Arcade Video game published 35 years ago:

Thunder Dragon (c) 1991 NMK.

- TECHNICAL -

Main CPU: Motorola 68000 (@ 10 Mhz) Sound Chips: YM2203 (@ 1.5 Mhz), (2x) OKI6295 (@ 24.242 Khz)

Screen orientation: Vertical Video resolution: 224 x 256 pixels Screen refresh: 60.00 Hz Palette colors: 1024

Players: 2 Control: 8-way joystick Buttons: 2

- TRIVIA -

Released in August 1991.

Licensed to Tecmo for distribution.

- UPDATES -

A bootleg version uses the "Raiden" (seibu) sound hardware (a Z80 @ 3.579545 Mhz), all musics from "Raiden" are present =).

- TIPS AND TRICKS -

* Secret Message: Reset game and hold down Player 2 buttons 1 and 2. If you did it fast enough, you will see the message 'Ready?'. If not try again. Press P1 Button 2(x14). If you did this correctly, you should see another message '4th June. 1991'. And you are in the test mode.

- STAFF -

Producer: Yukio Tomonari Director: Yosuke Ono Game designer: Merry Tamio Programmer: Lieut. Col. Ore Scenario writer: Ikezu Kenzi Sound creator: Hide-Kaz Graphic designers: Ikezu Kenzi, Giant Ama

Player layout in our catalog: 2P sim.

If you are exploring by feel rather than by title, jump from the tags above into the matching genre rooms, or return to the Arcade hall for the full wall.

Open Play on this page to start Thunder Dragon (8th Jan. 1992, unprotected). Keyboard, USB/Bluetooth pads, and the on-screen touch gamepad all work inside the emulator bar. Save states and fullscreen live on that same bar so you can pause mid-session and resume later.

Thunder Dragon (8th Jan. 1992, unprotected) is filed in our catalog as a 1991 release.

Player layout on this cabinet: 2P sim.

Genre tags on Classic Arcade Games: Shooter.

Credit line lists NMK (Tecmo license) as developer.