<s>
is	O
a	O
third-person	O
shoot	O
'	O
em	O
up	O
video	O
game	O
released	O
by	O
Sega	O
for	O
arcades	B-Application
in	O
1987	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Players	O
control	O
a	O
helicopter	B-Application
to	O
destroy	O
enemy	O
vehicles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
released	O
as	O
a	O
standard	O
stand-up	O
arcade	B-Application
cabinet	O
with	O
force	B-Device
feedback	I-Device
,	O
as	O
the	O
joystick	B-Device
vibrates	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
helicopter	B-Application
shaped	O
sit-down	O
model	O
was	O
released	O
,	O
replacing	O
the	O
force	B-Device
feedback	I-Device
with	O
a	O
cockpit	O
seat	O
that	O
moves	O
in	O
tandem	O
with	O
the	O
joystick	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
a	O
motion	B-General_Concept
simulator	I-General_Concept
cabinet	O
,	O
like	O
the	O
previous	O
Sega	O
Super	O
Scaler	O
games	O
Space	B-Application
Harrier	I-Application
(	O
1985	O
)	O
and	O
After	B-Application
Burner	I-Application
(	O
1987	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Versions	O
were	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
Master	O
System	O
,	O
Amiga	B-Device
,	O
Amstrad	B-Device
CPC	I-Device
,	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
,	O
Commodore	O
64	O
,	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
,	O
MSX	B-Operating_System
,	O
TurboGrafx-16	B-General_Concept
,	O
X68000	B-Device
,	O
and	O
ZX	B-Operating_System
Spectrum	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Nintendo	B-Operating_System
3DS	I-Operating_System
remake	O
was	O
released	O
as	O
a	O
3D	B-Device
Classic	I-Device
in	O
Japan	O
on	O
August	O
20	O
,	O
2014	O
,	O
in	O
North	O
America	O
and	O
Europe	O
on	O
May	O
14	O
,	O
2015	O
,	O
and	O
in	O
Australia	O
on	O
July	O
2	O
,	O
2015	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
sequel	O
,	O
Super	B-Application
Thunder	I-Application
Blade	I-Application
,	O
was	O
released	O
exclusively	O
for	O
the	O
Sega	B-Operating_System
Genesis	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
controls	O
a	O
helicopter	B-Application
gunship	O
using	O
its	O
chain	O
gun	O
and	O
missiles	O
to	O
destroy	O
enemy	O
tanks	O
,	O
helicopters	B-Application
,	O
and	O
other	O
vehicles	O
and	O
structures	O
,	O
to	O
save	O
the	O
home	O
country	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
3D	B-Device
classic	I-Device
release	O
allows	O
joystick	B-Device
emulation	O
and	O
gyroscopic	O
controls	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Japan	O
,	O
Game	O
Machine	O
listed	O
Thunder	B-Application
Blade	I-Application
in	O
its	O
January	O
15	O
,	O
1988	O
,	O
issue	O
as	O
the	O
fourth	O
most	O
successful	O
upright	O
arcade	B-Application
unit	O
of	O
the	O
month	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
went	O
on	O
to	O
become	O
Japan	O
's	O
ninth	O
highest-grossing	O
dedicated	O
arcade	B-Application
game	I-Application
of	I-Application
1988	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
arcade	B-Application
game	O
was	O
well	O
received	O
by	O
critics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Clare	O
Edgeley	O
of	O
Computer	O
and	O
Video	O
Games	O
called	O
it	O
"	O
a	O
helicopter	B-Application
simulation	O
with	O
several	O
innovative	O
features	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Your	O
Sinclair	O
stated	O
that	O
"	O
Thunder	B-Application
Blade	I-Application
is	O
probably	O
the	O
game	O
which	O
took	O
most	O
of	O
your	O
money	O
in	O
the	O
arcades	B-Application
this	O
summer	O
,	O
probably	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
most	O
eagerly	O
awaited	O
coin-op	O
conversions	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
1988	O
–	O
1989	O
Golden	O
Joystick	B-Device
Awards	O
,	O
the	O
Sega	O
Master	O
System	O
version	O
won	O
Console	O
Game	O
of	O
the	O
Year	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
ZX	B-Operating_System
Spectrum	I-Operating_System
version	O
also	O
received	O
a	O
Crash	O
Smash	O
award	O
from	O
Crash	O
magazine	O
.	O
</s>
