And in Japan, where it was also a big success, it had the name Rambo colon Akari no Dashutsu, which apparently translates to Rambo the Furious Escape. And Obata making his commando knockoff. ...
... But then in '85, the same year that TNK3 released, Capcom released Commando in the arcades, and Commando was a huge hit. ...
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... And TNK3 stole that concept to have the Rotatey joystick instead of having rotate on the fire button. And so SNK made their proprietary joystick, the LS30, which is the Rotatey one. It has a 12-way rotation, an eight-way directional movement. But then in '85, the same year that TNK3 released, Capcom released Commando in the arcades, and Commando was a huge hit. It's one of the-- - Now, is there any relation to the movie Commando? - Questionably. According to the lawyers, no, certainly not. - Right, right. - But it is argued that Capcom was inspired by Commando ...