Rolling Thunder is a run and gun arcade game that was released by Namco in Category:1986. It runs on the Namco System 86 hardware platform and was licensed for US distribution to Atari Games. Set in the 1960s, the player takes the role of a secret agent who must save his female partner from a terrorist organization.
Rolling Thunder is the first game in the Rolling Thunder trilogy. It was followed by two sequels: Rolling Thunder 2 (1990, [[Arcade/Sega Genesis) and Rolling Thunder 3 (1993, Sega Genesis). The Capcom game Code Name: Viper and the Sega game Shinobi also feature similar gameplay to the Rolling Thunder series.