Difference between revisions of "The Story of Thor 2"

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The Story of Thor 2

System(s): Sega Saturn

Publisher: Sega

Developer: Ancient

Sound driver: SCSP (1 track)

Genre: Action, RPG

Number of players: 1

Release	Date	RRP	Code
JP	1996-04-26	¥5,8005,800	GS-9053
US	1996-07-31	$59.9559.95^[2]	81302
EU	1996-09-19^[1]		MK81302-50

ESRB

Sega

ELSPA

USK

OFLC

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.

Technical information

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

Magazine articles

Main article: The Story of Thor 2/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

JP flyer

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

576 KByte (HU)

84

^[8]

Computer & Video Games (UK)

75

^[3]

Edge (UK)

60

^[9]

Electronic Gaming Monthly (US)

NTSC-U

68

^[10]

Famitsu (JP)

NTSC-J

78

^[11]

Fun Generation (DE)

PAL

80

^[12]

GameFan (US)

NTSC-U

92

^[13]

Game Players (US)

NTSC-U

84

^[14]

GamePro (US)

NTSC-U

88

^[2]

Game Informer (US)

NTSC-U

86

^[15]

Intelligent Gamer (US)

NTSC-U

100

^[16]

Joypad (FR)

89

^[17]

MAN!AC (DE)

PAL

64

^[18]

Mega Fun (DE)

PAL

87

^[19]

Mean Machines Sega (UK)

PAL

89

^[4]

Next Generation (US)

NTSC-U

75

^[20]

neXt Level (DE)

PAL

85

^[21]

Player One (FR)

89

^[22]

Saturn Fan (JP)

NTSC-J

76

^[23]

Saturn+ (UK)

PAL

85

^[24]

Secret Service (PL)

80

^[25]

Sega News (CZ)

93

^[26]

Sega Power (UK)

NTSC-J

69

^[27]

Świat Gier Komputerowych (PL)

90

^[28]

Sega Saturn Magazine (UK)

PAL

89

^[29]

Sega Saturn Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

80

^[30]

Sega Saturn Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

86

^[7]

Total Saturn (UK)

PAL

89

^[31]

Total Saturn (UK)

PAL

93

^[32]

Video Games (DE)

PAL

84

^[33]

VideoGames (US)

NTSC-U

90

^[34]

	83
Based on 31 reviews

The Story of Thor 2

Saturn, US
Cover
Disc Manual

Saturn, EU
Cover
Disc

Saturn, JP
Cover
Spinecard Disc 50x50px Manual

References

↑ File:CVG UK 178.pdf, page 53
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 File:GamePro US 096.pdf, page 94 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:GamePro US 096.pdf_p94" defined multiple times with different content
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 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
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 File:MeanMachinesSega47UK.pdf, page 66 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:MeanMachinesSega47UK.pdf_p66" defined multiple times with different content
↑ File:SSM_UK_11.pdf, page 80
↑ File:SSM_JP_19960426_1996-07.pdf, page 235
↑ ^7.0 ^7.1 Saturn no Game wa Sekai Ichi~i~i~i!: Satamaga Dokusha Race Zen Kiroku, SoftBank Publishing, page 12 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:SnGwSISDRZK Book JP.pdf_p12" defined multiple times with different content
↑ 576 KByte, "Október 1996" (HU; 1996-xx-xx), page 30
↑ Edge, "July 1996" (UK; 1996-06-xx), page 84
↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "September 1996" (US; 1996-xx-xx), page 26
↑ Famitsu, "1996-05-03" (JP; 1996-04-19), page 1
↑ Fun Generation, "09/96" (DE; 1996-08-14), page 80
↑ GameFan, "Volume 4, Issue 9: September 1996" (US; 1996-xx-xx), page 22
↑ Game Players, "Vol. 9 No. 9 September 1996" (US; 1996-08-06), page 76
↑ Game Informer, "July 1996" (US; 1996-0x-xx), page 10
↑ Intelligent Gamer, "August 1996" (US; 1996-0x-xx), page 76
↑ Joypad, "Septembre 1996" (FR; 1996-0x-xx), page 79
↑ MAN!AC, "09/96" (DE; 1996-08-14), page 66
↑ Mega Fun, "09/96" (DE; 1996-08-21), page 70
↑ Next Generation, "September 1996" (US; 1996-08-20), page 154
↑ neXt Level, "September 1996" (DE; 1996-08-14), page 78
↑ Player One, "Septembre 1996" (FR; 1996-08-29), page 108
↑ Saturn Fan, "1996 No. 14" (JP; 1996-06-21), page 80
↑ Saturn+, "Issue 4" (UK; 1996-10-24), page 29
↑ Secret Service, "Grudzień 1996" (PL; 1996-12-01), page 58
↑ Sega News, "Prosinec 1996" (CZ; 1996-1x-xx), page 10
↑ Sega Power, "August 1996" (UK; 1996-06-06), page 54
↑ Świat Gier Komputerowych, "12/1996" (PL; 1996-xx-xx), page 1
↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1996" (UK; 1996-08-20), page 80
↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "1996-07 (1996-04-26)" (JP; 1996-04-12), page 235
↑ Total Saturn, "Volume One Issue One" (UK; 1996-08-xx), page 50
↑ Total Saturn, "Volume One Issue Four" (UK; 1996-12-29), page 54
↑ Video Games, "9/96" (DE; 1996-08-28), page 98
↑ VideoGames, "September 1996" (US; 1996-08-20), page 72

[:File:CVG_UK_178.pdf_p53-1] File:CVG UK 178.pdf, page 53

[:File:GamePro_US_096.pdf_p94-2] 2.0 ^2.1 File:GamePro US 096.pdf, page 94 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:GamePro US 096.pdf_p94" defined multiple times with different content

[:File:CVG_UK_179.pdf_p72-3] 3.0 ^3.1 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

[:File:MeanMachinesSega47UK.pdf_p66-4] 4.0 ^4.1 File:MeanMachinesSega47UK.pdf, page 66 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:MeanMachinesSega47UK.pdf_p66" defined multiple times with different content

[:File:SSM_UK_11.pdf_p80-5] File:SSM_UK_11.pdf, page 80

[:File:SSM_JP_19960426_1996-07.pdf_p235-6] File:SSM_JP_19960426_1996-07.pdf, page 235

[:File:SnGwSISDRZK_Book_JP.pdf_p12-7] 7.0 ^7.1 Saturn no Game wa Sekai Ichi~i~i~i!: Satamaga Dokusha Race Zen Kiroku, SoftBank Publishing, page 12 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:SnGwSISDRZK Book JP.pdf_p12" defined multiple times with different content

[:File:576KB_HU_1996-10.pdf_p30-8] 576 KByte, "Október 1996" (HU; 1996-xx-xx), page 30

[:File:Edge_UK_034.pdf_p84-9] Edge, "July 1996" (UK; 1996-06-xx), page 84

[:File:EGM_US_086.pdf_p26-10] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "September 1996" (US; 1996-xx-xx), page 26

[11] Famitsu, "1996-05-03" (JP; 1996-04-19), page 1

[:File:FunGeneration_DE_1996-09.pdf_p80-12] Fun Generation, "09/96" (DE; 1996-08-14), page 80

[:File:GameFan_US_0409.pdf_p22-13] GameFan, "Volume 4, Issue 9: September 1996" (US; 1996-xx-xx), page 22

[:File:GamePlayers_US_0909.pdf_p76-14] Game Players, "Vol. 9 No. 9 September 1996" (US; 1996-08-06), page 76

[:File:GameInformer_US_039.pdf_p10-15] Game Informer, "July 1996" (US; 1996-0x-xx), page 10

[:File:IntelligentGamer_US_03.pdf_p76-16] Intelligent Gamer, "August 1996" (US; 1996-0x-xx), page 76

[:File:Joypad_FR_056.pdf_p79-17] Joypad, "Septembre 1996" (FR; 1996-0x-xx), page 79

[:File:MAN.21AC_DE_1996-09.pdf_p66-18] MAN!AC, "09/96" (DE; 1996-08-14), page 66

[:File:MegaFun_DE_1996-09.pdf_p70-19] Mega Fun, "09/96" (DE; 1996-08-21), page 70

[:File:NextGeneration_US_21.pdf_p154-20] Next Generation, "September 1996" (US; 1996-08-20), page 154

[:File:NextLevel_DE_1996-09.pdf_p78-21] neXt Level, "September 1996" (DE; 1996-08-14), page 78

[:File:PlayerOne_FR_067.pdf_p108-22] Player One, "Septembre 1996" (FR; 1996-08-29), page 108

[:File:SaturnFan_JP_1996-14_19960705.pdf_p80-23] Saturn Fan, "1996 No. 14" (JP; 1996-06-21), page 80

[:File:SaturnPlus_UK_04.pdf_p29-24] Saturn+, "Issue 4" (UK; 1996-10-24), page 29

[:File:SecretService_41_PL.pdf_p58-25] Secret Service, "Grudzień 1996" (PL; 1996-12-01), page 58

[:File:Sega_News_3_CZ.pdf_p10-26] Sega News, "Prosinec 1996" (CZ; 1996-1x-xx), page 10

[:File:SegaPower_UK_81.pdf_p54-27] Sega Power, "August 1996" (UK; 1996-06-06), page 54

[28] Świat Gier Komputerowych, "12/1996" (PL; 1996-xx-xx), page 1

[:File:SSM_UK_11.pdf_p80-29] Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1996" (UK; 1996-08-20), page 80

[:File:SSM_JP_19960426_1996-07.pdf_p235-30] Sega Saturn Magazine, "1996-07 (1996-04-26)" (JP; 1996-04-12), page 235

[:File:TotalSaturn_UK_01.pdf_p50-31] Total Saturn, "Volume One Issue One" (UK; 1996-08-xx), page 50

[:File:TotalSaturn_UK_04.pdf_p54-32] Total Saturn, "Volume One Issue Four" (UK; 1996-12-29), page 54

[:File:VideoGames_DE_1996-09.pdf_p98-33] Video Games, "9/96" (DE; 1996-08-28), page 98

[:File:VideoGames_US_92.pdf_p72-34] VideoGames, "September 1996" (US; 1996-08-20), page 72

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Difference between revisions of "The Story of Thor 2"

From Sega Retro

Revision as of 14:38, 10 September 2016

Contents

Technical information

Saving Data

Production credits

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Physical scans

References