Thunderground

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Thunderground
System(s): Atari 2600
Publisher: Sega
Developer:
Genre: Shoot-'em-Up

















Number of players: 1
Release Date RRP Code
Atari 2600
US
Atari 2600
EU
Atari 2600
BR

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Thunderground is an Atari 2600 video game developed by Sega Electronics and released by Sega in 1983. It appears to have been inspired mainly by one section of arcade game Borderline (1981), which sees a player drive a tank underground firing at other tanks while avoiding not to get hit. Your task is to tunnel upwards to destroy several nuclear missile bases before the time is up.

Like the original Borderline, it has digging elements similar to Namco's Dig Dug, which the original Borderline predated by a year. Due to the technical limitations of the Atari 2600, it lacks the vertical-scrolling levels of Borderline, but instead adapts a single-screen level that has similarities to Dig Dug and Combat.

Magazine articles

Main article: Thunderground/Magazine articles.

Physical scans

Atari 2600, US
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Cover
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Cart
Thunderground Atari 2600 US Manual.pdf
Manual
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Alt Cart
Atari 2600, EU

Atari 2600, BR (Canal)
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Cover
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Cart

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