“THUNDERCADE!” is coming to Arcade Archives.
After encouraging players to take a relaxing trip to the golf course last week, Hamster is offering something a little more action-packed for this week’s Arcade Archives release: Seta’s vertical shoot ’em up Thundercade (also known as Tokushu Butai U.A.G. and Twin Formation).
Released in Japanese arcades in 1987, the game swaps the idyllic imagery of greens and fairways from last week’s game for enemy-filled warzones (including occupied cities and enemy hideouts), with the player taking control of a soldier tasked with riding a motorcycle straight through the middle of the volley of bullets to reach the enemy stronghold. Along the way, they’ll be forced to destroy anything in their path (helicopters, tanks, and even submarines), while collecting power-ups in the form of sidecars that will give you a little extra firepower.
Read the full article on timeextension.com
“THUNDERCADE!” is coming to Arcade Archives.
After encouraging players to take a relaxing trip to the golf course last week, Hamster is offering something a little more action-packed for this week’s Arcade Archives release: Seta’s vertical shoot ’em up Thundercade (also known as Tokushu Butai U.A.G. and Twin Formation).
Released in Japanese arcades in 1987, the game swaps the idyllic imagery of greens and fairways from last week’s game for enemy-filled warzones (including occupied cities and enemy hideouts), with the player taking control of a soldier tasked with riding a motorcycle straight through the middle of the volley of bullets to reach the enemy stronghold. Along the way, they’ll be forced to destroy anything in their path (helicopters, tanks, and even submarines), while collecting power-ups in the form of sidecars that will give you a little extra firepower.
Read the full article on timeextension.com