Blades of Thunder is a helicopter action shooter for the Game Boy Advance, developed by InterActive Vision and published by Summitsoft Entertainment. Played from behind the aircraft, ten missions send you against the terrorist group The Solar Martyrs across air, land, and sea targets in the Middle East. It uses voxel technology for its pseudo-3D environments, and progress is saved by password.
How To Play Blades of Thunder
Control
Action
D-Pad
Steer the helicopter, strafe sideways, and change altitude; move through menus and password entry
A
Fire the machine gun; confirm a menu selection
B
Fire the selected missile, either Hydra rockets or homing missiles; cancel in menus
L / R
Move the crosshairs independently of the helicopter and cycle through weapons
Select
Show the radar and target information
Start
Pause the mission and open the menu
About Blades of Thunder
Release date
NA: February 1, 2005
Developer
InterActive Vision A/S
Publisher
Summitsoft Entertainment; Sunflowers Interactive in Europe
Platform
Game Boy Advance
Genre
Action, third-person rail shooter
Series
Blades of Thunder; followed by Blades of Thunder II on Nintendo DS
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