Home Versions
In 1988, U.S. Gold released home computer versions of Rolling Thunder in Europe for ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC, Amiga and Atari ST. These five computer versions were developed by Tiertex. Only the Commodore 64 version had some different colors for the outfit of the Maskers: in the Amiga, Atari ST and Amstrad CPC version the Maskers have all the same outfit colors. ZX Spectrum version was almost monochrome. Slow movements and jerky scrolling affected all the versions.
On March 17, 1989, Namco released a home version of Rolling Thunder for the Family Computer in Japan. This version was localized in North America by Tengen, which released their version of the game for the Nintendo Entertainment System as an unlicensed title without Nintendo's approval. The Famicom/NES version features a few minor changes and additions from the arcade version, such as a password feature, hidden bonuses, and a harder second mission accessible by inputting a password given to the player for completing the normal mission. Namco's Famicom version of Rolling Thunder also uses a different sound chip from Tengen's NES version that made use of the extra sound channels featured on the Famicom's cartridge slot.
An Atari Lynx conversion of Rolling Thunder was also announced in an official Lynx catalog published. The Lynx version was announced with a scheduled May 1992 release date, but was later canceled.
The original arcade version is featured in Namco Museum Encore for the PlayStation, Namco Museum Battle Collection for the PlayStation Portable, in Namco Museum Virtual Arcade for the Xbox 360, and in Namco Museum 50th Anniversary for PlayStation 2, GameCube, Xbox and PC. The arcade version was released for the Wii's Virtual Console in Japan on July 21, 2009 and as part of the Pac-Man's Arcade Party 30th Anniversary arcade machine in 2010. In March 2012, Rolling Thunder was added to the Namco Arcade (iOS) app.
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