Ludography
Rolling Thunder cover

1989 · Port · Namco · Shooter · Platformer

Rolling Thunder

Nintendo exclusivePort

The Famicom/NES version of Rolling Thunder. There are noticeably less enemies, and the characters have all been reduced in size. The main character also runs at a faster speed.

Released
17 March 1989
Platforms
WiiNES
Genres
ShooterPlatformer
Developers
Namco
Publishers
TengenNamco
Modes
Single-player
Perspective
Side view
Themes
Action
Languages
English
›Story

Albatross, a secret agent working for the World Crime Police Organization's "Rolling Thunder" unit, is dispatched to New York to rescue his partner Leila Blitz. She has been captured by Geldra, a shadowy terrorist organization led by the mysterious Maboo. Albatross must infiltrate their stronghold, fighting through ten stages of hooded soldiers and mutant creatures to reach Maboo and free Leila.

Keywords

  • secret agent
  • run and gun
  • damsel in distress
  • wii virtual console
  • regional differences
  • nes game pak - namco 163

Media

Rolling Thunder screenshot 1

Releases by platformdates and regions as published

PlatformReleasedRegions
NES17 March 1989Japan · North America 31 December 1989
Wii21 July 2009Japan

Editions and related releases

Included in
Namco Museum Archives Volume 2
Part of
Rolling Thunder
Port of
Rolling Thunder

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