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Operation Thunderbolt (1988)

Taito

Amiga · Amstrad CPC · Arcade · Atari ST/STE · Commodore C64/128/MAX · Super Nintendo Entertainment System · ZX Spectrum

3.00 from 10 ratings

49 members have it in their collection · 14 backlogged · 1 wish listed

How long? Main story 0h · with extras 1h (from 3 logged playthroughs)

Operation Thunderbolt is the exciting sequel to Operation Wolf. An airliner is hijacked by terrorists en-route from Paris to Boston, who threaten to kill all hostages on board if their mates aren't released from jail. Instead of reaching its destination, the airliner makes a landing in Kalubya, Africa, and all the hostages are hidden in various locations. The authorities have … Read more
Operation Thunderbolt is the exciting sequel to Operation Wolf. An airliner is hijacked by terrorists en-route from Paris to Boston, who threaten to kill all hostages on board if their mates aren't released from jail. Instead of reaching its destination, the airliner makes a landing in Kalubya, Africa, and all the hostages are hidden in various locations. The authorities have asked the hero from Operation Wolf to rescue the hostages, but only this time, the hero brings his friend along for the ride. There are eight missions to complete in Operation Thunderbolt, and each one has you shooting down soldiers, choppers, and tanks. The gameplay varies every one or two missions. In some missions, you are driving a jeep or controlling a boat, while in others, you are walking while you're shooting. You have a limited supply of ammo, and a limited supply of rocket bombs, but you can always stock up by shooting down crates falling from the sky, or by killing a cat or dog that get in the line of fire. Also from crates, you can get special items like bulletproof vests, rocket bombs, and different weapons. Read less
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Details

Developers
Taito
Publishers
Ocean Software, Taito
Genres
Arcade, Shooter
Themes
Action, Warfare
Series
Operation Wolf

Release dates

  • 1988 (Japan) Arcade
  • 1989 (North_America) Amiga
  • 1990 (Europe) Amstrad CPC, Atari ST/STE, ZX Spectrum
  • 1990 (North_America) Commodore C64/128/MAX
  • Oct 01, 1994 (North_America) Super Nintendo Entertainment System

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GigaDeathNullGolem

Review GigaDeathNullGolem 3/5 · Jun 12, 2022

Average Positional/Lightgun shooter

Played at local arcade with friend. I have fond memories of the predecessor Operation Wolf, and this really doesnt seem to much different.

-You get a nice grenade launcher to click the button on the side of your MAC 10 light gun to fire. handy for taking out vehicles and anything else on the screen

-You cant see where you …

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Played at local arcade with friend. I have fond memories of the predecessor Operation Wolf, and this really doesnt seem to much different.

-You get a nice grenade launcher to click the button on the side of your MAC 10 light gun to fire. handy for taking out vehicles and anything else on the screen

-You cant see where you are aimiing unless you lean down and actually use the sights. This was kind of neat.

Light gun/positional gun shooting games in this era didnt have force feedback, so that makes it kind of conffusing and disorienting at times as you play. Several times I kept wondering if i was maybe out of ammo. Or wasnt clear where i was shooting or if i was shooting.

There is a laser sight upgrade that gives you a visible on screen reticle. Get it and appreciate how smooth these positional tracking guns actually ARE....

Dont open the doors that say shoot here. all that does is have a hostage run around on the screen which will penalize your health if you attack them.

The levels will also recycle enemy positions and AI it seems. its a fun game just to shoot at stuff but nothing more than that.

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Chovus

Status Chovus Mar 2, 2020

Beat on normal as Sonia. I barely scraped through the game and by the time I beat the final boss I was down to a sliver of health with no continues. Biggest problem I had was the crosshair does not move fast enough, so it was impossible to keep up with everything without a 2nd player. The scrolling screen and …

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Beat on normal as Sonia. I barely scraped through the game and by the time I beat the final boss I was down to a sliver of health with no continues. Biggest problem I had was the crosshair does not move fast enough, so it was impossible to keep up with everything without a 2nd player. The scrolling screen and movement of everything that needed to be shot did not help. Ran out of ammo once, killed a few hostages and thought I was being clever at the last boss when I ignored his human shield and wrecked him with rockets. No that is a bad ending. Decent game.

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