Soldiers with rifles. There is neither any leader.

When you end an area:

• You get 5,000 points for completing an area (only areas 1, 2 and 3. You don’t get points for completing area number 4).
• You also get 1,000 extra points for each prisoner you’ve rescued in that area. Also, if you do a PERFECT RESCUE (it means that you’ve rescued all the prisoners of the area), you earn a SPECIAL BONUS of 20,000 points.
• Number of prisoners in the areas: area 1 (10 prisoners), area 2 (10), area 3 (20), area 4 (10).
  
  

Difficulty

In relation to difficulty, this increases gradually from area to area, but makes big jumps when moving to later missions. Since all the areas in the four missions have the same landscape, for developers playing with difficulty was key to keep the game fresh. Successfully completing a mission means “going back” to maps with the exact same landscape as the ones in the first mission, but thanks to minor changes in their physical layout, they are still funny to play. Although these changes can mainly be seen “underground”, because they affect the location of secret ladders and also their interiors, they result in more possibilities for exploration. The other kind of modifications made refers to enemy’s behaviour. For example, at the start of the 2nd of the 1st mission, a jeep drives in a straight, vertical line towards you (not too complicated to avoid), while in the same area of the 2nd mission, the jeep changes constantly its x position trying to run over you. Throughout the missions, enemies evolve the following way:

• Second mission: the new difficulty shows in an increase in the quantity of soldiers rushing from both sides of the screen.
  
• Third mission: enemies are harder. AI is augmented (enemies are clever) and they fire at a very fast rate.
  
• Fourth mission: because it is the hardest difficulty, soldiers go super-fast and it is nearly impossible to avoid them/shoot them.
  
  

ITEMS & POWER-UPS

Name	Image	Description	Points	Area where it is found
2 Grenades		It gives you two grenades.	-	1 (secret room b)
3 Grenades		It gives you three grenades.	-	2, 3, 4
4 Grenades		It gives you four grenades.	-	1, 2, 3, 4
5 Grenades		It gives you five grenades.	-	2 (secret room d)
Super Grenade (Hand Grenade)		-It is revealed when you step on it. -If you grab it, the next grenade you throw will make a big explosion and all the enemies on the screen will die.	1,000	1, 3, 4
Mashine Gun (power-up)		It upgrades your rifle by making it fire more, bigger and faster bullets (they will reach the end of your screen).	You only get the points based on the number of prisoners you have had to free to unlock the power-up (1,000 for each one)	1 (secret room e), 2 (secret room e), 4 (secret room f)
Handgrenade (power-up)		It upgrades your grenades by making its blast radius a lot bigger.	You only get the points based on the number of prisoners you have had to free to unlock the power-up (1,000 for each one)	2 (secret room d), 3 (secret room l), 4 (secret room a)
Handgrenade Limitless (power-up)		Your number of grenades changes to infinite.	You only get the 1,000 points for having rescued the prisoner	3 (secret room b)
Binoculars		-It appears when you throw a grenade on its position. -Once taken, all the hidden ladders are revealed (you can see them).	1,000	2
Bulletproof Vest		-The one in area 2 reveals when stepping on it, whereas to reveal the one in area 3 you have to throw a grenade on its position. -While you wear it, a limited number of enemy bullets and grenades don’t affect you.	1,000	2, 3
Flashlight		-Only found in some secret rooms. -If you take it, everything gets dark and theoretically enemies can’t see you (though it seems that they follow you anyway). -Once you leave the secret room, its effects disappear (even when you go to other secret rooms).	1,000	3 (secret rooms c & k)
Wireless Remote Radio		-It is revealed when you throw a grenade on its position. -Taking it means that a helicopter comes and rides you to the next area.	1,000 (note that you don’t get the points for completing the area nor the bonus for having rescued Prisoners)	1, 2
K-Rations (food cans)		-Dropped by certain enemies (not standard Soldiers) when killed by rifle or through a grenade (outside secret rooms). -It gives you extra points.	1,000	It can appear at any area
Money Bag		-Dropped by certain enemies (not standard Soldiers) when killed by rifle or through a grenade (outside secret rooms). -It gives you extra points.	1,000	It can appear at any area
Gasoline Can		-Only found in some secret rooms. -It gives you extra points.	1,000	2 (secret rooms b & e), 4 (secret room c)
Corporals Stripes		-Only found in some secret rooms. -It gives you extra points.	10,000	2 (secret room e)
Lieutenants Stripes		-Only found in some secret rooms. -It gives you extra points.	10,000	4 (secret room b)
Yashichi		-Only found in some secret rooms. -The item is invisible and found only after shooting its location. -It is a trademark shuriken-like emblem found in many Capcom video games. -It gives you extra points.	10,000	1 (secret room a), 4 (secret room b)
Medal of Honor		-Only found in some secret rooms. -It gives you an extra life (1 UP).	1,000	2 (secret room a), 3 (secret room h)

ENEMIES

[Because enemies die when one bullet or one grenade touches them (at first hit), all their points are also one-hit points]

Name	Image	Description	Points	Area where it is found
Soldier		-They come to you from the sides of the screen or from the inside of houses. -It is the class of which there are more enemies. -They shoot at you (one bullet per shoot) while they chase you. -They move in all directions. -They disappear after a while.	150 if killed using your rifle, 300 if killed by a grenade	All the areas throughout the game
Soldier with knife		-Similar to normal Soldier, but instead of a rifle they carry a knife. -They move in all directions in a strange pattern, so they are more dangerous than Soldiers.	150 if killed using your rifle, 300 if killed by a grenade	1, 3, 4 (secret room g)
Soldier with rocket launcher		-They fire bursts of 1-4 bullets (bullets have a rocket shape). -They only fire in a straight line in front of them.	150 if killed using your rifle, 300 if killed by a grenade	2, 4
Soldier with rifle hiding behind a barricade		-There may be two behind the same barricade. -They shoot 1-4 bullets. · You can kill them by a grenade. · You can kill them by rifle only: if you get close to them or if when you approach them they stand up and start running away.	150 if killed using your rifle, 300 if killed by a grenade	1, 3, 4
Soldier with rifle hiding behind a stone		Although there can’t be two behind the same stone, they act like normal ‘Soldiers with rifle hiding behind a barricade’.	150 if killed using your rifle, 300 if killed by a grenade	1, 3
Soldier hiding behind a barricade who throws you grenades		-They throw you 1-4 grenades. · You can kill them by a grenade. · You can kill them by rifle only: if you get close to them or if when you approach them they stand up and start running away.	150 if killed using your rifle, 300 if killed by a grenade	1
Mortar		Although they have a mortar next to them, they act like normal ‘Soldiers hiding behind a barricade who throw you grenades’.	150 if killed using your rifle, 300 if killed by a grenade	1 (1st pic), 3 (2nd pic. Final battle), 4 (3rd and 4th pics)
Soldier with rifle hiding in a barricade		-There may be two in the same barricade. -When they are in a squatting position they do nothing. When they stand up they fire 1-4 bullets.	300 (you can only kill them by a grenade)	2, 3
Green soldier with rifle		Although they wear green clothes, they act like normal ‘Soldiers with rifle hiding behind a barricade’ (except you can’t kill them by rifle).	300 (you can only kill them by a grenade)	4
Green soldier with shield (+ his surrendering pose)		-They throw one grenade. -They move along a horizontal line (to the left and to the right). They walk, they squad, they wait a bit, they stand up and they move again. -When being a leader: if you don’t kill him and you hold on for some time, he will give up. Once he is in his surrendering pose, you can’t kill him.	300 (you can only kill them by a grenade)	1 (leader in the final battle), 2 (one of them is the leader in the final battle), 4 (secret room e)
Crazy green soldier who runs		-He runs madly in all directions, so it is hard to aim him. -He doesn’t attack you, but if you touch him, you die (as it happens with the rest of enemies). -If you kill him, he gives you extra points. -He runs away soon after he appears. For this reason, you should kill him quickly.	2,000	1, 2, 4 (all in final battles)
Motorbike		-Area 1: it crosses the bridge right-to-left. The guy in the motorbike sometimes throws grenades. -Area 2: it appears three times: right-to-left, left-to-right and again right-to-left. -Area 3: it does the same that in area 1 but without throwing any grenades. -Area 4: it crosses the road one time from right to left. -You can’t remove it.	-	1 (1st pic), 2 (2nd pic), 3 (1st pic), 4 (2nd pic)
Jeep		-It heads your way by going from the top to the bottom of the screen (right to Super Joe’s position). This only happens once. -It throws grenades. -You can’t remove it.	-	2
Car		-It goes from the left side of the road to the right. This only happens once. -The position where it appears doesn’t change. -It doesn’t throw you grenades. -You can’t remove it.	-	4
Truck		-It goes from the left side to the right, crossing the screen. This only happens once. -The position where it appears doesn’t change. -It doesn’t throw you grenades. -You can’t remove it.	-	2
Surveillance tower		On top of it there are two ‘Green soldiers with rifle’ who can only be killed by a grenade.	300 for each soldier you kill (a total of 600 per tower)	4
Machine gun turret inside stone room		-It fires 1-4 bigger, slow bullets. These bullets are quite easy to avoid. -You can remove it by throwing a grenade directly to the turret.	300	2
Prisoner (+ his freed pose) (NOT AN ENEMY!)		-This character is not an enemy. They don’t hurt you. -You free them by touching them. -When you free them, they leave the screen running to the right and raising a sign which shows what they give you (some only give you additional points while others also give you power-ups). -They are found on their back: in front of palm trees, columns, walls or just looking at anything in particular.	1,000	All the areas throughout the game
Snake		-Spawned in some secret rooms. -You can kill them, but they won’t give you any points. -If it touches you, it kills you.	-	3 (secret rooms a & g)
Dagger (knife)		-It appears in some secret rooms, going from one side of the screen to the other (several times). -If it touches you, it kills you. -You can’t remove it. -Also carried by ‘Soldier with knife’.	-	When not carried by a soldier: 2 (secret room a), 3 (secret room g)

OTHER ELEMENTS & OBSTACLES

Name	Image	Description	Where it is found
Palm tree		-It can be found alone or in groups of three. -You can hide from enemy bullets if you stay between a group of three palm trees (a palm tree isolated won’t protect you much). -Be careful not to get stuck in their leaves.	1 (first pic), 4 (second pic)
Water (pond & river)		If you try to cross it, you drown and die.	1 (pond), 2 (river), 3 (pond)
Barricade		If you try to cross it, you fall in and die.	2, 3
Cave-like house		Some of them spawn soldiers.	2 (final battle zone), 3
Cubic brown house (with and without door)		-Some of the ones with door are soldier spawns. -Some of the ones with door have a secret room inside (the door is the entrance to the secret room). -It is possible that a cubic house with door which has a secret room inside spawns soldiers at the same time.	3
Stone house		-Some of them spawn soldiers. -Some of them have a secret room inside. -It is possible that a stone house has a secret room inside and spawns soldiers at the same time.	3
White tent		Soldiers come out of it.	4
Hole (with a bridge)		If you try to cross through the dark area (it is a hole) and not the bridge, you fall in and die.	4
Barrels		It has the same function that palm trees (to protect you from enemy bullets basically).	4
Flashing Circle		-It is found on top of some walls in certain secret rooms. -It is supposed to guide you when you use the flashlight (these flashing circles are the only objects that won’t get dark when using a flashlight). -In some secret rooms it doesn’t have a purpose (for example, the one in area 1, since the room doesn’t offer any flashlight).	1 (secret room d), 3 (secret rooms c & k)

Gameplay

*The word ‘die’ here means ‘lose a life’, not ‘lose all of player’s lives’ (if not specified).

Game modes

Commando has got ‘1 PLAYER’ mode and ‘2 PLAYERS’ mode. The only different between the two game modes is that in the first one you play alone, whereas in the second one the game is played in turns. ‘2 PLAYERS’ mode can be explained the following way: first, player one takes control of his Super Joe. When he dies, it becomes the turn of the second player, who will play with “another” Super Joe. This means that there will be two separated games in the same game, if that makes sense, which also implies two different scores, two different checkpoints (from which players star playing when they die), etc. Maybe the first player reaches the end of the second area, but the second player can’t even make it to the first final battle. This constant ‘plays player 1 – player 1 dies – plays player 2 – player 2 dies – plays player 1 – player 1 dies, etc.’ lasts until the second player loses all of his lives.

For the two modes, Commando also offers the option to continue a saved game. These options are ‘1P CONT’ and ‘2P CONT’, and give you the chance not to start playing from mission 1 area 1 every time you run out of lives (would anybody beat the game if so?).

General rules & mechanics

[Basic mechanics regarding player’s character (Super Joe) have been described in Narrative structure]
[Because in ‘2 PLAYERS’ mode players never play together in the same screen, the rules that the game implements don’t change from ‘1 PLAYER’ mode]

• You start playing with 5 Grenades. If you die, regardless of the number of Grenades you had previously, this restarts to 5.
• When you die or move from a mission to a next, you lose any power-ups or these items: Binoculars, Bulletproof Vest, Super Grenade or Flashlight.
• When you move from an area to a next, you keep power-ups and the items named before (if you carry them, of course).
• When moving from an area/mission to a next, your lives and grenades carry on.
• You die when an enemy itself or an enemy grenade or bullet touches you (at one hit). Bullets coming from your back will kill you, too.
• When you reappear, you can’t stop the game unless you have pressed the ‘walk’ key once.
• Items are always at the same place (if you play a lot you can end memorizing these spots, so it will be easier to you to grab the items).
• Most object icons glow.
• You start playing with 3 lives.
• You get an extra life once you reach 20,000 points (not every 20,000 points). You then get one extra life every 100,000 points (at 120,000, 220,000...).
• The points you get for killing enemies if you have a power-up on are the same that the points you would get if you didn't have the power-up/s.
  
  

Checkpoints

• When you are going through screens, you can’t go back. If you want to do so, you have two options: to die (you will reappear at your last checkpoint) or to get inside a secret room (when coming up, you may reappear a few metres before its entrance).
• Checkpoints are set at specific points* in the maps. These points are always the same.
• If you die and reappear, any enemies different than “normal” Soldiers, secret rooms and other items near the checkpoint will no longer be there, so don’t get mad if, for instance, a hidden ladder doesn’t show even though you are desperately throwing grenades at its location. This is the case of the secret room m) from the third area.

*The ‘don’t fall in the barricade!’ checkpoint:

Checkpoint in front of a barricade from area 2

In the second area, there is a checkpoint which is made extremely close to a Barricade (only a few millimetres separate the Barricade from you). Since the Barricade is in front of you, when you start moving your character, you shall first go backwards and go around the barricade to avoid it. Otherwise, if you try to walk towards the front of the screen, you will immediately fall in the barricade and die (and this may happen to you several times until you realize what’s happening there).

Non-player characters

• Enemies will only kill you if Super Joe is facing their direction (some enemies will come to you from the back and then turn back to be face-to-face with Super Joe and kill him instantly).
• Some Soldiers spawn infinitely.
• Soldiers disappear after a certain time of being spawned.
  
  

Secret rooms

The player is not forced to visit secret rooms to complete areas and missions, though they are the only way to get power-ups and some other really cool items, and to free all the prisoners in the areas since the majority of them are found in these rooms. In relation to how you get inside them, there are two types of secret rooms:

a) The room is accessed by a secret hidden ladder. These ladders are totally hidden in maps and won’t show unless you throw a grenade at their spot (they are all on the floor). Afterwards, the player has the possibility to go down the ladder into the underground shelter.

b) The room is accessed through a normal door of a house. In this case, you won’t have to throw any grenades to unlock the entrance of the room. The door will be visible in the map, but nobody will tell you which door is an entrance of a secret room.

Facts about secret rooms

• Secret rooms with Prisoners inside don’t contain any dangerous enemies.
• Leaving a secret room involves reappearing at some checkpoint.
• In some rooms the exit ladder is not shown – you have to throw a grenade at its spot if you want to unlock it.
• You get 300 points for unlocking a secret ladder with a grenade (this ladder can be the entrance of some secret room or the exit ladder).

You can’t go back to all secret rooms because:

Reason 1: some checkpoints after leaving a room are made further of the entrance of that room.
Reason 2: checkpoints are made so close to the entrance of the secret room and this entrance disappears.

If you go back to a secret room:

• Freed Prisoners and items picked won’t be there anymore.
• Enemies will respawn and be there again (even though you killed them last time). Enemies also include Daggers.
  
  

List of secret rooms from mission 1 (all areas)

[Secret rooms from each area have been given a letter, having the first one of each area letter a]
[If you can’t go back to a secret room, it is said in its description. If the description says nothing about it, you can go back to it]

AREA 1

Name	Where it is found	The interior	Description
a)			Items: Yashichi. Enemies: 1 Prisoner. -If you shoot where the Prisoner is, the Yashichi will be revealed. -You can’t go back to this room (reason 1).
b)			Items: 20 2 Grenades. Enemies: none. -You can’t go back to this room (reason 1).
c)			Items: none. “Enemies”: 2 Prisoners at the lower screen + 2 Prisoners at the upper screen.
d)			Items: a Flashing Circle (it is not usefull at all). Enemies: 4 Soldiers (sometimes 3) at the lower screen + 2 Soldiers at the upper screen.
e)			Items: Mashine Gun power-up. “Enemies”: 1 Prisoner. -If you free the Prisoner, he gives you the Mashine Gun power-up.

AREA 2

Name	Where it is found	The interior	Description
a)			Items: Medal of Honor. Enemies: 3 rows of Daggers.
b)			Items: 2 Gasoline Cans. Enemies: none.
c)			Items: none. Enemies: none. This is a Gasroom: when you get inside the room, a countdown of 10 seconds starts (numbers from 9-1 appear in the screen). You have this time to throw a grenade to the left side of the room to reveal the exit ladder and escape.
d)			Items: 5 Grenades at the lower screen + Handgrenade power-up at the upper screen. “Enemies”: 1 Prisoner at the lower screen + 4 Prisoners at the upper screen. -If you free the 5 Prisoners, you obtain the Handgrenade power-up. -You can’t go back to this room (reason 2).
e)			Items: 3 Gasoline Cans at the lower room + 1 Corporals Stripes at the lower room + Mashine Gun power up at the upper room. “Enemies”: 3 Prisoners at the upper room. -You can access the upper room through the wall (right just behind the Corporals Stripes). -Both lower and upper rooms have exits. -If you free the 3 Prisoners, you obtain the Mashine Gun power-up. -You can’t go back to this room (reason 2).
f)			Items: none. Enemies: 2 Green soldiers with shield at the lower screen + 3 Green soldiers with shield at the upper screen. -It is impossible to kill the enemies from the upper screen, because grenades fall further them and don’t hurt them (even if you throw them from the lowest point of the upper screen) (remember these enemies can only be killed by a grenade). -You can’t go back to this room (reason 1).

AREA 3

Name	Where it is found	The interior	Description
a)			Items: none. Enemies: 2 spawns of Snakes.
b)			Items: Handgrenade Limitless power-up. “Enemies”: 1 Prisoner. -If you free the Prisoner, he gives you the Handgrenade Limitless power-up. -You can’t go back to this room (reason 1).
c)			Items: Flashlight + 2 Flashing Circles. Enemies: 2 Soldiers. -You can’t go back to this room (reason 1).
d)			Items: none. Enemies: 2 Soldiers with knives at the lower screen + 4 Soldiers with knives at the upper screen. -You can’t go back to this room (reason 1).
e)			Items: none. “Enemies”: 3 Prisoners at the lower screen + 3 Prisoners at the upper screen.
f)			Items: none. “Enemies”: 5 Prisoners. -The exit ladder is revealed by throwing a grenade to its location (left side of the top wall). Warn that you will have to throw the grenade from behind the wall in the mid if you want to hit this target.
g)			Items: none. Enemies: 2 spawns of Snakes + 2 rows of Daggers. -You can’t go back to this room (reason 1).
h)			Items: Medal of Honor. Enemies: none. -You can’t go back to this room (reason 1).
i)			Items: none. “Enemies”: 1 Prisoner at the lower room + 5 Prisoners at the upper room. -You can access the upper room through the top wall (the way is on the left side). -Both lower and upper rooms have exits.
j)			Items: none. “Enemies”: 1 Prisoner. -You are forced to rescue the Prisoner if you want to leave the room. -You can’t go back to this room (reason 2).
k)			Items: a Flashlight at the lower screen + 2 Flashing Circles at the upper screen. Enemies: 2 Soldiers at the lower screen + 2 Soldiers at the upper screen.
l)			Items: Handgrenade power-up. “Enemies”: 1 Prisoner. -If you free the Prisoner, he gives you the Handgrenade power-up.
m)			Items: none. Enemies: 4 Soldiers. -The exit ladder is revealed by throwing a grenade to its location (centre of the top wall).

AREA 4

Name	Where it is found	The interior	Description
a)			Items: Handgrenade power-up. “Enemies”: 2 Prisoners. -If you free the 2 Prisoners, you obtain the Handgrenade power-up.
b)			Items: Lieutenants Stripes at the upper screen + Yashichi at the upper screen. Enemies: 4 Soldiers at the upper screen. -If you shoot the right side of the top wall from the upper screen, the Yashichi will be revealed.
c)			Items: 3 Gasoline Cans. Enemies: none. -You can’t go back to this room (reason 2).
d)			Items: none. Enemies: none. This is a Gasroom: when you get inside the room, a countdown of 10 seconds starts (numbers from 9-1 appear in the screen). You have this time to throw a grenade to the right side of the room to reveal the exit ladder and escape.
e)			Items: none. Enemies: 5 Green Soldiers with shield at the upper screen. -The exit ladder is revealed by throwing a grenade to its location (right side of the top wall from the lower screen).
f)			Items: Mashine Gun power-up. “Enemies”: 1 Prisoner. -You can access the upper part of the room through the left side of the wall that divides the room (both parts are on the same screen). -If you free the Prisoner, he gives you the Mashine Gun power-up. -You can’t go back to this room (reason 2).
g)			Items: none. Enemies: 3 Soldiers with knives at the lower screen + 4 Soldiers with knives at the upper screen.
h)			Items: none. “Enemies”: 2 Prisoners at the lower screen + 5 Prisoners at the upper screen.

Controls

NES controller

In the main menu

"Start" Button: select the mode of playing you want.

"Select" Button: move the asterisk next to the playing mode.

In-game

Directional buttons: move Super Joe in the different directions.

"Start" Button: pause the game.

"Select" Button: NA.

"B" Button: fire your rifle(the left red button).

"A" Button: throw one of your grenades(the right red button).

Controls of NES emulator for PC

Up arrow: move forward.

Down arrow: move backwards.

Left arrow: move to the left side.

Right arrow: move to the right side.

D: to shoot the sub-machine gun.

F: to throw forward the grenades.

Every player can change this controls as it wants (at the emulator).