Aboard the lethal Gunship Gladiator helicopter, it is your job to ensure that a coup fails to install a dictator as leader.

The game features 12 levels split into three distinct styles. First of all you'll be flying over a city in your helicopter, shooting out tanks by ducking low enough to target them, but also climbing to avoid the skyscrapers in the area. The third section is viewed similarly, but sees you attempting to wipe out the planes mounted on an aircraft carrier.

The second section is viewed behind your helicopter in full 3D, and adds helicopters and planes to be shot, with dodging their bullets as you duck down to shoot the tanks being the main challenge.

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Alternate Titles

"Thunder Blade" -- Alternate spelling
"サンダーブレード" -- Japanese Spelling

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Thunder Blade series

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User Reviews

A must-own classic.

Ash_1 (57)

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The Press Says

Computer and Video Games (CVG)	Nov, 1988	80 out of 100	80
The Games Machine (UK)	Dec, 1988	76 out of 100	76
ASM (Aktueller Software Markt)	Jan, 1989	9 out of 12	75
Power Play	Feb, 1989	71 out of 100	71
Retrogaming History	Sep 04, 2008	6 out of 10	60
All Game Guide	2007		50
The Video Game Critic	Nov 14, 2000	C-	42
Defunct Games	Dec 31, 2006	35 out of 100	35
Digital Press - Classic Video Games	Jul 09, 2005	3 out of 10	30
Gaming since 198x	Feb 01, 2009	1 out of 5	20

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Trivia

The Commodore 64 version came with a 'Art of Noise' (electronic music) mix tape. They were very popular dance music collective in the eighties apparently!

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This entry was contributed by Martin Smith (63217), Terok Nor (16793), Игги Друге (31856) and *Katakis* (37454)