Megaforce

For the cracking and demo group, see Megaforce (group). For the record label, see Megaforce Records.

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Megaforce is the name of an action film made in 1982 directed by former stuntman Hal Needham. The film starred Barry Bostwick, Persis Khambatta, Michael Beck, Edward Mulhare, Evan C. Kim, and Henry Silva.

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The film featured a "phantom Army of super elite fighting men whose weapons are the most powerful science can devise", including combat vehicles such as motorcycles equipped with missile launchers.

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The film was internationally panned and received several Golden Raspberry nominations, including worst film, worst director and worst supporting actor.

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It was also made into a computer game most notably for the Atari 2600.

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Megaforce (group): Megaforce (MFC) is a computer interest group founded in 1983. At the time, their work was exclusive to the Commodore 64 microcomputer, and took the form of software cracking and producing technical demos to demonstrate their skill at computer programming. One member, Crazy Typer, produced legendary ...

Megaforce Records: Megaforce Records has been the record label for several bands in the heavy metal and/or thrash genres, including Anthrax, S.O.D., M.O.D., Mind Funk, Metallica, and Overkill....

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