Shock Troopers

Shock Troopers
Developer(s)Saurus
DotEmu (PC)
Publisher(s)
SNK
Director(s)Yasushi Okahara
Producer(s)Nobuyuki Tanaka
Designer(s)Kenji Ishimoto
Programmer(s)Daiyoshi Sato
Takashi Shishido
Yosuke Takasaki
Artist(s)Hideo Akimoto
Kaori Ito
Masato Miyoshi
Composer(s)Masahiko Hataya
Masaki Kase
SeriesShock Troopers
Platform(s)
ReleaseArcade
  • WW: 11 November 1997
PC
  • WW: 8 December 2015
Genre(s)Run and gun
Mode(s)Single-player, co-op
Arcade systemNeo Geo MVS

Shock Troopers is a run and gun arcade game developed by Saurus and published by SNK in 1997 for the Neo-Geo arcade MVS platform. Gameplay involves taking command of one or three soldiers in an eight-way shooter. A second game in the series, Shock Troopers: 2nd Squad, followed up in 1998.