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CT Special Forces

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A side-scrolling shooter where you battle terrorists using varied weapons and gear.

CT Special Forces was originally released for Game Boy Advance in 2002, published by Light & Shadow Production and Bigben Interactive. This is the original platform and release year for the game.


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About CT Special Forces

CT Special Forces is a side scrolling platform shooter where players direct a counter-terrorist operative on global missions. The action spans four distinct environments: a snow mountain, a desert, a jungle, and a city. Progress is saved via a password system that updates after each mission.

Core navigation and combat use the directional pad for movement, a jump button, and a button for firing the equipped weapon. The default rifle has unlimited ammunition, while other weapons like a flamethrower or machine gun require specific pickups. A dedicated trigger cycles through an inventory of items, which can include grenades, a grappling rope, and handcuffs for arresting surrendering enemies. Health packs, ammunition, and proximity mines are found scattered in the levels.

The standard platforming is interspersed with several distinct gameplay variations. Colliding with certain objects triggers these segments. One shifts to a first-person shooting gallery where terrorists must be shot and hostages rescued. Another involves a parachute descent where the player must align two gauges to land correctly. Certain mission stages also transform the game into a top-down vertical shooter where the player pilots a helicopter.

CT Special Forces Screenshots

12 images
Title screen
Start menu
World map
The general relays the mission objective
Game start
Tiptoeing on the edge
The enemy and a box of grenades
Enemy jeep
Helicopter wreck and a surrendered enemy
Level end
Parachute
Parachute mini-game