Games of the 8-, 16- & 32-bit era

Operation Thunderbolt

Title	Operation Thunderbolt
First release	1990
Developer	Taito
Publisher	Ocean Software
Platforms	Amiga, Atari ST, Commodore 64, SNES / Super Famicom, ZX Spectrum, Arcade ADB
Genres	shooter game, arcade
Players	1 player
Co-op	No
ESRB rating	E Everyone
Releases	Amiga: 1989-01-01 (Other) Atari ST: 1990-01-01 (PAL) Commodore 64: 1990-08-01 SNES / Super Famicom: 1994-01-01

Roy Adams leads a rescue mission across Kalubya to recover hostages taken during a hijacked airliner flight. Playing from a first-person perspective, you engage enemies in arcade-style shooting combat. The game supports up to two players, allowing for cooperative multiplayer action as you navigate hostile environments to complete the sortie.

Description: REG-Vault, CC BY-SA 4.0

Facts from REG-Vault, which aggregates several community databases; they may contain errors; gaps filled from TheGamesDB. Only retro platforms tracked by this site are listed.

Sources

REG-Vault (atarist/operation-thunderbolt) · last updated 2026-10-02 · descriptions CC BY-SA 4.0

REG-Vault (snes/operation-thunderbolt) · last updated 2026-10-27 · descriptions CC BY-SA 4.0

REG-Vault (c64/operation-thunderbolt) · last updated 2026-09-30 · descriptions CC BY-SA 4.0

REG-Vault (amiga/operation-thunderbolt) · last updated 2026-09-28 · descriptions CC BY-SA 4.0

REG-Vault (zxspectrum/operation-thunderbolt) · last updated 2026-10-07 · descriptions CC BY-SA 4.0

TheGamesDB (104314) · last updated 2026-07-18 · no licence stated · internal use only

TheGamesDB (6685) · last updated 2026-07-18 · no licence stated · internal use only

TheGamesDB (9566) · last updated 2026-07-18 · no licence stated · internal use only

TheGamesDB (5722) · last updated 2026-07-18 · no licence stated · internal use only

Arcade Database (ADB) (othunder) · last updated 2026-10-02 · CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 · internal use only

Arcade Database ADB

MAME romset	`othunder`
Title at ADB	Operation Thunderbolt (World, rev 1)
Manufacturer	Taito
Year	1988
Genre	Shooter / Gun
Players	2
MAME driver status	GOOD

Operation Thunderbolt – Marquee — Marquee

Operation Thunderbolt – Cabinet — Cabinet

Operation Thunderbolt – In-game — In-game

Artwork: ADB (Arcade Database); artwork © original manufacturer (Taito); snaps by ProgettoSnaps via ADB. Non-free, internal use only (hotlinked, not downloaded).

Scraping using Arcade Database by motoschifo · CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 · romset via Wikidata P2451 (title+year) · fetched 2026-10-02 16:22 UTC · filled here: platform

Source: REG-Vault (upstream not stated) · © Ocean Software · internal use only

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Image credits

Box art, Screenshots, Logos, Artwork (23): Source: REG-Vault (upstream not stated) · © Ocean Software · internal use only. REG-Vault page

Box art, Logos (2): Source: TheGamesDB (user-uploaded) · © Ocean Software · internal use only. TheGamesDB page

Screenshots (6): Source: libretro-thumbnails (upstream libretro-thumbnails (art by developers/publishers; see repo README)) · © Ocean Software · internal use only.

Sprites

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Videos

ZX Spectrum Longplay [123] Operation Thunderbolt

World-of-Longplays · ZX Spectrum version · longplay · 29:38auto-matched
Watch on YouTube ↗ · auto:channel-harvest, checked 2026-10-25 18:42 UTC

OPERATION THUNDERBOLT (C64 - FULL GAME)

Zeusdaz - The Unemulated Retro Game Channel · Commodore 64 version · longplay · 28:07auto-matched
Watch on YouTube ↗ · auto:channel-harvest, checked 2026-10-25 18:41 UTC

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