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Operation Night Strikers scheduled for release on August 7th

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Operation Night Strikers scheduled for release on August 7th
Taito has scheduled Operation Night Strikers for release on August 7th for Nintendo Switch and Windows through Steam, developed by M2 Co.,LTD. The 80's arcade hits compilation includes Operation Wolf, Operation Thunderbolt, Night Striker, and Space Gun with save states support for resumed play.

Rail shooter Operation Wolf arrived in arcades in July of 1987. Special Forces Operative Roy Adams must infiltrate enemy territory to rescue hostages, armed with a machine gun and rocket-propelled grenades. The protagonist returned in Operation Thunderbolt, a direct sequel arriving in arcades the following year.

Science fiction shoot-em-up Night Striker followed in October of 1989. Players pilot a combat hovercraft, shooting down armed terrorists in a futuristic metropolis. Pony Canyon published original and arranged music from Night Striker in 1993. All music is composed by Masahiko Takaki and arranged by Hisayoshi Ogura of Zuntata.


Taito's science fiction first-person shooter Space Gun debuted in arcades in October of 1990. Set in the year 2039 aboard an imperiled space cargo ship, the rail shooter places the player in the role of a space marine tasked with gunning down hostile alien creatures and rescuing captured crew members

Composed by Norihiro Furukawa, credited as "Wiz Master Akd," with sound design by Naoto Yagishita, music from Space Gun appeared on compact disc release "TAITO Digital Sound Archives -Arcade- Vol.1." Night Striker Arcade Soundtracks and Space Gun Original Soundtrack are streaming on Apple Music, Spotify, YouTube Music, and Amazon Music Unlimited.


From the Steam product page:
Operation Wolf

Using only a machine gun and rocket-propelled grenades, you alone must infiltrate enemy territory, secure the hostages, then get them safely to the extraction point! The mission code is Operation Wolf.

Night Striker

Become a member of the United Nations Special Action Force, a.k.a. Night Striker, and destroy the enemy terrorist organization with in your high-speed combat hovercraft: Intergray!

Operation Thunderbolt

A hostage rescue mission in Africa and only one man can help! Roy Adams, hero of Operation Wolf is back, and this time his former green beret team-mate, Hardy Jones joins the fight.Your mission code is Operation Thunderbolt. Impossible odds are nothing to these men!

Space Gun

2039 AD: an age of space exploration. On their way to investigate an unexplained incident on a space station, a team of space marines receive a distress call from a cargo ship, but what could prepare them for the horrors onboard?! Use your multi-purpose rifle to slay the monsters and rescue the hostages!
Night Striker Arcade Sound Tracks - Apple Music / YouTube Music

Space Gun Original Soundtrack - Apple Music / YouTube Music

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