Thunder Blade 1987
Developed by Sega Enterprises, Ltd., Sega Enterprises, Ltd.
- Shooter, Arcade, Action, Warfare
A helicopter shoot-'em-up developed by Sega. The Arcade version made use of Sega's 3D super scaler technology to create city environments where the buildings would appear to have depth. The subsequent home versions sadly lacked this feature.
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Plot-driven, grave, earnest and cool.
- character-ledplot-driven
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- cooloverwhelming
- unpretentiousprestige
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- Platforms
- Arcade, Sharp X68000, Commodore C64/128/MAX, ZX Spectrum, Nintendo 3DS, Atari ST/STE, TurboGrafx-16/PC Engine, DOS, Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Sega Master System/Mark III, MSX
- Developer
- Sega Enterprises, Ltd., Sega Enterprises, Ltd.
- Publisher
- U.S. Gold, NEC Avenue, Ltd., Sharp, Sega Enterprises, Ltd.
- Released
- December 31, 1987
- Modes
- Single player
- Perspective
- Third person, Bird view / Isometric
IGDB rating 7.0/10 from 11 ratings.
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