I remember this game.. my arcade got this one a little late.. 1989.. albatross was the second video game crush I had (the first being solid snake),, that side art had me in love (mostly games at my arcade were jam packed so you couldn't see the side art,, but this one was at the end).. he looks like the guy from space harrier haha..
Looks like a Scooby Doo cartoon, villains wearing weird hooded masks, the way they walk, the color throughout. Awesome. Pretty sure the animation of the characters was worked out with drawings and then digitized into computer graphics judging by the complexity of the poses, acting and staging.
Yes! I loved this game! My pals and me used to act like the characters when we were playing outside (of course we were kids). There was also this silly legend inside the arcade store that the main character was actually *Lupin*, but a bit 'changed' for lack of copyrights. ...now, if you excuse me, I have to spend the next 25 minutes swimming in my nostalgia. -BETMARK-
***** XD there are a lot of silly stuff I love of this game.Like the 'hood guys' taunting their boss everytime he turns to the other side.Or how they look around confused when you enter into a room right in front of them: "What is this sorcery?!? Where did he go?" -BETMARK-
***** When we were kids we just saw a skinny guy with a gun who was shooting bad people and that was pretty much the first version of Lupin the 3rd. We didn't even know this one was a secret agent (also the girl to rescue could be *Fujiko* or one of the random girls he was in love).
Love the look on Albatross's face at the end. Just killed 1000's of men and some green alien man to rescue the girl, but still has a look of "It's over. Go home. I'm bored now."
The story of a man in a bright red ascot shooting the crap out of the most colorful evil henchmen 16 bits could output. A survivor, upon seeing the carnage, would quietly retreat to a idyllic island and adopt the name Plok.
i had this game on my playstation 2 it came in an arcade pack type of game for the playstation 2 i was terrible at it but i still enjoyed. the noise for when you die still haunts me to this day though
Albatross saves Leila here, and in the sequel they both work together. Part 3 took place same time as part 2, so some jabroni named Jay went after the bad guys in a decent second sequel.
My mom actually got this particular arcade cabinet from the hotel she used to work at to the apartment she used to live in. So, I have fond memories of playing this game as a kid -- hard as hell, though.
@@VinylSamuraisMusic Lol! Now would be very cool. Have great day CrabJab! PS: Just a Correction; The game's name is 'My Friend Pedro', not 'My Name is Pedro'.
@@luisreyes1963 Namco did eventually release a Lupin the Third game on the Famicom in 1987, and it was pretty similar to Rolling Thunder, albeit with more exploration and the ability to switch between Lupin, Jigen, and Goemon.
It's using the existing character animations to give a Seig Heil style salute (but conveniently closed fist so as not to get the game banned in Germany!)
I still remember the game over music and Maboo’s evil laugh used to scare the crap out of me when I was little. I used to watch my sister and my dad play this and Galaga 88 all the time because at the time both games were too hard for me (I was around 5-6 years old at the time)
Anyone familiar with the SunA(?) knockoff of this, "Rough Ranger"? Many Americans played "count the gay stereotypes" regarding the cabinet and game artwork.
For a moment it looked like they were going to pull a "ghosts'n'goblins" on you, but the second round turms to be pretty different from the first after a while.
I bet originally it was programed to be a Lupin The Third game, the graphic and animations are 100% Lupin style and the sequel have a female character very alike to Mina Fujiko the partner/rival of Lupin.
That's because Wrath of the Black Manta was horrible attempt @ copying Shinobi, which plays similarly to Rolling Thunder. Shurikens instead of bullets..
No, child. Dabbing wasn't a thing. The only people that care about "dabs" are children and man-children. The same goes for t-bagging. They's both childish. Grow up.
Still want to see someone beat this with default settings. I don’t think it’s been done. This was great gameplay but settings were switched to extend timer and make it easier
This looks and feels a lot like the arcade version of Sly Spy, an old Data East game. I wonder if there's any relation? Even the main characters jump looks the same...
If I'm going to beat this game then I need to conserve bullets. I found out that if you start Story 2 Level 10 with few bullets to start, you have no chance. Rolling Thunder is a very brutally difficult game.
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