Desert Assault

Shoot Them Up 

Type of the game: [Coin-Op] Arcade Video Game
Desert Assault © 1991 Data East Corp.

In this shoot'em up game, four soldiers grab machine guns and other projectile weapons and shoot their way through the terrorist arsenal.

Game ID : MAJ

Main CPU : (2x) 68000 (@ 14 Mhz)
Sound CPU : HuC6280 (@ 4.0275 Mhz)
Sound Chips : YM2203 (@ 4.0275 Mhz), YM2151 (@ 3.58 Mhz), OKI6295 (@ 7.757 Khz), OKI6295 (@ 15.514 Khz)

Players : 4
Control : 8-way joystick
Buttons : 2

Desert Assault was released in March 1991.

This game is known outside US as "Thunder Zone".

Pony Canyon / Scitron released a limited-edition soundtrack album for this game (Thunder Zone - PCCB-00068) on 21/08/1991.

Project leader : Naomi Susa
Planner : Yoshiaki Honda
Programmers : Souichi Akiyama, Haruyuki Kobayashi, Nod Suzuki
Adviser : Kazuyuki Kurata
Graphic designers : Masanori Tokoro, Sonomi Kiyota, Noriyuki Morita, Kappa-Kun, Ryohei Hirakata, Mario Watanabe, Atsushi Takahashi, Takahide Koizumi, Chie Kitahara, Makoto Nozu
Composers : Hiroaki Yoshida (Maro), Akira Takemoto (Raika)
Hardware : Shingo Mitsui
Special Thanks : Data East USA Inc.

Game's rom.
Machine's picture.