I’ve been working my way through the Capcom Beat’em Up Collection and came across Captain Commando. I’ve heard it referred to before but had never played the game before. Captain Commando is a 1991 futuristic side-scrolling beat 'em up video game featuring the 80’s Capcom mascot. The game is set in the crime-ridden future of Metro City, where a superhero named Captain Commando, assisted by his three faithful Commando Companions rise up to protect the Earth and all the Galaxy from a gang of super-powered criminals.

So far so typical, but when one of the characters you can play as is a baby in a robot suit you know this isn’t a regular side-scrolling beat’em up. The game is fun and has attractive, colourful and chunky sprites that make it pop. It’s all a bit zany but fun.