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 Amiga / Amstrad CPC / Atari ST / C64 / ZX Spectrum
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| Genre(s) | Light gun shooter |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
Operation Wolf is a light gun shooter arcade game developed by Taito and released in 1987. 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 three sequels: Operation Thunderbolt (1988), Operation Wolf 3 (1994) and Operation Tiger (オペレーションタイガー) (1998), and the remake Operation Wolf Returns: First Mission (2023).