Reviews

I always thought this was a bit crap compared to Operation Wolf, not sure why but I just never managed to be drawn into it in the arcades, but this port is pretty nice, just not easy. But out of the two Operation Wolf wins hands down for me.

Equally as tough to convert like Operation Wolf, but I have to say it's more ineffective. The problem is too much happens at once and that hampers the gameplay. Also, one of the things that I liked about Operation Wolf was that it told you how many enemies were in each level and as you play on how many were left, that's missing in Thunderbolt and I never got on with that. Though it lacks the charm of the original it's nowhere near as bad as some of the other sequels on the Spectrum. It's also one of the rare games on the Spectrum that has a better tune on 48K than on 128K.

This sequel was a Crash Smash, a Sinclair Megagame and a Sinclair User Classic but it seems too overwhelmingly busy and confused to me.
3/5