The Story of Thor 2

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

















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

Physical Scans

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

The Story of Thor 2

Saturn, US
Legendoasis-back.jpgLegendoasis-cover.jpg
Cover
Legendofoasis sat us manual.pdf
Manual
Saturn, EU
StoryofThor2 Saturn EU Box.jpg
Cover
Saturn, JP
Thor2 sat jp frontcover.jpgThor2 sat jp backcover.jpg
Cover
Thor2 sat jp disc.jpg
Disc
  1. 576 KByte, "Október 1996" (HU; 1996-xx-xx), page 30
  2. Computer & Video Games, "October 1996" (UK; 1996-09-09), page 72
  3. Edge, "July 1996" (UK; 1996-06-xx), page 84
  4. Electronic Gaming Monthly, "September 1996" (US; 1996-xx-xx), page 26
  5. Famitsu, "1996-05-03" (JP; 1996-04-19), page 1
  6. Fun Generation, "09/96" (DE; 1996-08-14), page 80
  7. GameFan, "Volume 4, Issue 9: September 1996" (US; 1996-xx-xx), page 22
  8. Game Players, "Vol. 9 No. 9 September 1996" (US; 1996-08-06), page 76
  9. GamePro, "September 1996" (US; 1996-xx-xx), page 94
  10. Game Informer, "July 1996" (US; 1996-0x-xx), page 10
  11. Intelligent Gamer, "August 1996" (US; 1996-0x-xx), page 76
  12. Joypad, "Septembre 1996" (FR; 1996-0x-xx), page 79
  13. MAN!AC, "09/96" (DE; 1996-08-14), page 66
  14. Mega Fun, "09/96" (DE; 1996-08-21), page 70
  15. Mean Machines Sega, "September 1996" (UK; 1996-08-05), page 66
  16. Next Generation, "September 1996" (US; 1996-08-20), page 154
  17. neXt Level, "September 1996" (DE; 1996-08-14), page 78
  18. Player One, "Septembre 1996" (FR; 1996-08-29), page 108
  19. Saturn Fan, "1996 No. 14" (JP; 1996-06-21), page 80
  20. Saturn+, "Issue 4" (UK; 1996-10-24), page 29
  21. Secret Service, "Grudzień 1996" (PL; 1996-12-01), page 58
  22. Sega News, "Prosinec 1996" (CZ; 1996-1x-xx), page 10
  23. Sega Power, "August 1996" (UK; 1996-06-06), page 54
  24. Świat Gier Komputerowych, "12/1996" (PL; 1996-xx-xx), page 1
  25. Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1996" (UK; 1996-08-20), page 80
  26. Sega Saturn Magazine, "1996-07 (1996-04-26)" (JP; 1996-04-12), page 235
  27. Sega Saturn Magazine, "Readers rating final data" (JP; 2000-03), page 12
  28. Total Saturn, "Volume One Issue One" (UK; 1996-08-xx), page 50
  29. Total Saturn, "Volume One Issue Four" (UK; 1996-12-29), page 54
  30. Video Games, "9/96" (DE; 1996-08-28), page 98
  31. VideoGames, "September 1996" (US; 1996-08-20), page 72