This run and gun arcade game (also called an "horizontal scrolling shooter") took a very innovative feature from the super classic Elevator Action (namely the ability for the player to enter doors and hide from enemies) and took it to the next level, also becoming the foundation for a later classic and insanely popular ninja game that you may have heard of (Shinobi, of course man!).
Yes, I’m talking about Rolling Thunder, which also happens to be the name of the most powerful secret
police force, and you my friend, are in control of the main character, the secret agent codenamed “Albatross”. Your mission, should you decide to accept it (sorry couldn’t resist it) is to stop an underground criminal organization located in New York known as “Geldra” (say what? do you mean Hydra?) and their conspiracy to conquer the world, and let’s not forget rescuing the missing agent Leila Blitz who has been previously captured.
Armed only with a handgun (at least at first), you must find your way through heavily guarded hallways and secret passages in order to find Leila and overthrow Geldra’s leader “Maboo”. The game has two different “stories” with five stages each, which makes a total of ten stages. Whenever you get to the end of a stage, a large monitor screen will show you scenes from Leila’s capture and subsequent torture (those bastards!).
Don’t be fooled by the life meter, because after taking two hits (only one in the case of bullets or lasers) you’ll be toasted. The main enemy faces that will keep coming after you are hooded soldiers dressed in different outfits and colours that are known as “Maskers”. Other obstacles include mutated bats, lava men and disturbing shrieking yellow creatures. Feel like playing it? Well, you can play this great free online Rolling Thunder version, or as I have mentioned before, get the latest version of MAME and download the Rolling Thunder Rom to start making those masked fools feel the thunder!
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