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Shooter Arcade

Thunder Blade

Sega Enterprises, Ltd. · U.S. Gold

3.5/51987

Release

1987

Player score

70/100

Platform families

1

Connected releases

11

Game data from IGDB

Editorial overview

Inside Thunder Blade

What it is

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.

Play styles

Single player

Perspective

Third person · Bird view / Isometric

Themes

Action · Warfare

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Official footage, in-game captures, and production artwork—collected into one immersive gallery.

6 assets

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Beyond this game

Explore the complete universe

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8 Bundle3 Port

Store collections

Bundles

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8 releases

Platform versions

Ports

Adaptations made for another platform, device, or hardware generation.

3 releases

PortSuper Thunder BladeOct 29, 1988Platform adaptation

Production dossier

The complete game record

Cast, creators, hardware, release history, and the details that define how this game plays.

Who made it

Platforms

Arcade
Sharp X68000
Commodore C64/128/MAX
ZX Spectrum
Nintendo 3DS
Gen 8
Atari ST/STE

Release history

Jul 30, 1988Sega Master System/Mark III
Feb 03, 1990Sharp X68000
Dec 07, 1990TurboGrafx-16/PC Engine
Aug 20, 2014Nintendo 3DS
1988Amiga
1988Amstrad CPC
1988Commodore C64/128/MAX
1989DOS
1987Arcade

Themes & modes

ActionWarfareSingle player

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Port

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Platform adaptation

PortThunder BladeDec 31, 1989Platform adaptation

TurboGrafx-16/PC Engine

Gen 4

DOS

Amiga

Amstrad CPC

Sega Master System/Mark III

Gen 3

MSX

1988

ZX Spectrum

1989MSX

1988Atari ST/STE

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