Lost In Translation/Operation Thunderbolt

About The Game
Operation Thunderbolt is a lightgun-controlled arcade video game shoot-em-up.

Terrorists have seized a passenger airplane and will execute all the hostages if their demands are not met. It is up to the veteran soldier known as 'Lone Wolf' to return to action and rescue those hostages before time runs out. Thankfully you are not alone on this mission so bring a friend and have a blast by blasting the enemies into oblivion!

Trivia
Operation Thunderbolt's plot is loosely based on a real life incident known as 'Operation Entebbe' which consisted of the hijacking of Air France Flight 139 which took place in June 27, 1976 and ended on July 4, 1976. One year later, Menahem Golan directed an Israeli movie based on the incident called Mivtsa Yonatan, and was released in english as Operation Thunderbolt.

Updates
Two different versions was released in US, the new one features some changed texts (during introduction).

Series

 * 1) Operation Wolf (1987)
 * 2) Operation Thunderbolt (1988)
 * 3) Operation Wolf 3 (1994)
 * 4) Operation Tiger (1998)

Staff

 * Project Reader:
 * Masaki Ogata


 * Game Designers:
 * Junji Yarita
 * Hiroyuki Sakou


 * Game Programmers:
 * Daisuke Sasaki
 * Akira Ootsuki
 * Youzou Koma
 * Tatsuo Nakamura
 * Shinji Soyano


 * Music Composer:
 * Spratter. A


 * Sound Editors:
 * Masahiko Takaki
 * Kazuyuki Onui
 * Yasuko Yamada


 * Character Designers:
 * Junji Yarita
 * Yoshihiko Wakita
 * Minori Ishino
 * Taira Sanuki
 * Hisakazu Katoh


 * PCB Designer:
 * Takashi Ohara


 * Mechanical Designer:
 * Itsuji Yamada


 * Cabinet Designer:
 * Atushi Iwaoka


 * Art Designers:
 * Hiroyasu Nagai
 * Osamu Matsuura

Ports

 * Consoles :
 * Amstrad GX4000 (1990)
 * Nintendo Super Famicom (1994)
 * Sony PlayStation 2 (2005, "Taito Legends") (US & Europe)
 * Microsoft XBOX (2005, "Taito Legends") (US & Europe)
 * Sony PlayStation 2 (2007, "Taito Memories II Vol. 1") (Japan only)


 * Computers :
 * Commodore C64 (1989)
 * Amstrad CPC (1989)
 * Sinclair ZX Spectrum (1989)
 * Commodore Amiga ("Operation Thunderbolt, 1989, Ocean)
 * Atari ST (1989)
 * Amstrad CPC+ (1990)
 * PC [MS Windows] (2005, "Taito Legends") (US & Europe)

