“GUN SMOKE IS NO LAZY COMMANDO RESKIN, AS IT FEATURES ENOUGH DIFFERENCES AND INNOVATIONS TO CARVE OUT ITS OWN IDENTITY”
Gun Smoke is basically Commando in the Wild West. Released just five months after Commando, Gun Smoke is another vertical-scrolling shooter, only soldier Super Joe is replaced by sheriff Billy Bob, and the enemy battlefield is swapped for a Wild West hick town where no-good bandits with names like Pig Joe and Fat Man are terrorising the locals. Regardless of scenario, another lone hero goes up against thousands of foes, guns blazing.
Capcom certainly felt this way, as it grouped with and its official sequel in the 1998 compilation . Yet fans of know that the game is no lazy reskin, as it features enough differences and innovations
