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Title:Nintendo Game Systems
Notice:Please enter Super NES notes in Yuppy::Super_NES.
Moderator:RUSURE::EDP
Created:Tue Oct 20 1987
Last Modified:Mon Feb 03 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:847
Total number of notes:11602

251.0. "OPERATION WOLF - TAITO" by BOOKS::ANGELONE (Are ya listenin' ??) Wed Apr 12 1989 14:39

    
    Does anyone know when this will be available ?
    Will it be like the arcade game ? And if so,
    will it take a special or optional controller ?
    
    The arcade uses a gun. How it tracks to shoot at targets
    I do not know. Interesting game.
    
    Any help is appreciated.
    
    Rick A
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251.1OPERATION WOLFPOETS::SCHNARECHARLIE SCHNAREWed Apr 12 1989 18:388
    
    I have seen Operation wolf in Nintendo power and it can be played with
    the ZAPPER or the controller. I think the ZAPPER light gun would be
    better. My friend has rented it and has said it is not as hard as the
    arcades but it stinks using the controller.
    
    
                                         Hope this helps
251.2Tanks.BOOKS::ANGELONEAre ya listenin' ??Thu Apr 13 1989 08:595
    
    Thanks .1 for the reply.
    Were can I find the game to rent or buy in eastern Mass. ?
    
    Rick A
251.3Operation WolfPOETS::SCHNARECHARLIE SCHNARETue Apr 25 1989 20:257
    
      I know where you can Rent it. You can rent it or reserve it in
    fictchburge Mass. At Parke Snows they have 7 operation Wolf catridges
    as well as other games such as Link,Ninja Gaiden and a whole lot more
    games that are Knew. They Have 100 Games to choose from.
    
                                       Mike.
251.4Hello ?BOOKS::ANGELONEAre ya listenin' ??Mon Jun 19 1989 12:498
    
    
    Well........
    It is out in the stores.
    
    Any comments ?
    
    Ric A
251.5I'd rate it a six or a sevenSPIKED::SWEENEYMon Jun 19 1989 14:1932
I rented Operation Wolf this weekend and liked it enought to make it my monthly
cartridge.  (Our budget allows me one cartridge a month otherwise bankruptcy
court in no time flat 8^).

The game is different than the arcade.  For one you don't have guys falling from
the sky in parachutes.  You also don't have a gun on a swivel mounted inches 
from your screen.  So the control aspects are different.  

There's a lot of similarities to the arcade game.  The graphics are almost up
to par, and you have the six scenes to clear out to save the hostages from 
certain doom.  The bad guys are shooting like crazy and you're trying to save
your skin.  

The action in this is different than most other games.  In it you move a cross
hair on the screen either by the controller or via the gun.  When the target 
is in the cross hairs, you fire your guns.  It's a different approach than I've
seen in other games.  It's similar to lining up a putt in golf but you have a 
lot more control.

Choice of controlers is the advantage.  I found the gun to be the least liked of
the three.  It's slow on the trigger, hard to point, and the grenade button is 
the b button on the other controler while pulling the trigger.  I never quite
got the hang of this.  The regular control was a little hard to manuever the
trigger, and in addition you're limited to single shot unless you shoot a 
symbol when it pops on the screen.  The advantage I found easier to move, and
also supplies rapid fire.  A must in some of the screens when you get a ton of
bad guys shooting at you.

All in all a good, not great game.  Lot's of action, but not much thinking.  I'd
strongly reccomend renting this one before buying.

tom
251.6Thanks.BOOKS::ANGELONEAre ya listenin' ??Tue Jun 20 1989 08:154
    Thanks Tom.
    I will rent this one before maybe buying it.
    
    Rick A
251.7OPERATION WOLF HELPPOETS::SCHNARECHARLIE SCHNAREThu Jul 27 1989 08:486
    
    I have mentioned in a few notes back on Operation Wolf. Well I have
    bought the game. It is esier then the arcade but hard enough for me not
    to beat the last stage.
    
      any questions!
251.8I'M SNEAKY.....KYOA::KOCHIt never hurts to ask...Sun Mar 01 1992 18:547
    Dumbest game I have ever played.(translation:Can't gety passs the
    1irst level;even at the slowest speed!)
    
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