Operation Thunderbolt (video game)

Operation Thunderbolt
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Developer(s)	Taito
Publisher(s)	Taito
Director(s)	Menahem Golan
Platform(s)	Arcade (original) Amiga, C64, SNES
Release	1988
Genre(s)	Shooting gallery
Mode(s)	Single-player, 2 player Co-op
Cabinet	Upright
CPU	68000 (@ 13 MHz)
Sound	Z80 (@ 4 MHz) YM2610 (@ 8 MHz), (6x) Volume (@ 8 MHz)
Display	Raster, 320 x 240 pixels (Horizontal), 4096 colors

Review scores
Publication	Score
CVG	80%
Crash	91%
Sinclair User	92%
Your Sinclair	93%
ACE	927
Next Generation	(SNES)
The Games Machine	91%

Operation Thunderbolt is a one- or two-player shooter arcade game by Taito made in 1988. It is the sequel to Operation Wolf. Like its predecessor, the game uses mounted positional guns as controllers. It also adds two-player simultaneous play. Versions of the game were released for Amiga, Commodore 64, and Super Nintendo. An arcade exclusive sequel to Operation Thunderbolt was released in 1994: Operation Wolf 3.

Roy Adams and Hardy Jones, two green berets, must save American hostages from a hijacked airliner which was forced to land in the fictional African province, Kalubya. To accomplish their mission, they must capture six different bases, shoot enemies such as soldiers, jeeps, tanks, and helicopters using their machine gun or grenade launcher, and try to save the hostages along the way. Enemies attack with bullets, grenades, or rockets. Killing the hostages by accident results in the player receiving a bad ending. Once Stage 8 is reached, the players must engage with the lead hijacker holding the pilot hostage. At this point continues are no longer permitted and if the player dies, he obtains a game over screen which is also seen when the player fails to insert coins before the continue timer reaches 0. The player can accidentally kill the pilot, which triggers a bad ending. If he kills the hijacker, the good ending is shown with the credits.