Comando Tracer (1989)

Comando Tracer is an arcade shoot-em-up released in 1989 by the Spanish publisher Dinamic Software. The game was developed by Ricardo Puerto, Raul Lopez, and Javier Cubedo, with inlay and poster artwork provided by Luis Royo and Ricardo Machuca.

Designed for a single player, the game features side-scrolling 2D graphics and utilizes the AY sound chip. It supports Kempston and Interface 2 joysticks, as well as redefinable keys, and includes a custom screen loader. The Spectrum +3 disk version offers enhanced presentation with improved music and a new score table.

The game received an average magazine score of 62.33%. It was rated 65% by Crash, 67% by Sinclair User, and 55% by Your Sinclair.

In Russia, the game gained significant popularity. It was widely distributed in numerous TR-DOS disk versions and received several independent Russian translations. Technical aspects of the game, including its screen effects and music routines, were frequently analyzed in magazines such as ZX Review and Adventurer.