Publisher Taito and developer M2 have announced more games and ports for Operation Night Strikers, their classic arcade action collection.
Operation Night Strikers is coming to Switch alongside its previously announced PC (via Steam) version sometime later in 2025.
The collection has also added both Operation Thunderbolt (1988) and Space Gun (1990), alongside the previously announced games Operation Wolf (1987) and Night Striker (1989).
Here’s a new rundown on the collection:
Four milestones of the 80s arcade movement in one action-packed compilation! Relieve all the high-speed arcade thrills and explosive spills!
Title lineup
- Operation Wolf – Using only a machine gun and rocket-propelled grenades, you alone must infiltrate enemy territory, secure the hostages, then get them safely to the extraction point! Your mission code name is Operation Wolf. Do not fail!
- Operation Thunderbolt – A hostage rescue mission in Africa and only one man can help! Roy Adams, hero of Operation Wolf is back, and this time his former green beret team-mate, Hardy Jones joins the fight. Your mission code is Operation Thunderbolt. Impossible odds are nothing to these men!
- Night Striker – Become a member of the United Nations Special Action Force, a.k.a. Night Striker, and destroy the enemy terrorist organization with in your high-speed combat hovercraft: Intergray!
- Space Gun – 2039 AD: an age of space exploration. On their way to investigate an unexplained incident on a space station, a team of space marines receive a distress call from a cargo ship, but what could prepare them for the horrors onboard?! Use your multi-purpose rifle to slay the monsters and rescue the hostages!
Four faithful ports, complete with various gadgets, replay functions, and other useful features to enhance the originals!
Features
- Apply filters to simulate actual arcade monitors
- Gadgets display various useful information to either side of the play area
- Includes multiple arcade versions of each title
- Save/load anywhere during play
- Upload your own play data, or download and view top ranking players’ data
- Compatible with the Cyber Stick intelligent controller
