You have been recruited for Operation Wolf, a desperate attempt to rescue prisoners from the enemy. Through a series of missions, you'll engage a variety of enemies, from soldiers to ninjas, patrol boats to helicopters, and more. Can you carry the day?

Operation Wolf is an arcade conversion of the game by Taito. It is essentially a bitmapped "rail-shooter", where you basically hold the gun and shoot just about everything that moves, while conserving your ammo and grenades. Shoot ammo/grenades and healing items on the screen to "pick them up". Your primary machine gun can kill everything if you hit it enough times, but you can also use the grenade launcher for really deadly targets like helicopters or armored cars. You can collect a machine gun which will allow you to shoot faster for a few seconds.

You'll be pummelled by a LOT of enemies. Some will be shooting, others will be tossing grenades, knifes, and more. Some are armored and requires more than a few hits, others dodges. You can shoot grenades and knifes out of the air if you aim well enough. There are also civilians running around which can be shot, but it's not beneficial.

Bosses appear at the end of some levels, and each has a specific weakness you need to exploit.

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Alternate Titles

"Operation Wolf: Take No Prisoners" -- Tag-lined title
"オペレーション・ウルフ" -- Japanese spelling

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Part of the Following Groups

Merchant	Title	Platform	Price
	Operation Wolf	NES	$0.01
	Operation Wolf	DOS
	Operation Wolf	Commodore 64	$14.99
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User Reviews

A salute to Chuck Norris and his legacy of blowing up jungles.	DOS	Zovni (9427)
Taito's first attempt at developing a shooter, and one of the best	Amiga	Katakis (37454)
Typical Coin-Op port that probably did better in the arcade	DOS	MaiZure (114)

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The Press Says

The Games Machine (UK)	SEGA Master System	Sep, 1990	90 out of 100	90
Computer and Video Games (CVG)	SEGA Master System	Jun, 1990	90 out of 100	90
Player One	TurboGrafx-16	Nov, 1990	89 out of 100	89
The Games Machine (UK)	ZX Spectrum	Dec, 1988	87 out of 100	87
Zero	TurboGrafx-16	Dec, 1990	86 out of 100	86
Top Secret	NES	Feb, 1993		80
Mean Machines	NES	Aug, 1992	53 out of 100	53
The Video Game Critic	NES	Apr 24, 2002	C	50
IGN	Wii	Feb 12, 2008	2 out of 10	20
Nintendo Life	Wii	Feb 05, 2008		10

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Trivia

On April 29, 1989, Operation Wolf was put on the infamous German index by the BPjS. For more information about what this means and to see a list of games sharing the same fate, take a look here: BPjS/BPjM indexed games.

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