Thundercade

Thundercade
Arcade flyer
Developer(s)	SETA, Micronics (NES version)
Publisher(s)	American Sammy (NES version)
Distributor(s)	Taito, Romstar
Platform(s)	Arcade Nintendo Entertainment System
Release date(s)	Arcade: NA 1987[1] Nintendo Entertainment System: 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 shoot 'em up video game developed by SETA and originally released for video arcades in 1987. A port for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) was released in 1989.

The NES version's manual describes a story, casting players as a part of Operation Thundercade, a special forces operation battling against the nuclear threat of Atomic Age Terrorist Organization of Miracali (AATOM).^[4][5]

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.^[4] 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.^[5] Bosses include a submarine along with other screen-filling enemies.

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