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The Story of Thor 2
System(s): Sega Saturn
Publisher: Sega
Developer:
Genre: Action, RPG

















Number of players: 1
Release Date RRP Code
US title screen.

The Story of Thor 2, known in Japan as Thor: Seireioukiden (トア 精霊王紀伝) and the US as The Legend of Oasis, is video game on the Sega Saturn console. It is the prequel to The Story of Thor: A Successor of the Light/Beyond Oasis on the Sega Mega Drive. The music was composed by Yuzo Koshiro, who is also famous for composing music for the Streets of Rage series.

Saving Data

The game makes use of the Saturn's internal battery back-up as well as the Saturn Backup Memory to save data for system configuration as well as progress. You can save a total of three games on the system RAM and three games on the Back-Up Ram Cart.

The Story of Thor 2 Save Data
Name Comment File Size
THOR_SYSTEM Config. 3
THOR_SVDT_# PLAY DATA 12
The Legend of Oasis Save Data
Name Comment File Size
OASIS2__SYS Config. 3
OASIS2_SVD# PLAY DATA 12

Production Credits

Original Product:

Main Programmer: Yukio Takahashi
Sub Programmer: Hideki Koyama, Kazutoyo Kobayashi, Kotaro Takahashi
Game Designer, Main Planner: Kataru Uchimura
Map Designer, Sub Planner: Tetsuya Kawabata
Art Director, Character Designer: Ayano Koshiro
Illustrator, Main Object Designer: Hitoshi Ariga
Sub Object Designer: Tokiko Kawano
Main Field Designer: Hisashi Yokota
Sub Field Designer: Masahiro Kurokawa, Keisuke Miyanaga
Scenario Writer: Juri Ogawa
Music Composer, Producer: Yuzo Koshiro
Special Thanks to: Kunihiro Shirahata

U.S. Product:

Producer: Bill Person
Project Manager: Seth Gerson
Lead Tester: Jeff Loney
Assistant Leads: Anthony Lynch, Tricia Gray, Tim Mcknew
Testers: Maya Decampos, Kingsley Sur, Don Carmichael, Karen Brown, Jeremy Caine, Jeff Junio, Chris Lucich, Arnold Feener, Ernie Deakyne, Fred Selker, Raul Orozco
Special Thanks to: David Wood, Te SEEDY Lounge, The Omega Group

Sega Sound Library BY InVision Interactive Inc.
Pictures Created By Select Effects™ are used partially in this game.
Select Effects™©1993 Cascom international,inc.
Presented By Sega
Music Composed By Yuzo Koshiro

Promotional Material

Physical Scans

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
80 №179, p72/73[1]
60 №34, p84/85
80
89 №47, p66-69[2]
85
89 №67, p108/109
54 №81
89 №11, p80/81[3]
Sega Saturn
78
Based on
8 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
576 KByte (HU)
84
[4]
Computer & Video Games (UK)
75
[1]
Edge (UK)
60
[5]
Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) NTSC-U
68
[6]
Famitsu (JP) NTSC-J
78
[7]
Fun Generation (DE) PAL
80
[8]
GameFan (US) NTSC-U
92
[9]
Game Players (US) NTSC-U
84
[10]
GamePro (US) NTSC-U
88
[11]
Game Informer (US) NTSC-U
86
[12]
Intelligent Gamer (US) NTSC-U
100
[13]
Joypad (FR)
89
[14]
MAN!AC (DE) PAL
64
[15]
Mega Fun (DE) PAL
87
[16]
Mean Machines Sega (UK) PAL
89
[2]
Next Generation (US) NTSC-U
75
[17]
neXt Level (DE) PAL
85
[18]
Player One (FR)
89
[19]
Saturn Fan (JP) NTSC-J
76
[20]
Saturn+ (UK) PAL
85
[21]
Secret Service (PL)
80
[22]
Sega News (CZ)
93
[23]
Sega Power (UK) NTSC-J
69
[24]
Świat Gier Komputerowych (PL)
90
[25]
Sega Saturn Magazine (UK) PAL
89
[26]
Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J
80
[27]
Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J
86
[28]
Total Saturn (UK) PAL
89
[29]
Total Saturn (UK) PAL
93
[30]
Video Games (DE) PAL
84
[31]
VideoGames (US) NTSC-U
90
[32]
Sega Saturn
83
Based on
31 reviews

The Story of Thor 2

Saturn, US
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Cover
Legend of oasis cd.jpeg
Disc
Legendofoasis sat us manual.pdf
Manual
Saturn, EU
StoryofThor2 Saturn EU Box.jpg
Cover
StoryofThor2 Saturn EU Disc.jpg
Disc
Saturn, JP
Thor2 sat jp backcover.jpgThor2 sat jp frontcover.jpg
Cover
TheStoryofThor2 Saturn JP Spinecard.jpg
Spinecard
Thor2 sat jp disc.jpg
Disc
50x50px
Manual
  1. 1.0 1.1 File:CVG UK 179.pdf, page 72 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:CVG UK 179.pdf_p72" defined multiple times with different content
  2. 2.0 2.1 File:MeanMachinesSega47UK.pdf, page 66 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:MeanMachinesSega47UK.pdf_p66" defined multiple times with different content
  3. File:SSM_UK_11.pdf, page 80
  4. 576 KByte, "Október 1996" (HU; 1996-xx-xx), page 30
  5. Edge, "July 1996" (UK; 1996-06-xx), page 84
  6. Electronic Gaming Monthly, "September 1996" (US; 1996-xx-xx), page 26
  7. Famitsu, "1996-05-03" (JP; 1996-04-19), page 1
  8. Fun Generation, "09/96" (DE; 1996-08-14), page 80
  9. GameFan, "Volume 4, Issue 9: September 1996" (US; 1996-xx-xx), page 22
  10. Game Players, "Vol. 9 No. 9 September 1996" (US; 1996-08-06), page 76
  11. GamePro, "September 1996" (US; 1996-xx-xx), page 94
  12. Game Informer, "July 1996" (US; 1996-0x-xx), page 10
  13. Intelligent Gamer, "August 1996" (US; 1996-0x-xx), page 76
  14. Joypad, "Septembre 1996" (FR; 1996-0x-xx), page 79
  15. MAN!AC, "09/96" (DE; 1996-08-14), page 66
  16. Mega Fun, "09/96" (DE; 1996-08-21), page 70
  17. Next Generation, "September 1996" (US; 1996-08-20), page 154
  18. neXt Level, "September 1996" (DE; 1996-08-14), page 78
  19. Player One, "Septembre 1996" (FR; 1996-08-29), page 108
  20. Saturn Fan, "1996 No. 14" (JP; 1996-06-21), page 80
  21. Saturn+, "Issue 4" (UK; 1996-10-24), page 29
  22. Secret Service, "Grudzień 1996" (PL; 1996-12-01), page 58
  23. Sega News, "Prosinec 1996" (CZ; 1996-1x-xx), page 10
  24. Sega Power, "August 1996" (UK; 1996-06-06), page 54
  25. Świat Gier Komputerowych, "12/1996" (PL; 1996-xx-xx), page 1
  26. Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1996" (UK; 1996-08-20), page 80
  27. Sega Saturn Magazine, "1996-07 (1996-04-26)" (JP; 1996-04-12), page 235
  28. Sega Saturn Magazine, "Readers rating final data" (JP; 2000-03), page 12
  29. Total Saturn, "Volume One Issue One" (UK; 1996-08-xx), page 50
  30. Total Saturn, "Volume One Issue Four" (UK; 1996-12-29), page 54
  31. Video Games, "9/96" (DE; 1996-08-28), page 98
  32. VideoGames, "September 1996" (US; 1996-08-20), page 72