Thunder Cross (arcade)

Thunder Cross is a size-scrolling shooter released as an arcade game by Konami in 1988. This type of game was extremely common during this time period and while Thunder Cross is a decent game, it doesn't really stand out from the crowd.

Thunder Cross did offer a few features that were new at the time, including multiple scrolling background layers. The arcade game was popular enough to spawn sequels including Thunder Cross 2 and Space Manbow though I don't think either of these was released outside of Japan. There was also a budget home release of Thunder Cross on the PlayStation 2, but only in Japan.

Short of tracking down an original arcade machine, there aren't a lot of ways to play this game. You could track down the Japanese only PS2 release but the best option is probably emulation via MAME.

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