Thundercade

Thundercade, also known as Twin Formation and 特殊部隊UAG (Tokushu Butai U.A.G., "Special Forces U.A.G. (Un-Attached Grenadier))", is a shoot 'em up video game developed by SETA and originally released for video arcades in 1987. A port for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) was released in 1989.

Thundercade
Arcade flyer
Developer(s)SETA, Micronics (NES version)
Publisher(s)American Sammy (NES version)
Platform(s)Arcade
Nintendo Entertainment System
ReleaseArcade:
Nintendo Entertainment System:
Genre(s)Scrolling shooter[2]
Mode(s)Single-player[3]
Multiplayer[3]

The NES version's manual describes a story, casting players as a part of Operation Thundercade, a special forces operation battling against the nuclear threat of Atomic Age Terrorist Organization of Miracali (AATOM).[4][5]

Gameplay
Trying to find a way to shoot two tanks and two soldiers without being destroyed.

Players control a motorcycle equipped with sidecar cannons and backed up by a B-7 bomber.[4] There are four levels in the game: an unnamed city, the terrorists' military base, the woodland regions, and the fortress containing the nuclear power plant.[5] Bosses include a submarine along with other screen-filling enemies.

Reception

In Japan, Game Machine listed Thundercade on their December 15, 1987 issue as being the seventh most-successful table arcade unit of the year.[6]

References
  1. Thundercade Arcade information at GameFAQs
  2. Thundercade NES information at GameFAQs
  3. Thundercade at Game Kult
  4. Thundercade at MobyGames
  5. Thundercade at allgame
  6. "Game Machine's Best Hit Games 25 - テーブル型TVゲーム機 (Table Videos)". Game Machine (in Japanese). No. 322. Amusement Press, Inc. 15 December 1987. p. 25.


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