Rolling Thunder (1986)
Amiga · Amstrad CPC · Arcade · Atari ST/STE · Commodore C64/128/MAX · Nintendo Entertainment System · Wii · ZX Spectrum
3.12 from 34 ratings
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Rolling Thunder is a run and gun/action arcade game that was released by Namco in 1986 and licensed to Atari Games for US manufacture and distribution. It runs upon Namco System 86 hardware, and was later converted for the Sinclair ZX Spectrum, the Commodore 64, the Amstrad CPC, the Atari ST, the Commodore 64, and the Nintendo Family Computer. It …
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Rolling Thunder is a run and gun/action arcade game that was released by Namco in 1986 and licensed to Atari Games for US manufacture and distribution. It runs upon Namco System 86 hardware, and was later converted for the Sinclair ZX Spectrum, the Commodore 64, the Amstrad CPC, the Atari ST, the Commodore 64, and the Nintendo Family Computer. It was also featured in Namco Museum Encore.
The player takes control of "Albatross", a member of the WCPO's (World Crime Police Organization) "Rolling Thunder" espionage unit. Albatross's mission is to save a missing female agent named Leila Blitz from a secret society named Geldra located in New York City. Albatross must travel through two different segments or "stories", both comprised of five stages, for a total of ten game stages. On each stage, Albatross can enter doors, to hide and take cover from enemies, as well jump over to higher or lower floors with rails, including stairs. Albatross begins this game armed with a standard-issue pistol, which can be substituted with a fully automatic assault rifle that allows for continuous firing by holding down the firing button. Albatross can gain ammunition for either weapon, by entering doors which are marked "bullets" or "arms". Despite the presence of a life meter, Albatross can only take two physical hits from the enemy: a single hit drains half of the meter, and he will be killed instantly when struck by a projectile attack such as enemy bullets or lasers. (However, all bullets can be blocked by your own).
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Details
- Developers
- Namco
- Publishers
- Gradiente, Namco, Namco Bandai Games, Tengen, U.S. Gold
- Genres
- Platform, Shooter
- Themes
- Action
- Series
- Rolling Thunder
Release dates
- Dec 01, 1986 (Japan) Arcade
- 1987 (Europe) Commodore C64/128/MAX
- 1988 (Europe) Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST/STE, ZX Spectrum
- Mar 17, 1989 (Japan) Nintendo Entertainment System
- 1989 (North_America) Commodore C64/128/MAX, Nintendo Entertainment System
- Nov 1990 (Brazil) Nintendo Entertainment System
- Jul 21, 2009 (Japan) Wii
Also available on
- Rolling Thunder (1986) · Handheld Electronic LCD
- Rolling Thunder (1989) · famicom, NES, Wii
- Arcade Archives: Rolling Thunder (2022) · NSW, PS4
Related
Bundled in
- Namco Museum Encore (Nov 1997) · PS1
- Namco Museum Battle Collection (Feb 2005) · PSP
- Namco Museum 50th Anniversary (Aug 2005) · GCN, PC, PS2, XBOX
- Namco Museum 50th Anniversary (Aug 2005) · GBA
- Namco Museum Vol. 2 (Feb 2006) · PSP
- Namco Museum Virtual Arcade (Nov 2008) · X360
- Namco Museum Encore (Nov 1997) · PS1
- Namco Museum Battle Collection (Feb 2005) · PSP
- Namco Museum 50th Anniversary (Aug 2005) · GCN, PC, PS2, XBOX
- Namco Museum 50th Anniversary (Aug 2005) · GBA
- Namco Museum Vol. 2 (Feb 2006) · PSP
- Namco Museum Virtual Arcade (Nov 2008) · X360
- Pac-Man's Arcade Party (Dec 2010) · ARC
- Namco Arcade (Jan 2012) · ANDR, iOS
- Namco Museum (Jul 2017) · NSW
- Pac-Man's Pixel Bash (Dec 2018) · ARC
- Namco Museum Mini Player (Jul 2019) · Handheld Electronic LCD
- Namco Museum Archives Volume 2 (Jun 2020) · NSW, PC, PS4, XONE
- Namcot Collection (Jun 2020) · NSW
- Pac-Man Collection (Dec 2020) · Plug & Play
- Pac-Man Giant Joystick (Dec 2021) · Plug & Play
- Pac-Man Couchcade (Mar 2022) · Plug & Play
Rating distribution
5 stars
3
4 stars
6
3 stars
18
2 stars
6
1 star
1
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