Mission Thunderbolt

Players control a character in 16 randomly generated levels from a top-down view. Players are able to discover and interact with items of varying value and purpose. The chances for the generation of these items, alongside for enemy encounter rates are randomly generated at the start of each game.

The player's statistics are based on character values from Dungeons & Dragons: Players can have different values for strength, dexterity, and constitution. Players who complete Mission: Thunderbolt can import character data into the Mac OS exclusive sequel, Mission: Firestorm.

A resistance force has developed in an alien-occupied Earth, and the player protagonist is sent to retrieve an anti-matter bomb in a military installation under the Appalachian Mountains. Alien forces arrive there force, and attempt to destroy the human invaders.

Mission: Thunderbolt was awarded "4 Mice" by MacUser magazine, which called it a complex, sometimes frustrating game that requires forethought and cunning. Macworld inducted the game into its 1992 Game Hall of Fame in the Best Role-playing Game category.

Mission: Thunderbolt was reviewed in 1993 in Dragon #189 by Hartley, Patricia, and Kirk Lesser in "The Role of Computers" column. The reviewers gave the game 3 out of 5 stars.