Thunder Fox
Released: 1990
Pitch: Shoot, kick, jump, and fly your way through waves of terrorists.
Thunder Fox came out in 1990 but it is all '80s action cheese, as you can clearly see from the muscled shirtless dude you play as. It's also not great. Your dude moves at a decent clip, which I appreciate, but you start with just a knife...and an overpowered jump kick. You can pick up weapons on the way but they are limited in ammo. The levels are filled with enemy fodder that die with one hit but the game is stiff enough that it's hard to avoid attacks. You will be pumping the quarters into this one for sure but not because it's so fun. There are some nice touches, like needing to escape the level after destroying the engine of the enemy air fortress but the rest of the game just isn't worth it.
I barely remember this one on the collection. Don't you like, punch a tank as the first boss?
The first boss is a tank but the only way to damage it is to punch the gunner and use the grenade he drops. Then you have to wait for another gunner to pop out. The tank is full of gunners! Yeah, this is totally forgettable.
I always like the art in these games. Often the gameplay is unfair with bullets coming from every direction.
I does have nice big sprites!