A vertical helicopter shoot'em up on NES adapted from the Taito arcade. Two simultaneous players, sustained action. Honest adaptation of a good arcade game. For vertical shooter fans.
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Shooter1 player7+
Co-op
Description
Vertical shoot-'em-up featuring two combat helicopters destroying enemy armies. Published by Taito, released in the USA in 1991. Helicopters in top-down view with missiles and bombs and enemy formations. NES port of Taito's Twin Cobra arcade.
Complete: box, manual and disc/cart very clean. Lightly handled.
Q1 damagedQ6 completeQ10 new
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Collector interest
A port of the Twin Cobra vertical arcade shooter, this American Sammy release remains a solid yet widely distributed NES shmup. Loose-cart pricing stays moderate, and interest shifts toward complete copies for genre fans, who are few on the console. With no late release or exclusivity, its desirability rests mainly on its place within the fairly thin category of vertical shmups on the NES.
Is Twin Cobra still worth playing in 2026?
A port of the Toaplan vertical shooter, Twin Cobra sends a combat helicopter to pulverise ground and air armies across dense, demanding stages. The weapon pickups, the bomb management and the pattern reading make up an intense action faithful to the Toaplan school, a pioneer of the genre. The difficulty stays harsh and the scoring challenge stimulating. The presentation makes some compromises against the cabinet without betraying the spirit. For a fan of old school vertical shooting or someone curious about Toaplan classics, the title keeps a still biting intensity and action pleasure.
