Thunder Brigade

1998 video game

NA: December 17, 1998^[1]
EU: 1999

Genre(s)Action

Thunder Brigade is an action video game developed by Bluemoon Interactive and published by Interactive Magic and Midas Interactive Entertainment for Microsoft Windows in 1998–1999.

Production and release

Excluding time for engine development, Thunder Brigade was developed over the course of 1998. The game's design was supervised by Arnold Hendrick.

While the game released on time and met the requirements of its development agreement; due to an intense development process that required sacrificing gameplay testing in favour of '"ordinary" software design tasks' and financial difficulties within Interactive Magic, the game was considered to have "sold rather poorly" by Bluemoon Interactive.^[2]

Reception

Aggregate score
Aggregator	Score
GameRankings	50%^[3]

Review scores
Publication	Score
Computer Games Strategy Plus	^[4]
Computer Gaming World	^[5]
GameSpot	5.1/10^[6]
GameStar	58%^[7]
PC Accelerator	2/10^[8]
PC Gamer (US)	40%^[9]
PC Games (DE)	27%^[10]
PC PowerPlay	79%^[11]
PC Zone	60%^[12]

The game received mixed reviews according to the review aggregation website GameRankings.^[3]

References

^ Jebens, Harley (December 17, 1998). "IMagic Cranks Up MPG-Net [date mislabeled as "April 28, 2000"]". GameSpot. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on January 19, 2000. Retrieved January 8, 2021.
^ "History (Thunder Brigade)". BlueMoon Interactive. Retrieved 2 June 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^ ^a ^b "Thunder Brigade for PC". GameRankings. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on June 9, 2019. Retrieved January 8, 2021.
^ Chick, Tom (February 15, 1999). "Thunder Brigade". Computer Games Strategy Plus. Strategy Plus, Inc. Archived from the original on July 9, 2003. Retrieved January 8, 2021.
^ Liberatore, Raphael (May 1999). "Thunder Brigade" (PDF). Computer Gaming World. No. 178. Ziff Davis. p. 151. Retrieved January 8, 2021.
^ Poole, Stephen (March 5, 1999). "Thunder Brigade Review [date mislabeled as "May 2, 2000"]". GameSpot. CBS Interactive. Retrieved January 8, 2021.
^ "Thunder Brigade". GameStar (in German). Webedia. February 1999.
^ Bloomfeld, Cecil (April 1999). "Thunder Brigade". PC Accelerator. No. 8. Imagine Media. p. 92. Retrieved February 27, 2021.
^ "Thunder Brigade". PC Gamer. Vol. 6, no. 5. Imagine Media. May 1999. Archived from the original on October 14, 1999. Retrieved January 8, 2021.
^ "Thunder Brigade". PC Games (in German). Computec. January 1999.
^ Dewhurst, John (April 1999). "Thunder Brigade". PC PowerPlay. No. 35. Next Media Pty Ltd. pp. 94–95. Retrieved January 9, 2021.
^ Vaughan, Craig (June 1999). "Thunder Brigade". PC Zone. No. 77. Dennis Publishing. p. 101. Retrieved January 9, 2021.