Thundercade

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Thundercade
Thundercade
	Arcade flyer
Developer(s)	SETA, Micronics (NES version)
Publisher(s)	American Sammy (NES version)
Platform(s)	Arcade; Nintendo Entertainment System
Release	Arcade: NA: 1987[1]; Nintendo Entertainment System: NA: July 1989[2];
Genre(s)	Scrolling shooter[2]
Mode(s)	Single-player[3] ; Multiplayer[3]

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.

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]

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References

Thundercade Arcade information at GameFAQs
Thundercade NES information at GameFAQs
Thundercade at Game Kult
Thundercade at MobyGames
Thundercade at allgame
"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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[1] Thundercade Arcade information at GameFAQs

[gamefaqs-2] Thundercade NES information at GameFAQs

[gamekult-3] Thundercade at Game Kult

[mobygames-4] Thundercade at MobyGames

[allgame-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.