Cobra Command

For the Sega Saturn version, see Thunder Storm & Road Blaster.

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Cobra Command

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

Publisher:

Wolf Team (JP)

Sega of America (US)

Developer:

Wolf Team

Licensor: Data East, Telenet Japan

Renovation Products (US)

Original system(s): Arcade boards

Developer(s) of original games: Data East

Genre: Shooting^[1]

Number of players: 1

Release	Date	RRP	Code
JP	1984?	¥?	?

JP	1992-08-28^[1]	¥7,8007,800	T-32064
US	1992-11^[2]^[3]	$49.9949.99^[4]	4402

Non-Sega versions
Arcade MSX X1 X68000

Cobra Command, known as Thunder Storm FX (サンダーストームＦＸ) in Japan, is a full-motion video game developed by Wolf Team for the Sega Mega-CD and released in 1992. It is a port of the 1983 arcade game Thunder Storm by Data East, and it is an interactive movie produced by Toei Animation.

Story

Terrorists are threatening the free world and have amassed a diabolical force. Only the brave pilot of Cobra Command can vanquish the terrorist threat and save the free world from total destruction. The player assumes the role as pilot of the LX-3 Super Cobra helicopter (fictional, but similar to the Bell AH-1 SuperCobra).

Gameplay

The game is an interactive movie with elements of a shooter. The player watches scenes from a first-person perspective as the helicopter flies through the conflict zones. The game screen is represented by the helicopter's cockpit, and the player controls a crosshair that can be moved with the D-pad to aim at the enemy forces. The player can fire missiles with or or a Vulcan gun with . Both weapons have unlimited ammunition. The Vulcan gun can be fired continuously by holding the button down but quickly overheats. The player must also occasionally use the D-pad to steer the helicopter out of the way of obstacles when cued. If the player fails to shoot down an enemy or move the helicopter in time, a short animated sequence depicts the Cobra helicopter being destroyed and the player loses a life. The game ends if the player runs out of lives.

There are two selectable difficulty levels (Normal and Advanced). On both difficulty levels, the player is given vocalized instructions from a "flight instructor." When playing on Normal, the player is additionally given visual cues in the helicopter's HUD.

Stages

	New York

	Grand Canyon

	The Pacific

	Easter Island

	Small Enemy Fortress

	Rome

	Desert

	The Jungle

	Cave

	Main Enemy Fortress

History

The original arcade version was released in Japan on April 24th, 1984. It was the second LaserDisc game after Data East's Bega's Battle^[5]. A conversion kit using the Bega's Battle cabinet was released, as well as conversion kits from Sega LaserDisc hardware such as Astron Belt^[6].

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.

Legacy

The game was bundled with Road Avenger in the Sega Saturn game Thunder Storm & Road Blaster. It was later ported to iOS by G-Mode, the company that bought Data East's intellectual property after its bankruptcy.

Versions

Localised names

Also known as
Language	Localised Name	English Translation
English	Cobra Command	Cobra Command
English (US)	Cobra Command	Cobra Command
Japanese	サンダーストームＦＸ	Thunder Storm FX

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

Source:

In-game credits (JP)^[7]

Magazine articles

Main article: Cobra Command/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Print advert in Beep! MegaDrive (JP) #1992-06: "June 1992" (1992-05-08)

Print advert in Beep! MegaDrive (JP) #1992-07: "July 1992" (1992-06-08)

Print advert in Beep! MegaDrive (JP) #1992-08: "August 1992" (1992-07-08)

Print advert in Beep! MegaDrive (JP) #1992-09: "September 1992" (1992-08-08)

Print advert in Beep! MegaDrive (JP) #1992-10: "October 1992" (1992-09-08)

Artwork

Physical scans

Mega-CD version

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)

40

^[8]

Beep! MegaDrive (JP)

NTSC-J

73

^[9]

Console Mania (IT)

82

^[10]

Consoles + (FR)

66

^[11]

Computer & Video Games (UK)

81

^[12]

Electronic Games (1992-1995) (US)

NTSC-U

87

^[13]

Electronic Gaming Monthly (US)

NTSC-U

73

^[14]

Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1 (RU)

40

^[15]

Famitsu (JP)

NTSC-J

58

^[16]

GameFan (US)

94

^[17]

Game Power (IT)

PAL

40

^[18]

GamePro (US)

NTSC-U

80

^[4]

Game Informer (US)

NTSC-U

88

^[19]

Joypad (FR)

80

^[20]

Joystick (FR)

86

^[21]

Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming (UK)

NTSC-J

80

^[22]

Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming (UK)

PAL

80

^[23]

Mega (UK)

NTSC-J

80

^[24]

Mega Fun (DE)

NTSC-U

85

^[25]

Mega Fun (DE)

NTSC-U

71

^[26]

MegaTech (UK)

NTSC

87

^[27]

Marukatsu Mega Drive (JP)

NTSC-J

86

^[28]

Mean Machines Sega (UK)

NTSC-J

73

^[29]

Sega Magazin (DE)

79

^[30]

Sega Pro (UK)

NTSC-J

92

^[31]

Sega Pro (UK)

NTSC-J

84

^[32]

Sega Force (SE)

95

^[33]

Sega Force (UK)

PAL

89

^[34]

Sega Saturn Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

77

^[35]

Supergame (BR)

NTSC-J

93

^[36]

Tricks 16 bit (RU)

63

^[37]

Video Games (DE)

NTSC-U

65

^[38]

	76
Based on 32 reviews

Cobra Command

Mega-CD, JP
Cover
Spinecard Disc File:Cobracommand mcd jp manual.pdf Manual

Mega-CD, US
Cover
Disc Manual Reg Card

Technical information

Main article: Cobra Command/Technical information.

References

Cobra Command
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[:File:SegaVisions_US_10.pdf_p93-2] Sega Visions, "November/December 1992" (US; 1992-xx-xx), page 93

[:File:GamePro_US_039.pdf_p26-3] GamePro, "October 1992" (US; 1992-xx-xx), page 26

[:File:GamePro_US_042.pdf_p74-4] 4.0 ^4.1 GamePro, "January 1993" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 74

[:File:GameMachine_JP_236.pdf_p13-5] Game Machine, "1984-05-15" (JP; 1984-05-15), page 13

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[:File:Cobracommand_MCD_JP_SSEnding.pdf_p-7] File:Cobracommand_MCD_JP_SSEnding.pdf

[8] 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 48

[:File:BeepMD_JP_1992-08.pdf_p30-9] Beep! MegaDrive, "August 1992" (JP; 1992-07-08), page 30

[:File:ConsoleMania_IT_013.pdf_p74-10] Console Mania, "Novembre 1992" (IT; 1992-1x-xx), page 74

[:File:ConsolesPlus_FR_012.pdf_p74-11] Consoles +, "Septembre 1992" (FR; 1992-0x-xx), page 74

[:File:CVG_UK_132.pdf_p32-12] Computer & Video Games, "November 1992" (UK; 1992-10-15), page 32

[:File:ElectronicGames2_US_04.pdf_p92-13] Electronic Games (1992-1995), "January 1993" (US; 1992-12-10), page 92

[:File:EGM_US_041.pdf_p36-14] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "December 1992" (US; 1992-xx-xx), page 36

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

[:File:Famitsu_JP_0194.pdf_p40-16] Famitsu, "1992-09-04" (JP; 1992-08-21), page 40

[:File:GameFan_US_0101.pdf_p6-17] GameFan, "Volume 1, Issue 1: October 1992" (US; 1992-xx-xx), page 6

[:File:GamePower_IT_19.pdf_p73-18] Game Power, "Luigio/Agosto 1993" (IT; 1993-0x-xx), page 73

[:File:GameInformer_US_008.pdf_p6-19] Game Informer, "January/February 1993" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 6

[:File:Joypad_FR_013.pdf_p64-20] Joypad, "Octobre 1992" (FR; 1992-10-xx), page 64

[:File:Joystick_FR_032.pdf_p164-21] Joystick, "Novembre 1992" (FR; 1992-1x-xx), page 164

[:File:MDAG_UK_03.pdf_p19-22] Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "November 1992" (UK; 1992-xx-xx), page 19

[:File:MDAG_UK_09.pdf_p47-23] Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "May 1993" (UK; 1993-xx-xx), page 47

[:File:Mega_UK_02.pdf_p42-24] Mega, "November 1992" (UK; 1992-10-15), page 42

[:File:MegaFun_DE_1992-11.pdf_p30-25] Mega Fun, "11/92" (DE; 1992-10-xx), page 30

[:File:MegaFun_DE_1993-09.pdf_p35-26] Mega Fun, "09/93" (DE; 1993-08-18), page 35

[:File:MegaTech_UK_11.pdf_p32-27] MegaTech, "November 1992" (UK; 1992-10-20), page 32

[:File:MarukatuMD_JP_01.pdf_p120-28] Marukatsu Mega Drive, "September 1992" (JP; 1992-08-xx), page 120

[:File:MeanMachinesSega01UK.pdf_p22-29] Mean Machines Sega, "October 1992" (UK; 1992-09-xx), page 22

[:File:SegaMagazin_DE_01.pdf_p14-30] Sega Magazin, "September/Oktober 1993" (DE; 1993-09-01), page 14

[:File:SegaPro_UK_13.pdf_p30-31] Sega Pro, "November 1992" (UK; 1992-10-08), page 30

[:File:SegaPro_UK_18.pdf_p74-32] Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 74

[:File:SegaForce_SE_1993_04.pdf_p16-33] Sega Force, "4/93" (SE; 1993-07-08), page 16

[:File:SegaForce_UK_11.pdf_p62-34] Sega Force, "November 1992" (UK; 1992-10-08), page 62

[:File:SSM_JP_19950901_1995-09.pdf_p85-35] Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 85

[:File:Supergame_BR_16.pdf_p16-36] Supergame, "Novembro 1992" (BR; 1992-11-xx), page 16

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

[:File:VideoGames_DE_1993-09.pdf_p43-38] Video Games, "9/93" (DE; 1993-08-25), page 43

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Cobra Command

From Sega Retro

Contents

Story

Gameplay

Stages

History

Legacy

Versions

Localised names

Production credits

Mega-CD version

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Artwork

Physical scans

Mega-CD version

Technical information

References