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1987

You swing through each level with an extending bionic arm, using it to grab, swing and dodge. Its unusual movement shapes both the platforming and the combat.

  • Jumping and platforming
  • Interconnected level design
  • Pixel art
  • Shooting and gunplay
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Duke Nukem II

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Fits your focus: Story like Bionic Commando and Systems like Bionic Commando.

A classic DOS platform shooter where Duke blasts his way through aliens and robots as a cocky action hero. Fast levels, hidden secrets and plenty of over-the-top attitude define the game.

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Intrusion 2

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A fast-paced sci-fi action platformer in the spirit of classic 16-bit side-scrollers, mixing quick shooting with modern physics and animation. You fight through the facilities of a hostile military corporation on a remote planet.

Strider

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A fast arcade action platformer where you play ninja Hiryu, slashing with a plasma blade and flipping, climbing and sliding through a futuristic dystopia. Short, brisk and demanding.

Mutant Mudds

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A tight retro platformer where you hover with a jetpack and blast mutant mud monsters while hopping between three depth layers in each level. Its pixel art and precise controls evoke the 8- and 16-bit era.

Contra: Legacy of War

  • Story like Bionic Commando
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Contra's leap into three dimensions turns the series' run-and-gun action into a shooter viewed from new angles. Its controls and camera feel unusual today, which is part of the charm of this historical curiosity.

Bio Menace

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  • Systems like Bionic Commando

A classic 1993 run-and-gun platformer where you play Snake Logan, blasting mutants and robot guards with a machine gun and grenades on the way to Dr. Mangle's fortress.

Mega Man 10

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  • Systems like Bionic Commando

A deliberately NES-style 8-bit run-and-gun platformer where you pick stages in any order, beat robot bosses and take their weapons. Tight controls and a demanding, old-school difficulty.

Duke Nukem

  • Story like Bionic Commando
  • Systems like Bionic Commando

The first Duke Nukem is a classic side-scrolling platformer with shooting, where Duke takes on Dr. Proton's robot army. A short retro arcade outing that introduces the wisecracking action hero.

Mega Man 9

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  • Systems like Bionic Commando

Mega Man 9 deliberately returns to the 8-bit classics: tight run-and-gun platforming, bosses with weaknesses, and a free choice of stage order. It is demanding and rewards precise timing and memorization.

Super Contra

  • Story like Bionic Commando
  • Systems like Bionic Commando

Konami's arcade run-and-gun where you fight an alien invasion solo or with a friend. Alongside classic side-scrolling stages there are overhead levels, all with typical punishing arcade difficulty.

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