Thundercade

Arcade flyer

Developer(s)| SETA
Micronics (NES)
Publisher(s)| SETA
American Sammy (NES)
Platform(s)| Arcade, NES
Release| Arcade

* NA: 1987[1]

NES

* 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 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. 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.[4] 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).[5][6]

## 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.[5] 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.[6] 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 month.[7]

## References

1. ↑ Thundercade Arcade information at GameFAQs
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Thundercade NES information at GameFAQs
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Thundercade at Game Kult
4. ↑ https://flyers.arcade-museum.com/videogames/show/1817
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Thundercade at MobyGames
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Thundercade at allgame
7. ↑ "Game Machine's Best Hit Games 25 - テーブル型TVゲーム機 (Table Videos)". Game Machine (Amusement Press, Inc.) (322): 25. 15 December 1987.

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