Rolling Thunder 2/Gameplay

Controls

 * Joystick: Use the 4-way joystick to make Leila (or Albatross if you are player 2) walk left and right, crouch to avoid bullets, and enter doors to hide.
 * Firing Button: Use this button to make Leila (or Albatross if you are player 2) fire shots at the enemies (there are new ones), from their handguns.
 * Jump Button: Use this button to make Leila (or Albatross if you are player 2) jump. If you push the joystick up, they will jump up to the floor above.
 * 1 or 2 Player Buttons: Push these buttons to begin the game as player 1 or player 2.

Leila Blitz and Albatross
The protagonists of the game; 1UP controls former "damsel-in-distress" from the original game Leila Blitz (shown in the image to the left) and 2UP controls returning hero from the original game "Albatross" (shown in the image to the right). As mentioned on the main page, the difference is purely graphical, and they both play exactly the same - and much like in the original game, they both start out with a standard-issue pistol which has limited ammunition and can gain more by entering the doors marked "BULLETS". And if they enter one of the doors marked "ARMS" the pistol will be substituted for a fully automatic assault rifle which allows for continuous firing by holding down the firing button; however, if the assault rifle should run out of ammunition, they'll switch back to their pistol. If the pistol should run out of ammunition as well, they will only be able to fire a single slow "chaser" bullet across the screen at a time until they enter another door that marked "BULLETS" or "ARMS" - but they can still only take two physical hits from the enemies and will die instantly if hit by a bullet or any other projectile attack.

Type 1 Maskers


As in the original game, they come in four different colors: blue, green, silver and yellow.

Type 2 Maskers


Once again, they come in four different colors (blue, green, purple and orange) and are exactly like the Type 1 Maskers, except that they wear goggles and take 2 hits to kill.

Ninjas


They come in five different colors this time: blue (1 hit), white (2 hits), violet (3 hits), purple (4 hits), and red (5 hits).

Gimdo


The new supreme leader of Neo-Geldra, who appears at the end of the game as its final boss. His first form (seen on the left) attacks Leila and Albatross by firing laser beams at them. Once he has been defeated in this form, he will switch to his second form (seen on the right) which uses magnetic rays to pull Leila and Albatross in towards him.