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Thunder Force II
System(s): Sega Mega Drive
Publisher: Technosoft
Developer:
Original system(s): X68000
Genre: Shoot-'em-Up

















Number of players: 1
Release Date RRP Code
Sega Mega Drive
JP 		¥6,8006,800 T-18013
Sega Mega Drive
US
Sega Mega Drive
EU
Sega Mega Drive
AU
Sega Mega Drive
CA
Sega Mega Drive
BR
Sega Mega Drive
KR 		GM4010JG

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Thunder Force II is a 1988 shoot-'em-up developed by Technosoft for the X68000, and the second installment in their Thunder Force series. The following year, it was ported to the Sega Mega Drive as Thunder Force II MD (サンダーフォースII ＭＤ), and this version was released worldwide as simply Thunder Force II. It was the first Sega Mega Drive game in Japan published by a third party.

Story

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 with a new version of the powerful "Fire LEO" fighter craft, the Fire LEO-02 Exceliza.

Gameplay

A and C switch weapons. B fires as long as you hold it. There are nine stages — four top-view stages and four side-scrolling stages, then a final top-view stage.

  • "Top-view" stages: You have free 8-way movement, and the screen constantly scrolls in the direction the ship is facing. The ship's weapon shoots in the direction the ship is facing, though other weapons and powerups fire in different directions. The objective is to find and destroy the four bases.
  • Side-scrolling stages: You can only progress forward, and the screen constantly scrolls from right to left; the entire stage doesn't fit on the screen, so moving up and down reveals a bit more of it. Reach the end of the stage and defeat the boss there to complete the level.

As you defeat certain enemies, they'll drop various weapon; losing a life takes all acquired weapons away. The two types of stages have unique weapons between them.

History

Release

The Swedish version shown below has an interesting story behind it. The distributor in the Nordic countries was Playmix/BRIO, famous for its classic wooden toys and unharmful playthings. This is the first and probably last time they used censorship on a game. The missiles on this early game's front were considered too violent and the picture was replaced by the ship from the Japanese version instead. After they mixed it together, they simple photographed it and printed it on Fujicolor paper (can be seen on the back of the inlay). This version is therefore fairly common in Sweden.

Magazine articles

Main article: Thunder Force II/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

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Print advert in ACE (UK) #37: "October 1990" (1990-09-xx)
also published in:
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Print advert in Computer & Video Games (UK) #111: "February 1991" (1991-01-16)
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Print advert in Beep! MegaDrive (JP) #1990-02: "February 1990" (1990-01-08)
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Print advert in Beep! MegaDrive (JP) #1990-09: "September 1990" (1990-08-XX)
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Print advert in Beep! MegaDrive (JP) #1990-11: "November 1990" (1990-10-XX)
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Physical scans

Mega-Tech version

Mega-Tech,
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Cover

Mega Drive version

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
93 [6]
70 №1990-02, p70[7]
70 №, p84[8]
90 [9]
81 №4, p37[10]
80 [11]
70 №79, [1]
74 №6, p86[12]
82 №5, p95
81 [13]
82 №1, p86-88[14]
58 [4]
80 №23, p54
86 [15]
81 №18, p68
93 №4, p82/83
Sega Mega Drive
 79
Based on
16 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)
60
[16]
ACE (UK) PAL
93
[6]
Beep! MegaDrive (JP) NTSC-J
70
[17]
Complete Guide to Consoles (UK)
90
[18]
Complete Guide to Consoles (UK)
81
[10]
The Complete Guide to Sega (UK)
81
[19]
Consoles + (FR)
90
[20]
Console XS (UK) PAL
87
[21]
Cool Gamer (RU)
30
[22]
Computer & Video Games (UK)
80
[11]
Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) NTSC-U
78
[23]
Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide (UK)
76
[24]
Famitsu (JP) NTSC-J
70
[25]
Game Mania (UK)
85
[26]
Joystick (FR)
74
[12]
Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming (UK) PAL
82
[27]
Mega Drive Fan (JP) NTSC-J
81
[28]
MegaTech (UK)
81
[13]
Mean Machines (UK)
82
[14]
Mean Machines Sega (UK)
81
[29]
Megazone (AU)
85
[30]
Player One (FR)
58
[4]
Power Play (DE)
71
[31]
Sega Power (UK) PAL
75
[32]
Sega Pro (UK)
86
[15]
Sega Pro (UK) PAL
81
[33]
Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J
70
[34]
Tilt (FR)
60
[35]
Tricks 16 bit (RU)
80
[36]
Zero (UK)
93
[37]
Sega Mega Drive
 77
Based on
30 reviews

Thunder Force II

Mega Drive, US
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Cart
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Manual
Mega Drive, EU
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Cart
Mega Drive, SE
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Cover
Mega Drive, JP
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Cover
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Cart
Mega Drive, AU

Mega Drive, BR
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Cart
Mega Drive, KR
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Cart
Mega Drive, CA

References

  1. ↑ Mean Machines, "October 1990" (UK; 1990-09-xx), page 88
  2. ↑ File:Raze UK 11.pdf, page 76
  3. ↑ File:ACE UK 37.pdf, page 51
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Player One, "Octobre 1990" (FR; 1990-xx-xx), page 57
  5. ↑ Computer & Video Games, "October 1990" (UK; 1990-09-16), page 122
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 ACE, "November 1989" (UK; 1989-10-xx), page 144
  7. ↑ File:BeepMD_JP_1990-02.pdf, page 72
  8. ↑ File:SSM_JP_19950901_1995-09.pdf, page 86
  9. ↑ Complete Guide to Consoles, "" (UK; 1989-10-16), page 84
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 File:CGtC UK 04.pdf, page 37 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:CGtC UK 04.pdf_p37" defined multiple times with different content
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 Computer & Video Games, "September 1989" (UK; 1989-08-16), page 102
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 File:Joystick FR 006.pdf, page 82 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:Joystick FR 006.pdf_p82" defined multiple times with different content
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 MegaTech, "Xmas 1991" (UK; 1991-12-06), page 81
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 File:MeanMachines UK 01.pdf, page 86 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:MeanMachines UK 01.pdf_p86" defined multiple times with different content
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 Sega Pro, "April 1992" (UK; 1992-03-19), page 30
  16. ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 242
  17. ↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "February 1990" (JP; 1990-01-08), page 72
  18. ↑ Complete Guide to Consoles, "" (UK; 1989-10-16), page 77
  19. ↑ The Complete Guide to Sega, "" (UK; 1991-05-xx), page 50
  20. ↑ Consoles +, "Tilt Hors-Serie" (FR; 1991-07-xx), page 36
  21. ↑ Console XS, "June/July 1992" (UK; 1992-04-23), page 135
  22. ↑ Cool Gamer, "9" (RU; 2002-10-13), page 224
  23. ↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "November 1989" (US; 1989-xx-xx), page 13
  24. ↑ Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide, "" (UK; 1993-11-18), page 107
  25. ↑ Famitsu, "" (JP; 1989-xx-xx), page 1
  26. ↑ Game Mania, "May 1993" (UK; 1993-xx-xx), page 80
  27. ↑ Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "January 1993" (UK; 199x-xx-xx), page 95
  28. ↑ Mega Drive Fan, "November 1989" (JP; 1989-10-07), page 49
  29. ↑ Mean Machines Sega, "October 1992" (UK; 1992-09-xx), page 142
  30. ↑ Megazone, "October/November 1991" (AU; 1991-xx-xx), page 30
  31. ↑ Power Play, "1/90" (DE; 1989-12-15), page 86
  32. ↑ Sega Power, "October 1991" (UK; 1991-09-05), page 54
  33. ↑ Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 68
  34. ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 86
  35. ↑ Tilt, "Septembre 1990" (FR; 1990-0x-xx), page 100
  36. ↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 27
  37. ↑ Zero, "February 1990" (UK; 19xx-xx-xx), page 82



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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