Operation Wolf

Operation Wolf
Operation Wolf
	Arcade flyer
Developer(s)	Taito
Publisher(s)	Taito
Platform(s)	Arcade, NES, Master System, ZX Spectrum, MSX, Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC, Amiga, Atari ST, MS-DOS, FM Towns, PC Engine
Release	Arcade JP: July 16, 1987; EU: October 1987; NA: December 1987; Amiga / Amstrad CPC / Atari ST / C64 / ZX Spectrum EU: Oct 8, 1988; NES JP: March 31, 1989; NA: March 1989; EU: 1989; Sega Master System EU: 1990;
Genre(s)	Light gun shooter
Mode(s)	Single-player

Operation Wolf^[a] is a light gun shooter^[9] arcade game developed by Taito and released in 1987.^[10] It was ported to many home systems.

The game was critically and commercially successful, becoming one of the highest-grossing arcade games of 1988 and winning the Golden Joystick Award for Game of the Year. Operation Wolf popularized military-themed first-person light gun rail shooters and inspired numerous clones, imitators, and others in the genre over the next decade. It spawned four sequels: Operation Thunderbolt (1988), Operation Wolf 3 (1994), Operation Tiger (1998), and Operation Wolf Returns: First Mission (2023).

^ Cite error: The named reference YS was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ "Operation Wolf (Registration Number PA0000340903)". United States Copyright Office. Retrieved June 7, 2021.
^ Akagi, Masumi (October 13, 2006). アーケードTVゲームリスト国内•海外編(1971-2005) [Arcade TV Game List: Domestic • Overseas Edition (1971-2005)] (in Japanese). Japan: Amusement News Agency. pp. 43, 137. ISBN 978-4990251215.
^ "Operation Wolf". Computer Gamesweek. No. 11. Focus Magazines. 2 November 1988. p. 25. Retrieved 25 May 2024.
^ "Availability Update" (PDF). Computer Entertainer. Vol. 8, no. 1. April 17, 1989. p. 14.
^ "Pak Source". Nintendo Power. Nintendo of America. March 1990.
^ "オペレーション・ウルフ (FC)の関連情報 | ゲーム・エンタメ最新情報のファミ通.com". www.famitsu.com.
^ Cite error: The named reference Sega was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Martyn Carroll. "Operation Wolf". Retro Gamer. No. 153. p. 36. The operation of the gun has been a source of confusion over the years. Is it a lightgun or is it a gun that works like a joystick? The presence of an optic sensor inside the gun proves that it is a lightgun.
^ "Operation Wolf". The International Arcade Museum. Retrieved October 3, 2013.

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[2] "Operation Wolf (Registration Number PA0000340903)". United States Copyright Office. Retrieved June 7, 2021.

[3] Akagi, Masumi (October 13, 2006). アーケードTVゲームリスト国内•海外編(1971-2005) [Arcade TV Game List: Domestic • Overseas Edition (1971-2005)] (in Japanese). Japan: Amusement News Agency. pp. 43, 137. ISBN 978-4990251215.

[cg11-4] "Operation Wolf". Computer Gamesweek. No. 11. Focus Magazines. 2 November 1988. p. 25. Retrieved 25 May 2024.

[5] "Availability Update" (PDF). Computer Entertainer. Vol. 8, no. 1. April 17, 1989. p. 14.

[Pak_Source-6] "Pak Source". Nintendo Power. Nintendo of America. March 1990.

[7] "オペレーション・ウルフ (FC)の関連情報 | ゲーム・エンタメ最新情報のファミ通.com". www.famitsu.com.

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[10] Martyn Carroll. "Operation Wolf". Retro Gamer. No. 153. p. 36. The operation of the gun has been a source of confusion over the years. Is it a lightgun or is it a gun that works like a joystick? The presence of an optic sensor inside the gun proves that it is a lightgun.

[11] "Operation Wolf". The International Arcade Museum. Retrieved October 3, 2013.

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