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{{stub}}'''''{{PAGENAME}}''''' (サンダーストーム＆ロードブラスター) is a [[Sega Saturn]] compilation containing ''[[Thunder Storm|Thunder Storm LX-3]]'' (''Cobra Command'') and ''[[Road Blaster]]'' (''Road Avenger'', ''Road Prosecutor''), each on a separate disc. Both had previously been released on the [[Sega Mega-CD]], among other consoles.
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'''''{{PAGENAME}}''''' (サンダーストーム＆ロードブラスター) is a [[Sega Saturn]] compilation containing two [[Data East]] [[LaserDisc]] arcade games, ''[[Thunder Storm|Thunder Storm LX-3]]'' and ''[[Road Blaster]]'', each on a separate disc. Both titles are [[full-motion video]] games that were previously released on the [[Mega-CD]].
  
 
==Games included==
 
==Games included==
 
*''[[Thunder Storm|Thunder Storm LX-3]]'' (''Cobra Command'')
 
*''[[Thunder Storm|Thunder Storm LX-3]]'' (''Cobra Command'')
 
*''[[Road Blaster]]'' (''Road Avenger'', ''Road Prosecutor'')
 
*''[[Road Blaster]]'' (''Road Avenger'', ''Road Prosecutor'')
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==Gameplay==
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===''Thunder Storm LX-3''===
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The game is a rail shooter played over a full-motion video backdrop. The player's helicopter flies itself through numerous missions, with the player controlling a targeting cursor with the D-Pad. Belligerents are highlighted in yellow rectangles. The helicopter can fire its twin Vulcan guns with {{B}} or its missiles with {{C}}. Both weapons have unlimited ammunition and can be fired simultaneously. The Vulcan guns shoot faster and can be fired continuously by holding the button down, but they overheat rapidly when used. The player is also cued, via an arrow in the cockpit and a voice cue, to hold the D-Pad in a direction to steer the helicopter. If the player fails to shoot down an enemy or move the helicopter in time, a short animated sequence depicts the Cobra helicopter being destroyed and the player loses a life.
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There are four selectable difficulty levels (Easy, Normal, Hard, and Excellent), with higher difficulty levels demanding quicker response times. On Excellent difficulty, enemies are not highlighted by rectangles and arrows do not appear in the cockpit to indicate the direction that the player must move in. The player can also set the starting lives (3, 5, or 7) in the options prior to starting the game. The game awards an extra life at 20,000 points.
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====Stages====
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| title=Mission 1
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| title=Mission 2
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| screenshot=Thunder Storm Saturn, Stage 2.png
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| title=Mission 3
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| screenshot=Thunder Storm Saturn, Stage 3.png
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| title=Mission 4
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| screenshot=Thunder Storm Saturn, Stage 4.png
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{{InfoRow
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| title=Mission 5
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| screenshot=Thunder Storm Saturn, Stage 5.png
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| title=Mission 6
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| screenshot=Thunder Storm Saturn, Stage 6.png
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{{InfoRow
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| title=Mission 7
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| screenshot=Thunder Storm Saturn, Stage 7.png
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{{InfoRow
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| title=Mission 8
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| screenshot=Thunder Storm Saturn, Stage 8.png
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{{InfoRow
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| title=Mission 9
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| screenshot=Thunder Storm Saturn, Stage 9.png
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{{InfoRow
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| title=Mission 10
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| screenshot=Thunder Storm Saturn, Stage 10.png
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}}
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===''Road Blaster''===
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The player controls a car that drives through each stage automatically. At certain points, an arrow appears on the screen to prompt the player to turn the car by holding {{left}} or {{right}} in order to avoid a hazard. Icons in the dashboard occasionally instruct the player to brake the car with {{B}} or activate its turbocharger with {{C}}. The car must sometimes ram another vehicle in front of it by moving a crosshair across the screen with {{left}} or {{right}}, which targets the vehicle, while engaging the turbo. If the player fails to perform an action when cued, the car crashes and the player loses a life. Each action is also accompanied by an auditory cue.
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There are four selectable difficulty levels (Easy, Normal, Hard, and Excellent), with higher difficulty levels demanding quicker response times. On Excellent difficulty, arrows do not appear to indicate the direction that the player must turn and icons do not appear to indicate that the player must accelerate or brake (though the sound cues remain). The player can also set the starting lives (3, 5, or 7) in the options prior to starting the game. The game awards an extra life at 20,000 points.
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====Stages====
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{{InfoTable|imagewidths=320|
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{{InfoRow
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| title=Revenge 1
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| screenshot=Road Blaster Saturn, Stage 1.png
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| desc=
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}}
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{{InfoRow
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| title=Revenge 2
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| screenshot=Road Blaster Saturn, Stage 2.png
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| desc=
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}}
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{{InfoRow
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| title=Revenge 3
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| screenshot=Road Blaster Saturn, Stage 3.png
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}}
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{{InfoRow
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| title=Revenge 4
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| screenshot=Road Blaster Saturn, Stage 4.png
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{{InfoRow
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| title=Revenge 5
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| screenshot=Road Blaster Saturn, Stage 5.png
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{{InfoRow
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| title=Revenge 6
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| screenshot=Road Blaster Saturn, Stage 6.png
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{{InfoRow
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| title=Revenge 7
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| screenshot=Road Blaster Saturn, Stage 7.png
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}}
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{{InfoRow
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| title=Revenge 8
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| screenshot=Road Blaster Saturn, Stage 8.png
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}}
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{{InfoRow
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| title=Revenge 9
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| screenshot=Road Blaster Saturn, Stage 9-1.png
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| screenshot2=Road Blaster Saturn, Stage 9-2.png
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| tabs=yes
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}}
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}}
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==Production credits==
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===''Thunder Storm LX-3''===
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{{creditstable|
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*'''Created by:''' Sabu, Yoshi, Rie
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*'''Programmers:''' Tsuyo, Shin, Tomo
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*'''Sound Programmer:''' Masa
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*'''Engineers:''' Taka, Jun
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{{creditsheader|Picture Staff}}
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*'''Producer:''' Miki Hirao
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*'''Director:''' Hideki Takayama
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*'''Animator:''' Hajime Kamegaki
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*'''Designer:''' Toshiyuki Yamamoto
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*'''Cinematographer:''' Masao Shimizu
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*'''Ink & Painter Director:''' Tsutomu Tsukada
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*'''Sound Patterns:''' Yasuyuki Konno
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*'''Composer:''' Hidenori Tao
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*'''Film Produces by:''' [[Toei|Toei Animation Co., Ltd.]]
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*'''Presented by:''' [[Data East|Data East Corporation]]
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| source=In-game credits
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| pdf=Thunder Storm Saturn credits.pdf
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| console=SAT
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}}
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}}
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===''Road Blaster''===
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{{multicol|
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{{creditstable|
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*'''Director and Producer:''' Yoshi Kishimoto
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*'''Programmers:''' Shintaro Kuma
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*'''Sound Programmers:''' Hironobu Mohre, Masa Yoshihara
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*'''Engineers:''' Takatoshi Kato, Junichi Nabe
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{{creditsheader|Picture Staff}}
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*'''Producer:''' Shuichi Sato, Tadao Okubo
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*'''Co-Producer:''' Kenkichi Matsushita
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*'''Director:''' Hideki Takayama
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*'''Clef key Animator:''' Yoshinobu Inano
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*'''Back ground Design:''' Yoshiyuki Yamamoto
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*'''Animators:''' Baik Nam Yeul, Shinichi Imaguma
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*'''Animmators:''' Shigeo Matoba, Kim Dae Jung, Kaoru Shinbo
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*'''Xerox and Paint:''' Yoshihiro Maeda, Yoshiaki Okada
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*'''Cammera:''' Toshiharu Takei
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*'''Editor:''' Shinichi Fukumitsu
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*'''Music Director:''' Michael K. Nakamura
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*'''Sound Effects Editor:''' Kenichi Mori
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*'''Film Produced by:''' [[Toei|Toei Animation Co., Ltd.]]
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*'''Presented by:''' [[Data East|Data East Corporation]]
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| source=In-game credits
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| pdf=Road Blaster Saturn credits.pdf
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| console=SAT
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}}
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}}
  
 
==Magazine articles==
 
==Magazine articles==
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==References==
 
==References==
 
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Revision as of 00:34, 19 January 2023

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  • Thunder Storm
  • Road Blaster

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RoadBlaster Sat title.png

Thunder Storm & Road Blaster
System(s): Sega Saturn
Publisher: Ecseco Development
Developer:
Original system(s): Arcade boards
Developer(s) of original games: Data East
Game total: 2
Genre: Compilation, Interactive Movie Action (インタラクティブムービーアクション)[1], Action[2]

















Number of players: 1
Release Date RRP Code
Sega Saturn
JP 		¥6,800 (7,004)6,800e[3] T-20701G
Sega Rating: All Ages
Non-Sega versions

Thunder Storm & Road Blaster (サンダーストーム＆ロードブラスター) is a Sega Saturn compilation containing two Data East LaserDisc arcade games, Thunder Storm LX-3 and Road Blaster, each on a separate disc. Both titles are full-motion video games that were previously released on the Mega-CD.

Games included

Gameplay

Thunder Storm LX-3

The game is a rail shooter played over a full-motion video backdrop. The player's helicopter flies itself through numerous missions, with the player controlling a targeting cursor with the D-Pad. Belligerents are highlighted in yellow rectangles. The helicopter can fire its twin Vulcan guns with B or its missiles with C. Both weapons have unlimited ammunition and can be fired simultaneously. The Vulcan guns shoot faster and can be fired continuously by holding the button down, but they overheat rapidly when used. The player is also cued, via an arrow in the cockpit and a voice cue, to hold the D-Pad in a direction to steer the helicopter. If the player fails to shoot down an enemy or move the helicopter in time, a short animated sequence depicts the Cobra helicopter being destroyed and the player loses a life.

There are four selectable difficulty levels (Easy, Normal, Hard, and Excellent), with higher difficulty levels demanding quicker response times. On Excellent difficulty, enemies are not highlighted by rectangles and arrows do not appear in the cockpit to indicate the direction that the player must move in. The player can also set the starting lives (3, 5, or 7) in the options prior to starting the game. The game awards an extra life at 20,000 points.

Stages

Thunder Storm Saturn, Stage 1.png

Mission 1

Thunder Storm Saturn, Stage 2.png

Mission 2

Thunder Storm Saturn, Stage 3.png

Mission 3

Thunder Storm Saturn, Stage 4.png

Mission 4

Thunder Storm Saturn, Stage 5.png

Mission 5

Thunder Storm Saturn, Stage 6.png

Mission 6

Thunder Storm Saturn, Stage 7.png

Mission 7

Thunder Storm Saturn, Stage 8.png

Mission 8

Thunder Storm Saturn, Stage 9.png

Mission 9

Thunder Storm Saturn, Stage 10.png

Mission 10

Road Blaster

The player controls a car that drives through each stage automatically. At certain points, an arrow appears on the screen to prompt the player to turn the car by holding Left or Right in order to avoid a hazard. Icons in the dashboard occasionally instruct the player to brake the car with B or activate its turbocharger with C. The car must sometimes ram another vehicle in front of it by moving a crosshair across the screen with Left or Right, which targets the vehicle, while engaging the turbo. If the player fails to perform an action when cued, the car crashes and the player loses a life. Each action is also accompanied by an auditory cue.

There are four selectable difficulty levels (Easy, Normal, Hard, and Excellent), with higher difficulty levels demanding quicker response times. On Excellent difficulty, arrows do not appear to indicate the direction that the player must turn and icons do not appear to indicate that the player must accelerate or brake (though the sound cues remain). The player can also set the starting lives (3, 5, or 7) in the options prior to starting the game. The game awards an extra life at 20,000 points.

Stages

Road Blaster Saturn, Stage 1.png

Revenge 1

Road Blaster Saturn, Stage 2.png

Revenge 2

Road Blaster Saturn, Stage 3.png

Revenge 3

Road Blaster Saturn, Stage 4.png

Revenge 4

Road Blaster Saturn, Stage 5.png

Revenge 5

Road Blaster Saturn, Stage 6.png

Revenge 6

Road Blaster Saturn, Stage 7.png

Revenge 7

Road Blaster Saturn, Stage 8.png

Revenge 8

Road Blaster Saturn, Stage 9-1.png

Road Blaster Saturn, Stage 9-2.png

  • Road Blaster Saturn, Stage 9-1.png

  • Road Blaster Saturn, Stage 9-2.png

Revenge 9

Production credits

Thunder Storm LX-3

  • Created by: Sabu, Yoshi, Rie
  • Programmers: Tsuyo, Shin, Tomo
  • Sound Programmer: Masa
  • Engineers: Taka, Jun
Picture Staff
  • Producer: Miki Hirao
  • Director: Hideki Takayama
  • Animator: Hajime Kamegaki
  • Designer: Toshiyuki Yamamoto
  • Cinematographer: Masao Shimizu
  • Ink & Painter Director: Tsutomu Tsukada
  • Sound Patterns: Yasuyuki Konno
  • Composer: Hidenori Tao
  • Film Produces by: Toei Animation Co., Ltd.
  • Presented by: Data East Corporation
Source:
In-game credits
Thunder Storm Saturn credits.pdf
[4]

Road Blaster

  • Director and Producer: Yoshi Kishimoto
  • Programmers: Shintaro Kuma
  • Sound Programmers: Hironobu Mohre, Masa Yoshihara
  • Engineers: Takatoshi Kato, Junichi Nabe
Picture Staff
  • Producer: Shuichi Sato, Tadao Okubo
  • Co-Producer: Kenkichi Matsushita
  • Director: Hideki Takayama
  • Clef key Animator: Yoshinobu Inano
  • Back ground Design: Yoshiyuki Yamamoto
  • Animators: Baik Nam Yeul, Shinichi Imaguma
  • Animmators: Shigeo Matoba, Kim Dae Jung, Kaoru Shinbo
  • Xerox and Paint: Yoshihiro Maeda, Yoshiaki Okada
  • Cammera: Toshiharu Takei
  • Editor: Shinichi Fukumitsu
  • Music Director: Michael K. Nakamura
  • Sound Effects Editor: Kenichi Mori
  • Film Produced by: Toei Animation Co., Ltd.
  • Presented by: Data East Corporation
Source:
In-game credits
Road Blaster Saturn credits.pdf
[5]

Magazine articles

Main article: Thunder Storm & Road Blaster/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

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Print advert in Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) #1995-11: "November 1995" (1995-10-07)
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Print advert in Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) #1995-12: "December 1995" (1995-11-08)
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Physical scans

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
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Based on
0 review
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
Famitsu (JP) NTSC-J
63
[6]
Saturn Fan (JP) NTSC-J
61
[7]
Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J
60
[8]
Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J
73
[9]
Sega Saturn
 64
Based on
4 reviews

Thunder Storm & Road Blaster

Saturn, JP
TSaRB Saturn JP Box Back.jpgTSaRB Saturn JP Box Front.jpg
Cover

Technical information

ROM dump status

System Hash Size Build Date Source Comments
Sega Saturn
 ?
CRC32
MD5
SHA-1
461,772,864 CD-ROM (JP) T-20701G (Disc 1) V1.000
Sega Saturn
 ?
CRC32
MD5
SHA-1
465,263,232 CD-ROM (JP) T-20701G (Disc 2) V1.000

References

  1. ↑ File:TSaRB Saturn JP Box Back.jpg
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 https://sega.jp/fb/segahard/ss/soft_licensee1.html (Wayback Machine: 2020-03-20 23:04)
  3. ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "November 1995" (JP; 1995-10-07), page 33
  4. ↑ File:Thunder Storm Saturn credits.pdf
  5. ↑ File:Road Blaster Saturn credits.pdf
  6. ↑ Famitsu, "1995-10-27" (JP; 1995-10-13), page 1
  7. ↑ Saturn Fan, "1995 12-22" (JP; 1995-12-08), page 78
  8. ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "November 1995" (JP; 1995-10-07), page 193
  9. ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "Readers rating final data" (JP; 2000-03), page 14


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