Cobra Command

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Cobra Command
System(s): Sega Laserdisc hardware, Sega Mega-CD
Publisher:
Sega Mega-CD
JP Wolf Team US Renovation Products
Developer:
Genre: Rail shooter

















Number of players: 1
Release Date RRP Code

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 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.

Physical Scans

Mega CD Version

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
81 №132, p32/33
80 №13
86 №32, p164
80 №2, p42/43/44
73 №1, p22/23/24/25
92 №13, p32/33/34
84 №18, p74
Sega Mega-CD
82
Based on
7 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)
40
[1]
Beep! MegaDrive (JP) NTSC-J
73
[2]
Console Mania (IT)
82
[3]
Consoles + (FR)
66
[4]
Computer & Video Games (UK)
81
[5]
Electronic Games (1992-1995) (US) NTSC-U
87
[6]
Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) NTSC-U
73
[7]
Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1 (RU)
40
[8]
Famitsu (JP) NTSC-J
58
[9]
GameFan (US)
94
[10]
Game Power (IT) PAL
40
[11]
GamePro (US) NTSC-U
80
[12]
Game Informer (US) NTSC-U
88
[13]
Joypad (FR)
80
[14]
Joystick (FR)
86
[15]
Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming (UK) NTSC-J
80
[16]
Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming (UK) PAL
80
[17]
Mega (UK) NTSC-J
80
[18]
Mega Fun (DE) NTSC-U
85
[19]
Mega Fun (DE) NTSC-U
71
[20]
MegaTech (UK) NTSC
87
[21]
Marukatsu Mega Drive (JP) NTSC-J
86
[22]
Mean Machines Sega (UK) NTSC-J
73
[23]
Sega Magazin (DE)
79
[24]
Sega Pro (UK) NTSC-J
92
[25]
Sega Pro (UK) NTSC-J
84
[26]
Sega Force (SE)
95
[27]
Sega Force (UK) PAL
89
[28]
Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J
77
[29]
Supergame (BR) NTSC-J
93
[30]
Tricks 16 bit (RU)
63
[31]
Video Games (DE) NTSC-U
65
[32]
Sega Mega-CD
76
Based on
32 reviews

Cobra Command

Mega-CD, US
CobraCommand MCD US Box Back.jpgCobraCommand MCD US Box Front.jpg
Cover
CobraCommand MCD US Disc.jpg
Disc
Cobracommand mcd us manual.pdf
Manual
Mega-CD, EU
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Cover
Mega-CD, JP
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Cover
  1. 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 48
  2. Beep! MegaDrive, "August 1992" (JP; 1992-07-08), page 30
  3. Console Mania, "Novembre 1992" (IT; 1992-1x-xx), page 74
  4. Consoles +, "Septembre 1992" (FR; 1992-0x-xx), page 74
  5. Computer & Video Games, "November 1992" (UK; 1992-10-15), page 32
  6. Electronic Games (1992-1995), "January 1993" (US; 1992-12-10), page 92
  7. Electronic Gaming Monthly, "December 1992" (US; 1992-xx-xx), page 36
  8. Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1, "" (RU; 1999-xx-xx), page 301
  9. Famitsu, "1992-09-04" (JP; 1992-08-21), page 40
  10. GameFan, "Volume 1, Issue 1: October 1992" (US; 1992-xx-xx), page 6
  11. Game Power, "Luigio/Agosto 1993" (IT; 1993-0x-xx), page 73
  12. GamePro, "January 1993" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 74
  13. Game Informer, "January/February 1993" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 6
  14. Joypad, "Octobre 1992" (FR; 1992-10-xx), page 64
  15. Joystick, "Novembre 1992" (FR; 1992-1x-xx), page 164
  16. Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "November 1992" (UK; 1992-xx-xx), page 19
  17. Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "May 1993" (UK; 1993-xx-xx), page 47
  18. Mega, "November 1992" (UK; 1992-10-15), page 42
  19. Mega Fun, "11/92" (DE; 1992-10-xx), page 30
  20. Mega Fun, "09/93" (DE; 1993-08-18), page 35
  21. MegaTech, "November 1992" (UK; 1992-10-20), page 32
  22. Marukatsu Mega Drive, "September 1992" (JP; 1992-08-xx), page 120
  23. Mean Machines Sega, "October 1992" (UK; 1992-09-xx), page 22
  24. Sega Magazin, "September/Oktober 1993" (DE; 1993-09-01), page 14
  25. Sega Pro, "November 1992" (UK; 1992-10-08), page 30
  26. Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 74
  27. Sega Force, "4/93" (SE; 1993-07-08), page 16
  28. Sega Force, "November 1992" (UK; 1992-10-08), page 62
  29. Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 85
  30. Supergame, "Novembro 1992" (BR; 1992-11-xx), page 16
  31. Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 44
  32. Video Games, "9/93" (DE; 1993-08-25), page 43