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Thunderbirds (USA)

NES / Famicom
🇬🇧
Reviewed in
1990
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A Thunderbirds adaptation as action exploration. The vehicle variety entertains, but missions loop fast. The license delights the nostalgic, the gameplay does not match that nostalgia.

Your verdict
Category
Action Adventure 1 player 3+
Description
Action adventure based on the Thunderbirds series, international rescues on the menu. Published by Activision, released in 1990 in the USA. Pilot the Tracy Island craft through varied missions. American release.

Thunderbirds review

3/5
Art direction
★★★★★
"Polished"
2/5
Music
★★★★★
"Decent"
2/5
Story
★★★★★
"Classic"
Gameplay
"Decent"
Fun
"Mild"
Addictiveness
"Light"
Difficulty
"Easy"
Lifespan
"Short"
Technical info
💾0,13 MB 📅31/08/1990
Published by Activision

Thunderbirds (NES) price, value & rarity

Sought-after
Q1 loose
 $21 Q6 complete
 $65 Q10 new
 $368 !
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Other versions
Thunderbirds
Japan
31/08/1990
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Collector interest

Thunderbirds on the NES adapts the British Supermarionation puppet series, published by Activision in 1990 for the North American market only. The license, popular in the United Kingdom but lightly established in the United States, makes it a curiosity displaced from its natural audience, which depressed sales and now fuels market scarcity. Its interest lies in this localization paradox and in the appeal to collectors of vintage TV licenses on the console.

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