Thundercade
1987 video game
title: "Thundercade" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["1987-video-games", "arcade-video-games", "micronics-games", "multiplayer-and-single-player-video-games", "nintendo-entertainment-system-games", "romstar-games", "sammy-games", "seta-corporation-games", "taito-arcade-games", "vertically-scrolling-shooters", "video-games-about-nuclear-war-and-weapons", "video-games-developed-in-japan"] description: "1987 video game" topic_path: "history/military" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thundercade" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::summary 1987 video game ::
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| image | [[File:ThundercadeFlyer.jpg |
| caption | Arcade flyer |
| developer | SETA |
| Micronics (NES) | |
| publisher | SETA |
| American Sammy (NES) | |
| platforms | Arcade, NES |
| released | Arcade NES |
| genre | Scrolling shooter |
| modes | Single-player |
| Multiplayer | |
| :: |
|image=[[File:ThundercadeFlyer.jpg|frameless|Thundercade]] |caption=Arcade flyer |developer=SETA Micronics (NES) |publisher=SETA American Sammy (NES) |platforms=Arcade, NES |released= Arcade NES |genre=Scrolling shooter |modes=Single-player Multiplayer
Thundercade, also known as Twin Formation and 特殊部隊UAG", 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. 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).
Gameplay
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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.
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.
References
References
- [http://www.gamefaqs.com/arcade/569016-thundercade/data ''Thundercade''] Arcade information at GameFAQs
- [http://www.gamefaqs.com/nes/587702-thundercade/data ''Thundercade''] NES information at [[GameFAQs]]
- [http://www.gamekult.com/jeux/thundercade-SU00005710.html?pf=nes-160017 ''Thundercade''] at Game Kult
- "Tokusyu Butai UAG - Taito (Video Game, 1987) - Japan".
- [http://www.mobygames.com/game/nes/thundercade ''Thundercade''] at [[MobyGames]]
- [http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=14344&tab=overview ''Thundercade''] at [[allgame]]
- (15 December 1987). "Game Machine's Best Hit Games 25 - テーブル型TVゲーム機 (Table Videos)". [[:ja:アミューズメント通信社.
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