Cobra Command

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Cobra Command

System(s): Sega LaserDisc hardware, Sega Mega-CD

Publisher:

Wolf Team (JP), Renovation Products (US)

Developer: Data East,

Wolf Team

Genre: Shooting

Number of players: 1

Release	Date	RRP	Code

JP	1992-08-28	¥7,8007,800	T-32064
US	1992-11^[1]^[2]	$49.9949.99^[3]	4402
EU	1993		4402

Cobra Command, known as Thunder Storm in Japan, is a 1983 FMV arcade game by Data East. It was first released on Sega LaserDisc hardware presumably as an upgrade for Astron Belt (MAME has Astron Belt as this game's parent). The following year, Data East released the game on both their own LaserDisc hardware and Gottlieb's M.A.C.H. 3 hardware as well.

Wolf Team ported it to the Sega Mega-CD in 1992, keeping the Cobra Command name in the US and Europe but renaming it Thunder Storm FX (サンダーストームＦＸ) in Japan.

In Europe Cobra Command was later bundled with Sol-Feace, a horizontal shoot-'em-up, as Sol-Feace / Cobra Command. As European Mega-CD games were distributed in jewel case quad boxes, one "half" of the box was devoted to Cobra Command, and the other to Sol-Feace. In America it was bundled with Road Avenger. gmode, a mobile games developer who purchased Data East's intellectual property after their bankruptcy, has since ported it to iOS.

Production credits

Mega-CD version

Producer: J.Asanuma, M.Uno
Director: K.Yokoh
Planner: H.Suzuki, M.Norimoto
Main Programming by: S.Hirachi
Mega‑CD Programming by: C.Tokuhiro
Visual Director: T.Okano, T.Konishi
Design Supervised by: K.Nagata
Graphics by: K.Tajima, M.Matsushima, A.Kabaya, M.Yasumori, H.Nakajima, Y.Nishitani, M.Kimura, K.Fujita, K.Tajiri, D.Moriyama, K.Ishiguro, M.Andou, Y.Inagaki
Ending Music Compose by: M.Sakuraba

BGM Recording

Solid Gold
- Compose by: N.Nakamura
- Co.Arr & Play: H.Mizuno
- Music Coordinated by: T.Satoh
Mixer's Lab
- Recording Engineer: S.Yoshii
- Assistant Engineer: Y.Oshima
The Phenomenon Studio
- Manipulator: H.Shimahara
- Recording Studio: West Side
- Recording Director: H.Yamaguchi

Binaural Sounds Recording

Avaco Creative Studios Inc
- MA Engineer: T.Uemura
- MA Assistant Engineer: M.Otsubo
- MA Director: N.Matsumoto
Nittobo Acoustic Engineering Co. Ltd
- 3D Engineer: F.Tsutsumi
- 3D Director: T. Kobayashi
- 3D Producer: T.Shigeta
- Narration by: S.Herman
- MA Studio: Avaco Creative Studio
- Sound Producer: K.Senzaki
- Public Relations by: K.Iijima, E.Kobayashi, T.Murakami

Thanks to: K.Gotoh, M.Uchida, T.Kunimatsu, I.Kadowaki, R.Ishizawa, H.Nina
Special Thanks to: K.Fukushima
Executive Producer: M.Akishino
Licensed by: Data East Corp.
All Produced by: Wolf Team

Magazine articles

Main article: Cobra Command/Magazine articles.

Physical scans

Mega-CD version

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)

40

^[12]

Beep! MegaDrive (JP)

NTSC-J

73

^[13]

Console Mania (IT)

82

^[4]

Consoles + (FR)

66

^[5]

Computer & Video Games (UK)

81

^[6]

Electronic Games (1992-1995) (US)

NTSC-U

87

^[14]

Electronic Gaming Monthly (US)

NTSC-U

73

^[15]

Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1 (RU)

40

^[16]

Famitsu (JP)

NTSC-J

58

^[17]

GameFan (US)

94

^[18]

Game Power (IT)

PAL

40

^[19]

GamePro (US)

NTSC-U

80

^[3]

Game Informer (US)

NTSC-U

88

^[20]

Joypad (FR)

80

^[21]

Joystick (FR)

86

^[7]

Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming (UK)

NTSC-J

80

^[8]

Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming (UK)

PAL

80

^[22]

Mega (UK)

NTSC-J

80

^[9]

Mega Fun (DE)

NTSC-U

85

^[23]

Mega Fun (DE)

NTSC-U

71

^[24]

MegaTech (UK)

NTSC

87

^[25]

Marukatsu Mega Drive (JP)

NTSC-J

86

^[26]

Mean Machines Sega (UK)

NTSC-J

73

^[10]

Sega Magazin (DE)

79

^[27]

Sega Pro (UK)

NTSC-J

92

^[28]

Sega Pro (UK)

NTSC-J

84

^[29]

Sega Force (SE)

95

^[30]

Sega Force (UK)

PAL

89

^[11]

Sega Saturn Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

77

^[31]

Supergame (BR)

NTSC-J

93

^[32]

Tricks 16 bit (RU)

63

^[33]

Video Games (DE)

NTSC-U

65

^[34]

	76
Based on 32 reviews

Cobra Command

Mega-CD, US
Cover
Disc Manual Reg Card

Mega-CD, EU
Cover
50x50px Disc Manual

Mega-CD, JP
Cover
Spinecard Disc Manual

References

↑ File:SegaVisions US 10.pdf, page 93
↑ File:GamePro US 039.pdf, page 26
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↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 File:ConsolesPlus FR 012.pdf, page 74 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:ConsolesPlus FR 012.pdf_p74" defined multiple times with different content
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↑ ^7.0 ^7.1 File:Joystick FR 032.pdf, page 164 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:Joystick FR 032.pdf_p164" defined multiple times with different content
↑ ^8.0 ^8.1 File:MDAG UK 03.pdf, page 19 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:MDAG UK 03.pdf_p19" defined multiple times with different content
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↑ ^11.0 ^11.1 File:SegaForce UK 11.pdf, page 62 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:SegaForce UK 11.pdf_p62" defined multiple times with different content
↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 48
↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "August 1992" (JP; 1992-07-08), page 30
↑ Electronic Games (1992-1995), "January 1993" (US; 1992-12-10), page 92
↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "December 1992" (US; 1992-xx-xx), page 36
↑ Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1, "" (RU; 1999-xx-xx), page 301
↑ Famitsu, "1992-09-04" (JP; 1992-08-21), page 40
↑ GameFan, "Volume 1, Issue 1: October 1992" (US; 1992-xx-xx), page 6
↑ Game Power, "Luigio/Agosto 1993" (IT; 1993-0x-xx), page 73
↑ Game Informer, "January/February 1993" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 6
↑ Joypad, "Octobre 1992" (FR; 1992-10-xx), page 64
↑ Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "May 1993" (UK; 1993-xx-xx), page 47
↑ Mega Fun, "11/92" (DE; 1992-10-xx), page 30
↑ Mega Fun, "09/93" (DE; 1993-08-18), page 35
↑ MegaTech, "November 1992" (UK; 1992-10-20), page 32
↑ Marukatsu Mega Drive, "September 1992" (JP; 1992-08-xx), page 120
↑ Sega Magazin, "September/Oktober 1993" (DE; 1993-09-01), page 14
↑ Sega Pro, "November 1992" (UK; 1992-10-08), page 30
↑ Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 74
↑ Sega Force, "4/93" (SE; 1993-07-08), page 16
↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 85
↑ Supergame, "Novembro 1992" (BR; 1992-11-xx), page 16
↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 44
↑ Video Games, "9/93" (DE; 1993-08-25), page 43

[:File:SegaVisions_US_10.pdf_p93-1] File:SegaVisions US 10.pdf, page 93

[:File:GamePro_US_039.pdf_p26-2] File:GamePro US 039.pdf, page 26

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[12] 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 48

[:File:BeepMD_JP_1992-08.pdf_p30-13] Beep! MegaDrive, "August 1992" (JP; 1992-07-08), page 30

[:File:ElectronicGames2_US_04.pdf_p92-14] Electronic Games (1992-1995), "January 1993" (US; 1992-12-10), page 92

[:File:EGM_US_041.pdf_p36-15] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "December 1992" (US; 1992-xx-xx), page 36

[16] Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1, "" (RU; 1999-xx-xx), page 301

[:File:Famitsu_JP_0194.pdf_p40-17] Famitsu, "1992-09-04" (JP; 1992-08-21), page 40

[:File:GameFan_US_0101.pdf_p6-18] GameFan, "Volume 1, Issue 1: October 1992" (US; 1992-xx-xx), page 6

[:File:GamePower_IT_19.pdf_p73-19] Game Power, "Luigio/Agosto 1993" (IT; 1993-0x-xx), page 73

[:File:GameInformer_US_008.pdf_p6-20] Game Informer, "January/February 1993" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 6

[:File:Joypad_FR_013.pdf_p64-21] Joypad, "Octobre 1992" (FR; 1992-10-xx), page 64

[:File:MDAG_UK_09.pdf_p47-22] Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "May 1993" (UK; 1993-xx-xx), page 47

[:File:MegaFun_DE_1992-11.pdf_p30-23] Mega Fun, "11/92" (DE; 1992-10-xx), page 30

[:File:MegaFun_DE_1993-09.pdf_p35-24] Mega Fun, "09/93" (DE; 1993-08-18), page 35

[:File:MegaTech_UK_11.pdf_p32-25] MegaTech, "November 1992" (UK; 1992-10-20), page 32

[:File:MarukatuMD_JP_01.pdf_p120-26] Marukatsu Mega Drive, "September 1992" (JP; 1992-08-xx), page 120

[:File:SegaMagazin_DE_01.pdf_p14-27] Sega Magazin, "September/Oktober 1993" (DE; 1993-09-01), page 14

[:File:SegaPro_UK_13.pdf_p30-28] Sega Pro, "November 1992" (UK; 1992-10-08), page 30

[:File:SegaPro_UK_18.pdf_p74-29] Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 74

[:File:SegaForce_SE_1993_04.pdf_p16-30] Sega Force, "4/93" (SE; 1993-07-08), page 16

[:File:SSM_JP_19950901_1995-09.pdf_p85-31] Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 85

[:File:Supergame_BR_16.pdf_p16-32] Supergame, "Novembro 1992" (BR; 1992-11-xx), page 16

[33] Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 44

[:File:VideoGames_DE_1993-09.pdf_p43-34] Video Games, "9/93" (DE; 1993-08-25), page 43

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Cobra Command

From Sega Retro

Contents

Production credits

Mega-CD version

Magazine articles

Physical scans

Mega-CD version

References