Twin Cobra

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Description

Twin Cobra is a vertically scrolling shoot-em-up. You pilot the TC-17 Twin Cobra assault helicopter to fight the forces of Commander Anziga, the myopic leader of the nation of Kaban. Your job is to fly into Kaban and take out the entire military base of Commander Anziga.

You will fight small helicopters, tanks and stationary guns, defeat the large helicopters to get power-ups. By picking up colored icons (blue, yellow, red or green) you can change to different weapon types. Blue is a forward spread shot, yellow is a four-way shot, red is a wide forward laser shot and green is a continuous forward laser shot.

At the end of each section, you land on a carrier ship and count up your bonuses.

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Alternate Titles

• "究極タイガー" -- Japanese spelling
• "Ultimate Tiger" -- PC Engine title
• "Twin Cobra: Desert Attack Helicopter" -- Genesis title
• "Kyūkyoku Tiger" -- Japanese title (original version)

Part of the Following Groups

• Genre: Scrolling shoot 'em up
• Twin Cobra series

User Reviews

Original NES quality graphics come to the Genesis.

Genesis

Majestic Lizard (676)

Critic Reviews

Power Play	TurboGrafx-16	Aug, 1989	82 out of 100	82
Power Play	Genesis	Apr, 1991	80 out of 100	80
Electronic Gaming Monthly (EGM)	Genesis	Jun, 1991	30 out of 40	75
Ultimate Nintendo: Guide to the NES Library	NES	2016		70
Sega-16.com	Genesis	Oct 12, 2006	7 out of 10	70
Computer and Video Games (CVG)	Genesis	May, 1991	66 out of 100	66
Electronic Gaming Monthly (EGM)	NES	Dec, 1989	26 out of 40	65
Commodore User	Arcade	Apr, 1988	6 out of 10	60
VideoGame	NES	Jun, 1991		60
The Video Game Critic	Genesis	Nov 15, 2006	C	50

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Trivia

Version differences

The original Japanese arcade version, called Kyūkyoku Tiger ("Ultimate Tiger") is a single player game where the player's helicopter is gray like the one on the title screen. The export version, Twin Cobra however allowed two simultaneous players where the helicopters are colored red and blue. The Genesis and NES conversions, although using the Twin Cobra moniker are still single player games, thus more resembling Ultimate Tiger than Twin Cobra.

Related Web Sites

• Twin Cobra / Ultimate Tiger / Kyukyoku Tiger (More information about the arcade version of Twin Cobra and the home versions.)