Cobra Command iPhone port features best animated helicopter explosions we've seen today

by JC Fletcher { Oct 30th 2009 at 1:30AM }

When Revolutionary Concepts first unveiled its enhanced iPhone port of Data East's relatively obscure FMV shooter Cobra Command, all we had to stare at were a few proof-of-concept screens and a tentative October release date. That date has been pushed to "early to mid-November" as the developers anticipate submitting the game to Apple this week. For right now, however, we have footage.

After the break, you can see Cobra Command in motion. It's a bit more complicated than the Space Ace or Dragon's Lair–type FMV game, and consequently the iPhone version uses both a virtual joystick (for targeting) and the iPhone's accelerometer (for steering the helicopter).

Gallery: Cobra Command (iPhone)

Tags: cobra-command, data-east, fmv, port, release-date, revolutionary-concepts

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Darth Bradwart, Dark Lord of the Sith @ Oct 30th 2009 1:36AM

Full Motion Video...oh, the horror.

It's not necessarily this game, it's the concept in general.

SpyderTaco (PSN: Ar4chNova89) @ Oct 30th 2009 1:45AM

THE SEGA CD IS BACK FROM THE DEAD!
WHY GOD, WHY?

NitroMikeo @ Oct 30th 2009 7:05AM

This just looks awful.

bm @ Oct 30th 2009 12:09PM

Wow, fuck you guys, seriously. This looks absolutely awesome. Real actual animation, none of that fake, stiff computer generated shit that we get exclusively these days. Go back to your static polygons, you babies. You have plenty to choose from.

Darth Bradwart, Dark Lord of the Sith @ Oct 30th 2009 12:44PM

I think you missed the point, moron.

bm @ Oct 30th 2009 3:17PM

Since it was mostly a reaction to nitromikeo's post, no, not really.

Stevetrop @ Oct 30th 2009 1:40AM

Damnit!!!

I am now sad over seeing this because I have nether an Iphone or Ipod Touch so I am deprived.

So pretty

GiggMan @ Oct 30th 2009 8:54AM

Go with Android anyway, I have the HTC Hero.

Unless you just want to play games.

Fuzunga @ Oct 30th 2009 2:02AM

Ah, yes. The coveted "best animated helicopter explosions of the day" award.

On a completely unrelated note, anybody find that embedded G4 ad featuring Morgan Webb and the line "reviews and experts you trust" ironic?

SpyderTaco (PSN: Ar4chNova89) @ Oct 30th 2009 2:16AM

...Are you really going to drag that Mario comment into this feed?
Get over it.

Gavin @ Oct 30th 2009 2:22AM

Obscure my ass....while everyone was lining up to play Dragon's Lair I was playing Cobra Command. The game was hard as hell unless you could remember every sequence of commands....the only game like this that was more brutal was Cliff Hanger which was made of Lupin clips.

mocax @ Oct 30th 2009 2:29AM

is it on rails? doesn't seem to be in control of the helicopter....

NintendoJunkie @ Oct 30th 2009 2:49AM

Cobra Command for the NES is where it's at! That game rocked my world so much as a child. From rescuing prisoners w/ the chopper ladder to blowing up buildings to access other areas. I think I ended up using a Game Genie back in the day to beat the game.

Popephoenix @ Oct 30th 2009 3:15AM

Am i the only person who thought this had something to do with destroying GI Joe?

whylekat @ Oct 30th 2009 5:16PM

Possibly. Unless other 12-18 yr olds are on here.. That's the only excuse for never having played the fantastic arcade titles of the 90's.

Revolutionary Concepts @ Oct 30th 2009 3:23AM

haha thanks JC :)
Of course a day is a lifetime on the iPhone rollercoaster so I'm sure our hold on the 'best animated helicopter explosions we've seen today' award will be all too short :P
And our mums said we'd never amount to anything?!

Thanks again ;)

Haon @ Oct 30th 2009 4:36AM

Give me Road Avenger with that horribly wicked bootleg Rod Stewart intro song. Anyone remember the guy in egm that thought he saw fuck in the broken glass in the advert? That was hilarious.

Mr Khan @ Oct 30th 2009 8:40AM

Ahh for the glory of 80s and 90s animation, when American animators cared about more than CG or trying to rip off Flash webtoons.

bm @ Oct 30th 2009 12:14PM

I hear you my friend, I hear you. Everything these days is about what is the fastest and cheapest method to produce mass volumes of content, regardless of quality.

Meh @ Oct 30th 2009 4:07PM

Thank God Don Bluth is still making movies. ^^

Orion @ Oct 30th 2009 9:29AM

I don't know if it's just a bad port or not, but I have the import Sega Saturn version of this and it's horrible. You can shoot directly at an enemy for 5 full seconds and you end up dieing anyway with him damage free.

Necrotix @ Oct 30th 2009 11:19AM

WANT! I love all the old 80's Cartoon games. I have Space Ace on Ipod Touch and really, really want Dragon's Lair!

Doug @ Oct 30th 2009 1:02PM

Did they leave the soundtrack intact? That was easily the best part of the game.

freshhooker @ Oct 30th 2009 1:23PM

Oh god yes! Blast from my childhood. Dragon's Liar, Space Ace, Brain Dead 13. FMV were so campy, but so fun.

spencermfi @ Oct 30th 2009 3:05PM

This is so amazing, but we really need M.A.C.H. 3!!!!

NaN @ Oct 30th 2009 11:06PM

This looks to be a port of the ARCADE , not the horrible sega cd version.

The arcade one rocks :) and by looking at the video this one will too !

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