Thunderbirds
A NES version of "Thunderbirds" was released by Activision in 1990.
Thunderbirds is an arcade developed by Pack-In-Video, released 29 September 1989 on Family Computer and Nintendo Entertainment System.
What Thunderbirds is
Thunderbirds is an arcade game developed by Pack-In-Video and released in 1989. It was published by Activision. It is available on Family Computer and Nintendo Entertainment System.
The premise, in the publisher's words
An evil alien named Hood wants the Thunderbirds to turn over all their vehicles to him within a 60 day time period or Hood will bombard the Earth with meteors. The Thunderbirds figure he needs the 60 days to prepare to come through with his threat so they decide to go looking for places which may contain his energy sources for his power. The game takes place over North America, the Indian Ocean, and Asia as you fly through doing different missions in each location. As a Thunderbird, you'll fly 5 different futuristic aircraft such as a Mach 20 Thunderbird 1 Rocket, the Neptune Hydro-Turbojet, and the Fire Flash Atomic plane. Each vehicle can only take 3 hits before being grounded. If your…
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it launched against
Thunderbirds launched on 29 September 1989, within three weeks of Disney's DuckTales, SimCity and Shadow of the Beast.
Released around the same time: Disney's DuckTales, SimCity, Shadow of the Beast.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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