Thunder Force V

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Thunder Force V
System(s): Sega Saturn
Publisher: Technosoft
Developer:
Sound driver: SCSP/CD-DA (28/11 tracks)
Peripherals supported: 3D Control Pad
Genre: Shoot-'em-Up

















Number of players: 1
Release Date RRP Code
Sega Saturn
JP 		¥6,8006,800 T-1811G
Sega Saturn
JP
(Special Pack) 		¥7,8007,800 T-1812G
Sega Saturn
JP
(Satakore) 		¥2,8002,800 T-1814G

Thunder Force V (サンダーフォースＶ) was, for nearly a decade, the final entry in the Thunder Force series of shoot-'em-up games by Technosoft; it was also the last entry developed by them. It was originally released for the Sega Saturn in 1997, and only in Japan. A port with some changes, Thunder Force V: Perfect System, was released the following year for the PlayStation, which was released also in North America; the localization of this version, created by Working Designs, is notable in that it contains certain changes to gameplay, a staple of Working Designs releases.

As you might expect from a PlayStation/Saturn-era shooter, Thunder Force V grafts 3D graphics onto a 2D gameplay engine.

The sequel Thunder Force VI borrows many design elements from this game, such as the menu and weaponry.

Trivia

  • Has become the most expensive Thunder Force game on Sega systems.

Production credits

  • Planning & Game Design: OPA
  • Game Main Program: Mirror
  • Library: Pen Knife
  • Enemy Main Program: Godzy
  • Polygon Enemy Program: Pen Knife, Nage Hameeru, Wahrsager, Cyber Yumimint, Noritaloon, Zako, Chinpui, Nincompoop
  • Rendering Enemy Program: Wahrsager
  • Area Guard Program: Godzy, Pen Knife, Nekoon
  • Map Object Program: Wahrsager, Nincompoop, Noritaloon, Nekoon
  • Opening Movie Program: Pen Knife
  • Ending Program: Zako, Takohai Ssu
  • Ranking & Name Entry / Title Program: Zako
  • Option Program: Zany
  • Development Tool: Chinpui, Godzy, Pen Knife
  • My Ship Graphic: OPA, Sanzenten, Quicksilver, Pei Crash
  • My Ship Program & Demo: Zany
  • Polygon Enemy Design: OPA, Pontarou, Sanzenten, Alice De Alince, Quicksilver, Breath, Pei Crash
  • Polygon Enemy Modeling: Wahrsager, Cyber Yumimint, Noritaloon, Alice De Alince, Kusuko
  • Polygon Enemy Texture: Quicksilver, Pontarou
  • Rendering Enemy Graphic: OPA, Onibi, Breath
  • Area Guard Design: Alice De Alince, OPA, Sanzenten, Kukuko
  • Map Design: Pei Crash, Sanzenten, Sokushinbutu, Pontarou, Breath, Nohohon
  • Enemy Setting: Pei Crash, Nage Hameeru, Sokushinbutu, Pontarou
  • Opening Movie: OPA, Sanzenten, Quicksilver
  • Ending: Quicksilver, Nohohon, OPA
  • Option Design: Zany, OPA
  • Character Design: Quicksilver
  • Story: Nohohon, OPA
  • System Design Adviser: Ten Stick
  • Sound & Se: Tsukumohyakutaro, Tek Tek, Tomomi Ootani
  • Manual: Ten Stick, Kusuko
  • Publicity: OPA, Ten Stick, Kusuko
  • Works: Neptune, Ennoshita, Semi, Sake
  • Special Thanks: Tetsuya Umeda, Daishi Sakamoto, Hidekazu Juuni, Hiroyuki Iida, Jun Abe, Jun Katsumi, Kazukiyo Tamakoshi, Keisuke Kimura, Kenichi Oota, Kikuo Komatsu, Makoto Sakuma, Manabu Wakatsuki, Masato Ichinowatari, Naonori Miyata, Satoru Hosono, Shinichi Magome, Shinichirou Kaneko, Shujirou Yamaguchi, Taishi Ootsubo, Takeshi Kusunoki, Tomohiro Inoue, Toshiharu Nagaike, Toshiki Tanaka, Yasuhito Koga, Yukinari Sasaki, & All Players
  • Project Leader: Pen Knife, Chinpui
  • Director: Yunker Matai
  • Producer: Shigotonin
  • Presented by: Technosoft
  • ©1997 Technosoft Co.,Ltd All Rights Reserved.

Track list

Game disc

1. [data track]  
2. Attack Point (00:32) 
3. Legendary Wings (01:38) 
4. Beast Jungle (03:29) 
5. Rising Blue Lightning (03:09) 
6. Cyber Cave (03:15) 
7. Steel Of destiny (02:18) 
8. Electric Mind (03:52) 
9. Warning 1 (00:08) 
10. Warning 2 (00:08) 
11. Warning 3 (00:08) 
12. Warning 4 (00:08) 
13. Warning 5 (00:08) 
14. Warning 6 (00:08) 
15. Warning 7 (00:08) 
16. Deep Purple (02:36) 
17. Iron Maiden (02:32) 
18. A3 (02:52) 
19. Guardian's Knight (03:51) 
20. Duel Of Top (03:18) 
21. Fatherless Baby (03:08) 
22. The Justice Ray Part 2 (04:56) 
23. Game Over (00:08) 
24. Last Letter (02:23) 
25. Please Seal It Up ! (00:47) 
26. Count Down To Die (00:22) 
27. Record Of Fight (01:02) 
28. Tan・Tan・Ta・Ta・Ta・Tan (01:02) 
29. Return To Blue Sky (00:55) 
► Running time: 49:01

Best of Thunder Force

1. Back to the fire (03:19) 
From: Thunder Force III
2. Venus fire (04:00) 
From: Thunder Force III
3. Truth (04:15) 
From: Thunder Force III
4. His behavior inspired us with distrust (03:37) 
From: Thunder Force III
5. Fighting Back (03:48) 
From: Thunder Force IV
6. Battle ship (04:31) 
From: Thunder Force IV
7. Metal squad (04:08) 
From: Thunder Force IV
8. Silvery light of the moon (04:38) 
From: Thunder Force IV
9. Feel the Groobe of TF II (powered by 68K Remix) (16:02) 
From: Thunder Force II
10. Rave to clarcing TF III (King of MAGA DRIVER Remix) (14:49) 
From: Thunder Force III
11. Crazy and Hot beat of TF IV (Legend of MD road master Remix) (11:03) 
From: Thunder Force IV
► Running time: 74:10

Magazine articles

Main article: Thunder Force V/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

  • Flyer

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Print advert in Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) #1997-16: "1997-16 (1997-05-16,23)" (1997-05-02)
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Physical scans

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
60 №190, p78[1]
60 №60, p100
70 №448, p33
88 №5, p78
91 №30, p70[2]
80 №1997-25, p186[3]
94 №, p8[4]
Sega Saturn
 78
Based on
7 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
Ação Games (BR)
90
[5]
Computer & Video Games (UK)
50
[1]
Edge (UK) NTSC-J
60
[6]
Famitsu (JP) NTSC-J
70
[7]
GameFan (US) NTSC
93
[8]
MAN!AC (DE) NTSC-J
81
[9]
Mega Force (FR) NTSC-J
74
[10]
neXt Level (DE) NTSC-J
85
[11]
Saturn Fan (JP) NTSC-J
78
[12]
Saturn Power (UK) NTSC-J
88
[13]
Sega Magazin (DE) NTSC-J
90
[14]
Sega Saturn Magazine (UK) NTSC-J
91
[15]
Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J
94
[4]
Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J
80
[16]
Sega Saturn
 80
Based on
14 reviews

Thunder Force V

Saturn, JP
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Saturn, JP (Special Pack)
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Cover
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Spinecard
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Disc
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Best of TF
Saturn, JP (Satakore)
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References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 File:CVG UK 190.pdf, page 78 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:CVG UK 190.pdf_p78" defined multiple times with different content
  2. ↑ File:SSM_UK_30.pdf, page 70
  3. ↑ File:SSM_JP_19970725_1997-25.pdf, page 188
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Saturn no Game wa Sekai Ichi~i~i~i!: Satamaga Dokusha Race Zen Kiroku, SoftBank Publishing, page 10 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:SnGwSISDRZK Book JP.pdf_p10" defined multiple times with different content
  5. ↑ Ação Games, "Setembro 1998" (BR; 1998-xx-xx), page 49
  6. ↑ Edge, "July 1998" (UK; 1998-06-18), page 100
  7. ↑ Famitsu, "1997-07-18" (JP; 1997-07-04), page 1
  8. ↑ GameFan, "Volume 5, Issue 9: September 1997" (US; 1997-xx-xx), page 27
  9. ↑ MAN!AC, "09/97" (DE; 1997-08-06), page 66
  10. ↑ Mega Force, "Septembre/Octobre 1997" (FR; 1997-0x-xx), page 56
  11. ↑ neXt Level, "September 1997" (DE; 1997-08-22), page 75
  12. ↑ Saturn Fan, "1997 No. 17" (JP; 1997-08-29), page 84
  13. ↑ Saturn Power, "October 1997" (UK; 1997-08-22), page 78
  14. ↑ Sega Magazin, "Oktober 1997" (DE; 1997-09-10), page 72
  15. ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "April 1998" (UK; 1998-03-11), page 70
  16. ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "1997-25 (1997-07-25)" (JP; 1997-07-11), page 188



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)
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