Thundercade

Description

A nuclear powerplant has fallen into the hands of terrorists and you pilot a motorcyle equipped with machine guns that can be improved along the way. Make your way through difficult terrain and battle against loads of terrorists on foot, in cars, tanks and submarines who will try to stop you. Reach the plant and shoot all the terrorists to save the day.

Thundercade was produced by Taito in 1987.

Taito released 486 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1967. Taito was based in Japan.

Other machines made by Taito during the time period Thundercade was produced include: Daikaiju No Gyakushu - Giant Monster Counterattack, Violent Shooting, Land Sea Air Squad, Great Gurianos, Inspiration Baseball, Arkanoid - Revenge Of Doh, Double Dragon, Dr. Toppel Tankentai, Flying Shark, and Hishou Same

Specs

Name	Thundercade
Developer	Taito (Japan)
Year	1987
Type	Videogame
KLOV/MOG #	10107
Class	Wide Release
Genre	Shooter
Monitor	Orientation: Vertical Type: Raster: Standard Resolution Color: Color
Conversion Class	JAMMA
Dipswitch Settings	Thundercade Dipswitch Settings (user contributed)
# Simultaneous Players	2
# Maximum Players	2
Game Play	Joint
Control Panel Layout	Multiple Player
Controls	Joystick: 8-way Buttons: 2 - ShootBomb
Sound	Amplified Mono (one channel)
Cabinet Styles	Upright/Standard

Thundercade KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 0.00 (0 votes)

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Miscellaneous

Even in this early version, almost any object on the screen can be destroyed. This game is also known as Twin Formation and U.A.G. Un-Attached Grenadier.

VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Thundercade Census

There are 15,264 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,669 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 166,973 machines (7,000 unique titles).

Common - There are 34 known instances of this machine owned by Thundercade collectors who are active members. Of these, 3 of them are original dedicated machines. 5 of them are conversions in which game circuit boards (and possibly cabinet graphics) have been placed in (and on) another game cabinet. 26 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.

For Sale - There is one active VAPS member with an extra Thundercade circuit board for sale.

Wanted - There is one active VAPS member currently looking for Thundercade.

This game ranks a 6 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records.

This game ranks a 2 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census want list records.

Rarity and Popularity independently are not necessarily indications of value. [More Information]

Flyers

Technical

Has a DIP switch setting to change title screen to display 'Twin Formation', obviously for overseas use.

Legacy

Manuals

Pinout and DIP switch settings - Thundercade Manual — **Pinout and DIP switch settings**
(1 page, 219 kB File)

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