Varth: Operation Thunderstorm - Revision history

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Gameplay Overview

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[[File:Varth_logo.png|700px|center]]
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{{GameInfobox
|title = Varth: Operation Thunderstorm
| bordercolor = black
| background = #f8f8f8
| image = Varth_title_screen.png
| width = 256px;
| imagecaption = Title screen
| imagescalepx = 200px
| director = Yoshiki Okamoto Noritaka Funamizu Akira Nishitani
| developer = [[Capcom]]
| music = Masaki Izutani Yoko Shimomura Toshio Kajino
| program = Atsushi Ohuchi Meijin Hac Akiyoshi Eshiro Komorichie Darkside
| art = Eiji Kuratani Sayuri Shintani Hanisawa Ume
| releasedate = '''Arcade:''' June 12, 1992
| previousgame = [[Chariot]]
| nextgame = [[Ultimate Ecology]]
}}

'''Varth: Operation Thunderstorm''' (JP: "バースオペレーションサンダーストーム") is a vertical scrolling shoot em' up developed by Capcom in 1992.

The game has been ported through ''Capcom Classics Collection (Remixed/Vol 2)'' on PSP, PS2, and Xbox.

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== Gameplay Overview ==

''Varth'' is a 2-button game with 30 stages.

=== Controls ===

*'''A button (Press/Hold):''' Fires the player's main shot/pods.
*'''B button (Press):''' Activates the player's bomb.

=== Items ===

Bomb stock has a gauge that fills up over time, type of bomb varies between shot types.
Homing, Missile, and Napalm are fired by the player's pods.

{| class="wikitable"
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! Icon || Description
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| [[File:Varth_pow.png|center]] || '''Power''' Adds 1 power level, maxes out at level 8 for shots and level 4 for sub-weapons.
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| [[File:Varth_machinegun.png|center]] || '''Machine Gun''' Good balance of range and power; bomb is 5 homing bullets.
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| [[File:Varth_wide.png|center]] || '''Wide Shot''' Spread shot, bomb is a large frontal fireball.
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| [[File:Varth_laser.png|center]] || '''Laser''' Pierces small enemies; bomb is a screen clearing strike of lightning.
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| [[File:Varth_homing.png|center]] || '''Homing''' Fires homing missiles; number of missiles increases with power level.
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| [[File:Varth_missile.png|center]] || '''Missile''' Forward firing missiles; spread increases with power level.
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| [[File:Varth_napalm.png|center]] || '''Napalm''' Fires small bullets that explode on impact; range increases with power level.
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| [[File:Varth_bomb.png|center]] || '''Bomb''' Adds a bomb to the player's stock.
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| [[File:Varth_flag.png|center]] || '''Flag''' Score item, gives a '''5,000 point''' bonus on pickup.
|}

=== Extra Lives ===
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On default settings, extra lives are granted at '''600,000 points''', '''2,000,000 points''', and '''4,500,000 points'''.

== Strategy ==
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 *'''Fuzzy:''' The pods react to bullets and move around the player in a circular motion.
 *'''Front:''' Both pods are attached in front of the player. These do not move.
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 '''50,000 points''' are granted every time a stage is cleared without having pods equipped.
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 '''300,000 points''' for every life stock remaining after clearing stage 30.

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 On default settings, extra lives are granted at '''600,000 points''', '''2,000,000 points''', and '''4,500,000 points'''.
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 The game has been ported through ''Capcom Classics Collection (Remixed/Vol 2)'' on PSP, PS2, and Xbox.
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