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Thunder Force VI

System(s): PlayStation 2

Publisher: Sega

Developer: Sega CS3

Licensor: Twenty-one

Genre: Shoot-'em-Up

Number of players: 1-2

Official in-game languages:

日本語

Release	Date	RRP	Code
JP	2008-10-30^[1]	¥5,800 (6,090)5,800 (6,090)^[1]	SLPM-55096

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Thunder Force VI (サンダーフォース６) is the sixth game in Technosoft's Thunder Force series of shoot-'em-ups, released in 2008 for the PlayStation 2. As Technosoft had already left the video game industry by then, they contracted Sega to develop the game. Development was put into the hands of Tetsu Okano, who assembled a team of heavyweights in the genre to develop the game, which he intends as the "first step"^[2] of a plan to revive the 2D shoot-'em-up genre called Project STG.

The game has currently only been released in Japan; though Okano did consider online distribution or an Xbox 360 port if the game was successful in Japan, neither of these have materialized, and it is unknown whether either an overseas release of this game or creation of the rest of Project STG may materialize. At least in Japan, this game is often a bad evaluation.

History

The infamous ORN Emperor's design.

Release

Thunder Force VI is the last Japanese PlayStation 2 game to be published by Sega.

Reception

The game was panned by critics for its blurry visuals, short length, bland soundtrack and the recycled stages and mechanics from the previous games.

Fans also criticized the design of ORN Emperor for its eroguro taste, which is inappropriate for the game's A rating by CERO.

Production credits

エグゼクティブプロデューサー: 臼井興胤
チーフプロデューサー: 宮崎浩幸, 名越稔洋, 西野陽, 見吉隆夫, 新湯哲生
エグゼクティブスーパーバイザー: 前田雅尚, 川越隆幸
プロジェクトリーダー: 下村一誠
プロデューサー: 塩谷尚史
企画原案・美術設計・プロデュース: 岡野哲
プロジェクトマネージャー: 吉田壮宏
営業企画: 飯野光一
宣伝: 渡辺祐介
PR: 山藤雅也
WEB制作: 田名綱陽平
印刷物制作: 作田喜尋, 軸原一彰, 飯田直彦
テストチーム: 清水順一, 西川彰, 寺沢彰, 桑野聡, 黒川修弘, 森岡憲一, 廣瀬一郎

開発協力

プログラム: 伊藤勇太, 菊池大介
デザイン: 田中ゆき
CGデザイン制作協力
メディア・ビジョンエンタテインメント株式会社: 小野明, 大窪哲也
有限会社アニマロイド: 北田清延, 橋本温子
ムービー／機体デザイン制作協力: Worag
サウンド制作協力: 佐藤豪, 金子剛, Tamayo, 古川もとあき, BETTA FLASH, (五十音順)
西夏語協力: 荒川慎太郎, 小野裕子, 小高裕次
モンゴル語協力: 富川力道

スペシャルサンクス: 上苙隆文, 伊藤俊博, 金澤浩隆, 木津円, 中村謙介

© SEGA　　　© K.Matsuoka

Licensed by: Twenty-one Technosoft div.

Source:

In-game credits (JP)^[3]

Magazine articles

Main article: Thunder Force VI/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Promotional video 1
Promotional video 2

Physical scans

PlayStation 2, JP
Cover
Disc Manual

Technical information

Main article: Thunder Force VI/Technical information.

ROM dump status

System

Hash

Size

Build Date

Source

Comments

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CRC32	fee1e6e9
MD5	8d33cc516ab8a364444a1af86afbbc9f
SHA-1	e86e9d958a7954e18fd01350b21cbcb752708c2f

1,902,477,312

DVD-ROM (JP)

SLPM-55096 (V1.00)

External links

Sega of Japan catalogue pages (Japanese): PlayStation 2
Interview with project head Tez Okano in Edge Magazine (archive)
Thunder Force VI on PlayStation.com: JP

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 http://www.jp.playstation.com/software/title/slpm55096.html (Wayback Machine: 2008-11-01 08:17)
↑ http://www.edge-online.com/features/saving-shooters/ (Wayback Machine: 2014-08-03 11:07)
↑ File:ThunderForceVI_PS2_JP_SSCredits.pdf

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)

[https:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F20081101081731.2Fhttp:.2F.2Fwww.jp.playstation.com.2Fsoftware.2Ftitle.2Fslpm55096.html-1] 1.0 ^1.1 http://www.jp.playstation.com/software/title/slpm55096.html (Wayback Machine: 2008-11-01 08:17)

[http:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F20140803110753.2Fhttp:.2F.2Fwww.edge-online.com.2Ffeatures.2Fsaving-shooters.2F-2] ttp://www.edge-online.com/features/saving-shooters/ (Wayback Machine: 2014-08-03 11:07)

[:File:ThunderForceVI_PS2_JP_SSCredits.pdf_p-3] File:ThunderForceVI_PS2_JP_SSCredits.pdf

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+{{stub}}'''''{{PAGENAME}}''''' (サンダーフォース６) is the sixth game in [[Technosoft]]'s ''Thunder Force'' series of shoot-'em-ups, released in 2008 for the [[PlayStation 2]]. As Technosoft had already left the video game industry by then, they contracted [[Sega]] to develop the game. Development was put into the hands of [[Tetsu Okano]], who assembled a team of heavyweights in the genre to develop the game, which he intends as the "first step"{{ref|http://web.archive.org/web/20140803110753/http://www.edge-online.com/features/saving-shooters/}} of a plan to revive the 2D shoot-'em-up genre called ''Project STG''.
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 At least in Japan, this game is often a bad evaluation.
+==History==
+[[File:TFVI ORN Emperor.jpg|thumb|right|The infamous ORN Emperor's design.]]
+===Release===
+Thunder Force VI is the last Japanese PlayStation 2 game to be published by Sega.
+===Reception===
+The game was panned by critics for its blurry visuals, short length, bland soundtrack and the recycled stages and mechanics from the previous games.
+Fans also criticized the design of ORN Emperor for its eroguro taste, which is inappropriate for the game's A rating by CERO.
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 :'''© SEGA　　　© K.Matsuoka'''
-*'''Licensed by:''' Twenty-one Tecnosoft div.
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