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| Thunder Force IV/Lightening Force: Quest for the Darkstar |
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| System(s): Sega Mega Drive |
| Publisher: Tecnosoft |
| Developer: Tecnosoft |
| Genre: Shoot-'em-Up |
Thunder Force IV (サンダーフォースIV), called Lightening Force: Quest for the Darkstar in the US, is a 1992 shoot-'em-up by Tecnosoft released for the Sega Mega Drive. It is the fourth game in the Thunder Force series.
Shortly after defeating the ORN Empire in Thunder Force III, the Galaxy Federation comes under attack by survivors of the empire, who have banded together to form a new threat, Vios. Vios turns out to be more powerful than ORN ever was, and the Galaxy Federation must again use a new small craft to destroy their base on the planet Aceria.
Gameplay is almost identical to III: 
shoots (you have rapidfire), 
changes speed, 
changes weapon, and powerups are collected from enemies. Unlike III, however, you are not fixed to the camera motion; holding 
and 
will take you higher/lower than the screen limits (as in II).
Physical Scans
| Mega Drive, US |
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| Mega Drive, EU |
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| Mega Drive, JP |
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| 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) |
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Thunder Force AC (1990) |
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Thunder Force: Gold Pack 1 (1996) | Thunder Force: Gold Pack 2 (1996) | Thunder Force V (1997) |
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Thunder Force VI (2008) |
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Sega Ages Thunder Force IV (2018) | Sega Ages Thunder Force AC (2020) |
| Thunder Force related media | |
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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) |