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Thunder Force II
System(s): Sega Mega Drive
Publisher: Technosoft
Developer:
Genre: Shoot-'em-Up

















Release Date RRP Code

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Thunder Force II, known in Japan as Thunder Force II MD (サンダーフォースII MD), is the second installment of the Thunder Force series of shoot-'em-ups by Technosoft. Initially released in 1988 for the Sharp X68000, it was ported to the Sega Mega Drive and released internationally in 1989. It was the first Sega Mega Drive game in Japan — and by extension, the first game on a Sega console — published by a third party.

After the events of the first Thunder Force, the defeated ORN Empire decide to attack the Galaxy Federation again. Using Plealos, their new battleship, ORN is able to destroy the planet Reda and take the planet Nepura as their own. Fortunately, the Galaxy Federation discovers Nepura is used to hold Plealos when it is not being used, and they set out to destroy Plealos.

Gameplay

A and C switch weapons. B fires and can be held down for rapidfire. There are six stages — three top-view stages and three side-scrolling stages — of which you can chooose to start from any of the first five (the prior ones are ignored).

  • "Top View" stages (1, 3, 5): The screen constantly scrolls in the direction the ship is facing. The ships weapon shoots in the direction the ship is facing, though other weapons and powerups can change the direction shots are fired in. The objective is to find and destroy all the bases.
  • Side-scrolling stages (2, 4, 6): These are traditional schmup side-scrolling levels. Simply defeat the boss at the end to complete the level. You can use Up and Down to scroll vertically on screen, as the level bounds do not all fit on screen.

Each section not only has its own unique collectable weapons, but also upgrades to the main weapon. Losing a life takes all these away.

Physical Scans

Mega-Tech version

Mega-Tech,
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Cover

Mega Drive version

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
93 №26
90 №1, p84
80 №94
74 №6, p86
81 №1
82 №1, p86/87/88
58 №2, p57
80 №23, p54
86 №6, p30
81 №18, p68
Sega Mega Drive
81
Based on
10 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)
60
[1]
ACE (UK) PAL
93
[2]
Beep! MegaDrive (JP) NTSC-J
70
[3]
Complete Guide to Consoles (UK)
90
[4]
Complete Guide to Consoles (UK)
81
[5]
The Complete Guide to Sega (UK)
81
[6]
Consoles + (FR)
90
[7]
Console XS (UK) PAL
87
[8]
Cool Gamer (RU)
30
[9]
Computer & Video Games (UK)
80
[10]
Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) NTSC-U
78
[11]
Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide (UK)
76
[12]
Famitsu (JP) NTSC-J
70
[13]
Game Mania (UK)
85
[14]
Joystick (FR)
74
[15]
Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming (UK) PAL
82
[16]
Mega Drive Fan (JP) NTSC-J
81
[17]
MegaTech (UK)
81
[18]
Mean Machines (UK)
82
[19]
Mean Machines Sega (UK)
81
[20]
Megazone (AU)
85
[21]
Player One (FR)
58
[22]
Power Play (DE)
71
[23]
Sega Power (UK) PAL
75
[24]
Sega Pro (UK)
86
[25]
Sega Pro (UK) PAL
81
[26]
Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J
70
[27]
Tilt (FR)
60
[28]
Tricks 16 bit (RU)
80
[29]
Zero (UK)
93
[30]
Sega Mega Drive
77
Based on
30 reviews

Thunder Force II

Mega Drive, US
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Cover
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Cart
Mega Drive, EU
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Cover
Mega Drive, JP
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Cover
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Cart
Mega Drive, BR

Mega Drive, KR
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Cover
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Cart



Thunder Force games for Sega systems / developed by Sega
Sega Mega Drive
Thunder Force II (1989) | Thunder Force III (1990) | Thunder Force IV / Lightening Force: Quest for the Darkstar (1992)
Arcade
Thunder Force AC (1990)
Sega Saturn
Thunder Force: Gold Pack 1 (1996) | Thunder Force: Gold Pack 2 (1996) | Thunder Force V (1997)
Sony PlayStation 2
Thunder Force VI (2008)
Nintendo Switch
Sega Ages Thunder Force IV (2018) | Sega Ages Thunder Force AC (2020)
Thunder Force related media
Music
Best of Thunder Force (1997) | Thunder Force VI Soundtrack Demo (2008) | Thunder Force IV (2019) | Technosoft Music Collection: Thunder Force III & AC (2020) | Technosoft Music Collection: Thunder Force IV (2021) | Technosoft Music Collection: Thunder Force I & II (2022)
  1. 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 242
  2. ACE, "November 1989" (UK; 1989-10-xx), page 144
  3. Beep! MegaDrive, "February 1990" (JP; 1990-01-08), page 72
  4. Complete Guide to Consoles, "" (UK; 1989-10-16), page 77
  5. Complete Guide to Consoles, "Volume IV" (UK; 1990-11-xx), page 37
  6. The Complete Guide to Sega, "" (UK; 1991-05-xx), page 50
  7. Consoles +, "Tilt Hors-Serie" (FR; 1991-07-xx), page 36
  8. Console XS, "June/July 1992" (UK; 1992-04-23), page 135
  9. Cool Gamer, "9" (RU; 2002-10-13), page 224
  10. Computer & Video Games, "September 1989" (UK; 1989-08-16), page 102
  11. Electronic Gaming Monthly, "November 1989" (US; 1989-xx-xx), page 13
  12. Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide, "" (UK; 1993-11-18), page 107
  13. Famitsu, "" (JP; 1989-xx-xx), page 1
  14. Game Mania, "May 1993" (UK; 1993-xx-xx), page 80
  15. Joystick, "Juin 1990" (FR; 1990-05-xx), page 82
  16. Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "January 1993" (UK; 199x-xx-xx), page 95
  17. Mega Drive Fan, "November 1989" (JP; 1989-10-07), page 49
  18. MegaTech, "Xmas 1991" (UK; 1991-12-06), page 81
  19. Mean Machines, "October 1990" (UK; 1990-09-xx), page 86
  20. Mean Machines Sega, "October 1992" (UK; 1992-09-xx), page 142
  21. Megazone, "October/November 1991" (AU; 1991-xx-xx), page 30
  22. Player One, "Octobre 1990" (FR; 1990-xx-xx), page 57
  23. Power Play, "1/90" (DE; 1989-12-15), page 86
  24. Sega Power, "October 1991" (UK; 1991-09-05), page 54
  25. Sega Pro, "April 1992" (UK; 1992-03-19), page 30
  26. Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 68
  27. Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 86
  28. Tilt, "Septembre 1990" (FR; 1990-0x-xx), page 100
  29. Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 27
  30. Zero, "February 1990" (UK; 19xx-xx-xx), page 82