Operation Wolf (c) 1987 Taito.

A light-gun game in which the player takes on the role of a soldier and
must infiltrate an enemy army base. The object is to capture six bases
and to save any hostages encountered on the way.

Each mission begins with the player carrying a limited amount of machine
gun bullets and rockets, but extra ammunition can be collected by
shooting any gun magazines or rockets that appear on screen.

Any civilians or hostages that the player shoots will result in a
reduction to the player's health meter (which is displayed on the
right-hand side of the screen). Farm animals, in the form of a chicken
and a pig, will occasionally run across the screen; Shooting these will
reveal bonus items such as health or ammunition.

Once the game is completed, the player is returned to the first mission,
but with an increased level of difficulty.


- TECHNICAL -
Board Number : M4300189A
Prom Stickers : B20
Main CPU : 68000, Z80
Sound Chips : YM2151, (2x) MSM5205
Screen orientation : Horizontal
Video resolution : 320 x 240 pixels
Screen refresh : 60.00 Hz
Palette colors : 8192
Players : 1
Control : lightgun
Buttons : 2

- TRIVIA -
Released in November 1987.

Developed by East Technology.

Mark Twitty holds the official record for this game with 212,350 points.

A bootleg of this game is known as "Operation Bear".

Pony Canyon / Scitron released a limited-edition soundtrack album for
this game (The Ninja Warriors : G.S.M. Taito 1 - D28B0001) on
21/06/1988.


- TIPS AND TRICKS -
* Time your grenade shots to wipe out more than one enemy vehicle at a
time. It is rarely smart to use a grenade on a single vehicle. Grenades
are not plentiful enough to use in this fashion.

* When the large, blond enemy soldiers (with toting large machine guns)
appear in stage four (Ammo Dump), shooting them in the face will take
them down quickly. Otherwise, a grenade or lots of bullets will be
required. Also in stage four, keep a stream of fire going just to the
right corner of the mortar behind the sandbags. You will plug the guy
shooting at you early and you will not be distracted by incoming mortar
fire.

* Each round cleared heals three damage points and the village round
heals twenty damage points. If you are playing on a generous machine
(mucho power drinks) or an easy machine and you are a great shot, you
may have less than three damage points near the end of the first stage
(enemy radar) or less than twenty damage points near the end of the
village scene. If so, leave one helicopter alive. When it flies on
screen, pump it with nine bullets. This gives you points and you can
finish it with one shot if you need to. The helicopters often take just
one damage point and take a long time to deliver their damage. All the
while they do this, power drinks, grenades, and ammunition may show up
so you can stock up before the round has to end. Blow-up the helicopter
when you have three or twenty damage points depending on the round.

* On the fifth stage (Concentration Camp), you are likely to finish this
round shooting foot soldiers. If you are a good shot, wait until they
flash. Sometimes, the enemies do not flash or shoot. The longer you
delay the end of the round, the more likely you are to have ammo,
grenades, and power drinks drift into the scene.

* If you play a game that allows you to select the scene in which you
fight, choose the village when you have 15-20 damage points so you can
make the most of the village's healing bonus where twenty damage points
will be removed. Also, do not select the ammo dump. It uses more ammo
than it gives, delivers inevitable damage to you, and the three
helicopters the ammo dump sends to reinforce the final round are nothing
compared to the onslaught you face at the ammo dump.


- SERIES -
1. Operation Wolf (1987)
2. Operation Thunderbolt (1988)
3. Operation Wolf 3 (1994)
4. Operation Tiger (1998)

- STAFF -
Cast : Eigo Okajima, Katuhiko Hirano, Satoru Komiya, Toshihiro Kimura,
Masaru Tamura, Naoaki Wataya
Direct of photography : Eigo Okajima
Music by : Hiroshi Tuda
Planned by : Eigo Okajima
* Design :
All characters : Masaru Tamura, Op & Ed, Saori Ohkura
Title & Capture : Saori Ohkura
1st scene : Masaru Tamura, Natuko Tanahara
2nd scene : Masaru Tamura, Natuko Tanahara, Saori Ohkura
Extra scene : Masaru Tamura
3rd scene : Naoaki Wataya
4th scene : Naoaki Wataya
Final scene : Naoaki Wataya
States : Natuko Tanahara, Saori Ohkura
Effects : Masaru Tamura, Naoaki Wataya
All mechanics : Naoaki Wataya
* Program :
Event : Katuhiko Hirano, Satoru Komiya
1st scene : Katuhiko Hirano
2nd scene : Satoru Komiya
Extra scene : Toshihiro Kimura
3rd scene : Katuhiko Hirano, Toshihiro Kimura
4th scene : Satoru Komiya
Final scene : Toshihiro Kimura
System : Katuhiko Hirano

- PORTS -
* Consoles :
Nintendo Famicom (1989)
NEC PC-Engine (1990)
Sega Master System
Sony PlayStation 2 (2005, "Taito Legends") (US & Europe)
Microsoft XBOX (2005, "Taito Legends") (US & Europe)
Sony PlayStation 2 (2007, "Taito Memories II Vol. 2") (Japan only)
Nintendo Wii (2008, as an NES Virtual Console release)
* Computers :
Sinclair ZX Spectrum (1988)
Commodore C64 (1988)
MSX (1988)
Amstrad CPC (1988) [Keyboard / Joystick version]
Amstrad CPC (1989) [LightGun version]
Atari ST (1989)
PC [MS-DOS] (1989)
Commodore Amiga (1989)
Commodore Amiga (1990, "Amiga Champions")
FM Towns PC (1990)
PC [MS Windows] (2005, "Taito Legends")
