Sega Ages Thunder Force IV
From Sega Retro
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sega Ages Thunder Force IV | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
System(s): Nintendo Switch | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Publisher: Sega | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Developer: M2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Genre: Shoot-'em-Up | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Number of players: 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
This teeny-tiny article needs some work. You can help us by expanding it.
Sega Ages Thunder Force IV (SEGA AGES サンダーフォースⅣ), known as Sega Ages Lightening Force: Quest for the Darkstar in North America, is a re-release of the Sega Mega Drive game, Thunder Force II, developed by M2 as the second entry in the Sega Ages lineup for the Nintendo Switch, released alongside Sega Ages Sonic the Hedgehog.
Gameplay
Production credits
- ORIGINAL GAME DEVELOPED BY: SEGA
- DLC VERSION DEVELOPED BY: M2
- Directors: Naoki Horii, Takaaki Hashimoto, Tsuyoshi Matsuoka
- Planners: Tsuyoshi Matsuoka, Takaaki Hashimoto
- Programmers: Jumpei Isshiki, Koji Ando, Nobuhisa Shinoda, Makoto Harashino, Youichirou Watanabe, Hiroyuki Sawai, Masaki Goto, Tetsuya Abe, Masayuki Fukui, Akira Saito
- Graphic Designers: Takuya Watanabe, Keisuke Koga, Naoki Takahashi
- Sound Designers: Tatsuhiko Kasuga, Jane-Evelyn Nisperos, Sakuoki Kudo
- Library & Tools: Jun Okada, Toshinori Yuuki (WAMSOFT), Go Watanabe (WAMSOFT)
- Opening Animation: Harukaze Namikai, Jane-Evelyn Nisperos
- Project Manager: Takehiro Kawachi
- Special Thanks: Kazuki Kubota, Highma Fuyuno
- Title Illustration: Taisuke Kanasaki
SEGA
- Producer: Rieko Kodama
- Senior Producer: Kagasei Shimomura
- Supervisor: Yosuke Okunari
- Localization Coordinator: Rodgers Jonathan
- SOJ Test Team: Akira Nishikawa, Osamu Sato, Atsushi Hirano, Eisuke Hayashi, Daichi Sasaki, Tomoki Matsuura, Kenji Takano, Shingo Fukui
- SOJ Quality Assurance: Tomoki Kaji, Kazuhiko Morii, Yasuyuki Hattori, Yuji Nakamura, Shunya Shimizu
- Software Manual Production: Yoshihiro Sakuta, Hiroki Osawa, Masaru Kobayashi, Makoto Nishino, Masato Shimamura, Colin Restall, Yoshitake Ohta, Yoichi Takahashi, Kazuki Ishizu
- Product Manager: Koichi Hanatate, Toyohisa Hiwatari, Satoshi Imai
- Promotion: Risa Araki, Chifuyu Sakata, Koji Uemura, Ikuo Ishizaka
- PR: Teruyuki Kaida, Jun Takemura
- Web Design: Noriko Sanda
- 1st Party Relation: Tetsuo Sasaki, Yoko Fukada, Natsuki Sato, Chiaki Furuya
SEGA of America, Inc.
- CEO: Tatsuyuki Miyazaki]
- EVP of Publishing and Strategy: Hitoshi Okuno
- SVP of Publishing: Naoto Hiraoka
- VP of Sales: Tim Pivnicny
- Senior Director of Corporate Planning: Kenya Numata
- Publishing Manager: James Low
- Senior Manager, Sales Operations & Administration: Nate Harris
- Sales Manager: Danny Miscevich
- Sales Administrators: Connie Chinn, Leary Salupen
- Digital Promotions Manager: Michael Manzanares
Atlus U.S.A., Inc.
- Executive Producer: Naoto Hiraoka
- General Manager: Mitsuhiro Tanaka
- VP of Production: Bill Alexander
- Director of Production: Samuel G. Mullen
- Associate Localization Producer: Damian Mougakos
- Translators: Damian Mougakos, Rie Sly
- Senior Manager, QA & Dev Support: Carl Chen
- Assistant QA Manager: Scott Williams
- QA Compliance Specialist: Rob Stone
- QA Lead: Logan Sandefur
- QA Tester: Elwood Cruz
- Director of Marketing: Robyn Mukai Koshi
- Senior Marketing Manager: Sakura Minamida Harris
- Product Marketing Manager: Melissa Smith
- Product Marketing Specialist: Becky Li
- Associate Product Marketing Manager: Sara Chan
- Marketing Associate: Lauren Woodward
- Senior PR Manager: Jacob Nahin
- Associate PR Manager: Jonathon Stebel
- Community Associate: Emmanuel "EJ" Rivera
- Traffic Manager: Ann Namie
- Events & Purchasing Manager: Kathy D. Park
- Events & Purchasing Specialist: Samantha Fernandez
- Manager of Creative Services: Ayami Haruno
- Graphic Designer: Amy Shimoshige
- Production Artist: James Ferrell II
- Senior Web Developer: James Kaneshiro
- Web Developers: Erik Nuber, Danielle De Wald
- Senior Media Producer: John Tubera
- Media Producer: Alex Limon
- Overseas Business Promotion Team: Hiroyuki Tanaka, Hirohito Shindo, Tadayoshi Ishihara, Jasmine Webb
SEGA Europe Ltd.
- Commercial Director EMEA: Simon Inch
- Senior Operations Manager EMEA: Linda Kershaw
- Product Marketing Manager EMEA: Melaine Brou
- PR Manager EMEA: Sarah M D Wellock
- Special Thanks: Kazue Matsuoka (Twenty-one), Naosuke Arai (Interactive Laboratory), Toru Hoga (GANBARION Co.,Ltd.), Thunder Force IV Original Staff, Thunder Force GP 2 Original Staff, Tomoo Yoda (FREEing), Masato Nishimura, Takuma Hatori, Takashi Iizuka, Shun Nakamura, Tetsu Katano, Akira Nishino, Sachiko Kawamura, Nobuya Ohashi, Takaharu Terada, Hitoshi Furukubo, Chika Kojitani, Yoshitaka Kawabata, Kazuhiro Matsuta, Naofumi Hataya, Yuji Uekawa, Eitaro Toyoda, Daisuke Tabayashi, Emiko Mikuni, Rei Aoyanagi, Yoshiaki Endo, Shinobu Yokota, Yoko Nakajima, Mayumi Ishimura, Genjiro Takahashi, Sarina Okitsu
- Chief Producers: Osamu Ohashi, Eigo Kasahara
- Executive Producers: Haruki Satomi, Kenji Matsubara, Toshihiro Nagoshi
External links
- Official website (Japanese)
- Nintendo catalogue pages: JP, US, UK, AU
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 https://store-jp.nintendo.com/list/software/70010000010216.html (Wayback Machine: 2022-08-15 03:45)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 https://www.nintendo.com/store/products/sega-ages-lightening-force-quest-for-the-darkstar-switch/ (archive.today)
- ↑ https://www.nintendo.fr/Jeux/Jeux-a-telecharger-sur-Nintendo-Switch/SEGA-AGES-Thunder-Force-IV-1441463.html (archive.today)
- ↑ https://www.nintendo.de/Spiele/Nintendo-Switch-Download-Software/SEGA-AGES-Thunder-Force-IV-1441463.html (archive.today)
- ↑ https://www.nintendo.co.uk/Games/Nintendo-Switch-download-software/SEGA-AGES-Thunder-Force-IV-1441463.html (archive.today)
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 https://ec.nintendo.com/AU/en/titles/70010000010214 (archive.today)
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10E5Tsp5CRk
Thunder Force games for Sega systems / developed by Sega | |
---|---|
Thunder Force II (1989) | Thunder Force III (1990) | Thunder Force IV / Lightening Force: Quest for the Darkstar (1992) | |
Thunder Force AC (1990) | |
Thunder Force: Gold Pack 1 (1996) | Thunder Force: Gold Pack 2 (1996) | Thunder Force V (1997) | |
Thunder Force VI (2008) | |
Sega Ages Thunder Force IV (2018) | Sega Ages Thunder Force AC (2020) | |
Thunder Force related media | |
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) |
Categories:
- 1 player games
- JP Nintendo Switch games
- US Nintendo Switch games
- EU Nintendo Switch games
- DE Nintendo Switch games
- UK Nintendo Switch games
- AU Nintendo Switch games
- Nintendo Switch games
- All shoot-'em-up games
- 2018 Nintendo Switch games
- All 2018 games
- Download-only Nintendo Switch games
- All games
- Sub-stubs
- Credits without reference
- Thunder Force
- Sega Ages