The Hardcore Retro God (Review #73 - Rolling Thunder)
Channel: The Hardcore Retro God
Date: 2022-02-10

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As promised through my recent Sneak Peek, I'm finally back with another review for the masses!  Although it's been a tough month, at least I've managed to have everything arranged for this release!

Originally introduced in the arcades back in '86 (through the ill-fated ATARI), Namco's ROLLING THUNDER centers around Code Name ALBATROSS - a sole agent on behalf of the World Crime Police Organization's titular espionage unit - to look for and rescue yet another missing agent, Leila Blitz, while confronting and turning back the devious efforts of a secret organization by the name of GELDRA, led by Maboo.  

The next 2 sequels - both on Genesis, with the latter being a US-only console exclusive - feature the continuing pursuits of the very same Albatross, and "no-longer-a-captive" Leila (despite both being completely different from their previous depictions), tracking down and eliminating then-new Geldra leader Gimdo and his own army; and a new operative by the name of Jay with the help of communicator Ellen assigned to track down and eliminate another new Geldra leader, DREAD.