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The original game, Who Dares Wins II, was launched on the Commodore 64 amidst a blaze of publicity surrounding its alleged connection with the arcade game Commando. Soon after this, when it was taken off the market, Who Dares Wins II was released, with changes in it to avoid Alligata having to go through all the legal wrangles.

Who Dares Wins II on the Amstrad is as good as the Commodore version and has some incredible graphics and animation. The Commodore can use sprites, but the moving graphics on the Amstrad version are just as good.

The scenario is that you must charge across a pseudo-3D landscape shooting various enemies and lobbing grenades at hard points and strongholds. The screens vary in hardness and more and more obstacles are put in your way as you try to get to the outpost. Other targets appear on your attack, such as jeeps and trains, and there are bonuses to be got from shooting enemy firing squads as they prepare to do away with one of your soldiers.

On later levels a fighter plane comes in and starts to strafe you - very difficult to avoid. And the grenade lobbing and mortar firing gets a lot more dense.

The control action is very good and it is surprisingly easy to switch between grenade-lobbing and gun-firing. The enemy also help you by shooting some o their own men on occasion! - well, it's only fair, they get in the way.

Definitely an excellent game, forget about Rambo, forget about Commando, get Who Dares Wins II.