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Thunder Force II |
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System(s): Sega Mega Drive |
Publisher: Technosoft |
Developer: Technosoft |
Genre: Shoot-'em-Up |
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.
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
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switch weapons.
fires and can be held down for rapidfire. Each of the stages are split into two sections:
- Top-down section: 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 section: These are traditional schmup side-scrolling levels. Simply defeat the boss at the end to complete the level.
Physical Scans
Mega Drive Version
Thunder Force games for Sega systems / developed by Sega | |
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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) |