Thunder Fox

"Thunder Fox" is an arcade game by Taito. It was released in arcades in 1990 and for the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis in 1991. It was later included in a collection of Taito classics for various consoles, such as the Xbox and PlayStation 2. The title of the collection is "Taito Legends." The gameplay of Thunder Fox is similar to other popular side-scrolling action games such as Namco's Rolling Thunder (video game) and Sega's Shinobi (arcade game). Each player has three buttons at their disposal: “Attack,” which Thunder and Fox (the game’s heroes) typically use to stab with their knives; “Jump”; and a “Weapon” button that fires or throws a weapon acquired by the heroes. What makes this game unique is that it gives players the option to use their acquired weapons (with the exception of hand grenades) as melee weapons, which helps conserve ammunition in case it is needed.