<s>
Cobra	B-Application
Command	I-Application
,	O
known	O
as	O
in	O
Japan	O
,	O
is	O
an	O
interactive	B-Application
movie	I-Application
shooter	O
game	O
originally	O
released	O
by	O
Data	O
East	O
in	B-Application
1984	I-Application
as	O
a	O
LaserDisc-based	O
arcade	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Released	O
as	O
an	O
arcade	O
conversion	O
kit	O
for	O
Bega	B-Application
's	I-Application
Battle	I-Application
(	O
1983	O
)	O
,	O
Cobra	B-Application
Command	I-Application
became	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
more	O
successful	O
laserdisc	O
games	O
in	B-Application
1984	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
Mega-CD	B-Device
port	O
of	O
Cobra	B-Application
Command	I-Application
developed	O
by	O
Wolf	O
Team	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
1992	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Only	O
the	O
brave	O
pilot	O
of	O
Cobra	B-Application
Command	I-Application
can	O
vanquish	O
the	O
terrorist	O
threat	O
and	O
save	O
the	O
free	O
world	O
from	O
total	O
destruction	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
original	O
arcade	O
version	O
is	O
an	O
interactive	B-Application
movie	I-Application
and	O
shooter	O
game	O
,	O
where	O
the	O
player	O
watches	O
scenes	O
as	O
the	O
helicopter	O
flies	O
by	O
the	O
conflict	O
zone	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Kunio-kun	O
and	O
Double	B-Application
Dragon	I-Application
series	I-Application
creator	O
Yoshihisa	O
Kishimoto	O
designed	O
an	O
entirely	O
new	O
game	O
,	O
Cobra	B-Application
Command	I-Application
,	O
using	O
Data	O
East	O
's	O
Bega	B-Application
's	I-Application
Battle	I-Application
hardware	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
the	O
Double	B-Application
Dragon	I-Application
saga	O
was	O
made	O
after	O
those	O
LaserDisc	O
arcades	O
,	O
we	O
can	O
see	O
the	O
LX3	O
chopper	O
from	O
Cobra	O
Command/Thunder	O
Storm	O
at	O
the	O
beginning	O
of	O
Double	B-Application
Dragon	I-Application
2	I-Application
,	O
and	O
at	O
some	O
point	O
in	O
the	O
gameplay	O
of	O
Road	O
Blaster/Road	O
Avenger	O
arcade	O
as	O
a	O
nice	O
homage	O
,	O
made	O
by	O
his	O
creator	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cobra	B-Application
Command	I-Application
was	O
developed	O
by	O
Data	O
East	O
in	O
co-operation	O
with	O
Toei	O
Animation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
first	O
published	O
in	O
Japan	O
in	B-Application
1984	I-Application
as	O
Thunder	B-Application
Storm	I-Application
,	O
then	O
released	O
later	O
the	O
same	O
year	O
in	O
North	O
America	O
as	O
Cobra	B-Application
Command	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Japan	O
,	O
Game	O
Machine	O
listed	O
Thunder	B-Application
Storm	I-Application
on	O
their	O
May	O
15	O
,	O
1984	O
issue	O
as	O
being	O
the	O
most-successful	O
upright/cockpit	O
arcade	O
unit	O
of	O
the	O
month	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
remained	O
at	O
the	O
top	O
of	O
Japan	O
's	O
upright/cockpit	O
arcade	O
cabinet	O
charts	O
for	O
four	O
months	O
in	B-Application
1984	I-Application
,	O
through	O
June	O
and	O
July	O
to	O
August	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
North	O
America	O
,	O
Cobra	B-Application
Command	I-Application
was	O
released	O
as	O
an	O
arcade	O
conversion	O
kit	O
for	O
the	O
previously	O
unsuccessful	O
Bega	B-Application
's	I-Application
Battle	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cobra	B-Application
Command	I-Application
was	O
more	O
successful	O
,	O
becoming	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
more	O
successful	O
laserdisc	O
games	O
in	B-Application
1984	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
,	O
Cobra	B-Application
Command	I-Application
topped	O
the	O
Play	O
Meter	O
laserdisc	O
arcade	O
charts	O
from	O
October	O
to	O
November	O
1984	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Reviewing	O
the	O
Sega	B-Device
CD	I-Device
version	O
in	O
Wizard	O
magazine	O
,	O
Glenn	O
Rubenstein	O
praised	O
the	O
high	O
number	O
of	O
levels	O
and	O
unique	O
interface	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
release	O
,	O
Famicom	O
Tsūshin	O
scored	O
the	O
Sega	B-Device
Saturn	I-Device
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
25	O
out	O
of	O
40	O
and	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
version	O
23	O
out	O
of	O
40	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Data	O
East	O
released	O
a	O
second	O
game	O
titled	O
Cobra	B-Application
Command	I-Application
in	O
1988	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
the	O
1984	O
version	O
,	O
the	O
1988	B-Application
arcade	O
game	O
is	O
a	O
side-scrolling	O
shoot-	O
'	O
em-up	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Cobra	O
helicopter	O
has	O
a	O
brief	O
cameo	O
in	O
the	O
garage	O
of	O
the	O
Dragon	O
Brothers	O
as	O
they	O
depart	O
in	O
Double	B-Application
Dragon	I-Application
II	I-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Revenge	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
original	O
Cobra	B-Application
Command	I-Application
was	O
re-released	O
in	O
Japan	O
for	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
and	O
Sega	B-Device
Saturn	I-Device
in	O
1995	O
in	O
a	O
two-in-one	O
compilation	O
with	O
Road	B-Application
Blaster	I-Application
,	O
another	O
FMV	B-Application
game	I-Application
produced	O
by	O
the	O
same	O
team	O
.	O
</s>
