So, is every game on Turbografx a scrolling shooter? I'm just going down the list, and I've seen one game that wasn't a shmup! I suppose Bloody Wolf is different in that it's Commando-y, as you control a person from a top-down perspective and scroll the screen youself. It's a pretty good time! The game has a bit of an exploration to it with buildings you can enter to rescue hostages some of whom will gift you items.

The game's on the easier side, as the enemies only seem to shoot into one of 8 directions, and are easily avoided if they run at you. Your bullets also reach father than theirs, weirdly enough. Nonetheless, the game does have a few nasty screens and bosses, even if it only gets really hard when it asks you to use your knife which is automatically used for close-combat at any time.

There's not much to say about this game. It's a competent and fun B-movie-like action where you collect items and weapons to shoot at various men and vehicles. It's a tiny bit janky with occasional slowdown and weird interaction with boxes (regular ones can only be opened from the side, and the locked ones only from the top?), but I'd recommend this game if you're looking for something similar to Commando

Top down shooter that adds a lot of content to the arcade version. Choose from the characters Snake or Eagle and fight your way through four levels to rescue the president, collecting grenades, flamethrowers, shotguns, and bazookas to use as main or secondary weapons on the way. Your knife is used at close range and for the boss fight and run with the president to your helicopter which is where the arcade version ends, in this version that is half the game. You are told that the helicopter is full with the president and prisoners you saved so your character stays behind and is captured. You then take control of the other playable character with the goal of saving the other character and remaining prisoners with new stage, bosses, and a funny ending where both character decide to take a vacation together and ignore their boss as he attempts to give them a mission to save the president again. Decent visuals, good music.

Screenshots: https://twitter.com/Legolas_Katarn/status/1665959625651552256

Campy, charming, and surprisingly novel in execution for an otherwise stock military shooter. There's a twist halfway through that feels a good half-decade ahead of its time.

Gunplay could be a lot better, mostly because of a totally fucked up collision system. It doesn't seem like there's a proper Z axis value for comparing collisions while in air, which leads to perspective-induced deaths from bullets scraping your head.

Streamed this with Jenny and Darias and we named our characters UpAss and Poope. UpAss and Poope are boyfriends.