Thundercade
Thundercade, also known as Twin Formation and "Special Forces U.A.G. (Un-Attached Grenadier)", is a vertically scrolling shooter developed by SETA and released as an arcade game in 1987. A version for the Nintendo Entertainment System from American Sammy was released in 1989. The original arcade flyer establishes that despite a 199X treaty eliminating all nuclear weapons, a certain northerly nation was suspected of developing such weapons in secret.
Also recorded as Un attached grenadier
Thundercade
- Date
- 1987
- Publisher
- Sammy Corporation
- Genre
- shoot 'em up
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Thundercade, also known as Twin Formation and "Special Forces U.A.G. (Un-Attached Grenadier)", is a vertically scrolling shooter developed by SETA and released as an arcade game in 1987. A version for the Nintendo Entertainment System from American Sammy was released in 1989. The original arcade flyer establishes that despite a 199X treaty eliminating all nuclear weapons, a certain northerly nation was suspected of developing such weapons in secret.
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Therefore, the United States of America military sends in the U.A.G. elite unit consisting of an armed motorcyclist and a support bomber to quell the threat. The American NES version's manual describes a slightly different story, casting players as a part of Operation Thundercade, a special forces operation battling against the nuclear threat of the Atomic Age Terrorist Organization of Miracali (AATOM).
Key facts
Key facts
• Developer — SETA Micronics (NES) • Publisher — SETA American Sammy (NES) • Platforms — Arcade, NES • Released — Arcade NES July 1989 • Genre — Scrolling shooter • Modes — Single-player Multiplayer
Gameplay
Gameplay
• Illustration — 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. 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. Bosses include a submarine along with other screen-filling enemies.
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Thundercade is associated with Japan.
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Reception
In Japan, Game Machine listed Thundercade on their December 15, 1987 issue as being the seventh most-successful table arcade unit of the month.
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