Thunder Force V (サンダーフォースＶ) was, for nearly a decade, the final entry in the Thunder Force series of shoot-'em-up games by Technosoft; it was also the last entry developed by them. It was originally released for the Sega Saturn in 1997, and only in Japan. A port with some changes, Thunder Force V: Perfect System, was released the following year for the PlayStation, which was released also in North America; the localization of this version, created by Working Designs, is notable in that it contains certain changes to gameplay, a staple of Working Designs releases.
As you might expect from a PlayStation/Saturn-era shooter, Thunder Force V grafts 3D graphics onto a 2D gameplay engine.
The sequel Thunder Force VI borrows many design elements from this game, such as the menu and weaponry.
Trivia
- Has become the most expensive Thunder Force game on Sega systems.
Production credits
- Planning & Game Design: OPA
- Game Main Program: Mirror
- Library: Pen Knife
- Enemy Main Program: Godzy
- Polygon Enemy Program: Pen Knife, Nage Hameeru, Wahrsager, Cyber Yumimint, Noritaloon, Zako, Chinpui, Nincompoop
- Rendering Enemy Program: Wahrsager
- Area Guard Program: Godzy, Pen Knife, Nekoon
- Map Object Program: Wahrsager, Nincompoop, Noritaloon, Nekoon
- Opening Movie Program: Pen Knife
- Ending Program: Zako, Takohai Ssu
- Ranking & Name Entry / Title Program: Zako
- Option Program: Zany
- Development Tool: Chinpui, Godzy, Pen Knife
- My Ship Graphic: OPA, Sanzenten, Quicksilver, Pei Crash
- My Ship Program & Demo: Zany
- Polygon Enemy Design: OPA, Pontarou, Sanzenten, Alice De Alince, Quicksilver, Breath, Pei Crash
- Polygon Enemy Modeling: Wahrsager, Cyber Yumimint, Noritaloon, Alice De Alince, Kusuko
- Polygon Enemy Texture: Quicksilver, Pontarou
- Rendering Enemy Graphic: OPA, Onibi, Breath
- Area Guard Design: Alice De Alince, OPA, Sanzenten, Kukuko
- Map Design: Pei Crash, Sanzenten, Sokushinbutu, Pontarou, Breath, Nohohon
- Enemy Setting: Pei Crash, Nage Hameeru, Sokushinbutu, Pontarou
- Opening Movie: OPA, Sanzenten, Quicksilver
- Ending: Quicksilver, Nohohon, OPA
- Option Design: Zany, OPA
- Character Design: Quicksilver
- Story: Nohohon, OPA
- System Design Adviser: Ten Stick
- Sound & Se: Tsukumohyakutaro, Tek Tek, Tomomi Ootani
- Manual: Ten Stick, Kusuko
- Publicity: OPA, Ten Stick, Kusuko
- Works: Neptune, Ennoshita, Semi, Sake
- Special Thanks: Tetsuya Umeda, Daishi Sakamoto, Hidekazu Juuni, Hiroyuki Iida, Jun Abe, Jun Katsumi, Kazukiyo Tamakoshi, Keisuke Kimura, Kenichi Oota, Kikuo Komatsu, Makoto Sakuma, Manabu Wakatsuki, Masato Ichinowatari, Naonori Miyata, Satoru Hosono, Shinichi Magome, Shinichirou Kaneko, Shujirou Yamaguchi, Taishi Ootsubo, Takeshi Kusunoki, Tomohiro Inoue, Toshiharu Nagaike, Toshiki Tanaka, Yasuhito Koga, Yukinari Sasaki, & All Players
- Project Leader: Pen Knife, Chinpui
- Director: Yunker Matai
- Producer: Shigotonin
Presented by: Technosoft
©1997 Technosoft Co.,Ltd All Rights Reserved.
Track list
Game disc
| 3. Legendary Wings (01:38)
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| 5. Rising Blue Lightning (03:09)
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| 7. Steel Of destiny (02:18)
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| 19. Guardian's Knight (03:51)
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| 21. Fatherless Baby (03:08)
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| 22. The Justice Ray Part 2 (04:56)
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| 25. Please Seal It Up ! (00:47)
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| 26. Count Down To Die (00:22)
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| 27. Record Of Fight (01:02)
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| 28. Tan・Tan・Ta・Ta・Ta・Tan (01:02)
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| 29. Return To Blue Sky (00:55)
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► Running time: 49:01
Best of Thunder Force
| 1. Back to the fire (03:19)
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| From: Thunder Force III
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| 2. Venus fire (04:00)
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| From: Thunder Force III
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| 3. Truth (04:15)
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| From: Thunder Force III
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| 4. His behavior inspired us with distrust (03:37)
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| From: Thunder Force III
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| 5. Fighting Back (03:48)
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| From: Thunder Force IV
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| 6. Battle ship (04:31)
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| From: Thunder Force IV
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| 7. Metal squad (04:08)
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| From: Thunder Force IV
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| 8. Silvery light of the moon (04:38)
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| From: Thunder Force IV
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| 9. Feel the Groobe of TF II (powered by 68K Remix) (16:02)
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| From: Thunder Force II
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| 10. Rave to clarcing TF III (King of MAGA DRIVER Remix) (14:49)
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| From: Thunder Force III
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| 11. Crazy and Hot beat of TF IV (Legend of MD road master Remix) (11:03)
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| From: Thunder Force IV
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► Running time: 74:10
Promotional material
Physical scans
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 File:CVG UK 190.pdf, page 78 Cite error: Invalid
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- ↑ File:SSM_UK_30.pdf, page 70
- ↑ File:SSM_JP_19970725_1997-25.pdf, page 188
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Saturn no Game wa Sekai Ichi~i~i~i!: Satamaga Dokusha Race Zen Kiroku, SoftBank Publishing, page 10 Cite error: Invalid
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- ↑ Ação Games, "Setembro 1998" (BR; 1998-xx-xx), page 49
- ↑ Edge, "July 1998" (UK; 1998-06-18), page 100
- ↑ Famitsu, "1997-07-18" (JP; 1997-07-04), page 1
- ↑ GameFan, "Volume 5, Issue 9: September 1997" (US; 1997-xx-xx), page 27
- ↑ MAN!AC, "09/97" (DE; 1997-08-06), page 66
- ↑ Mega Force, "Septembre/Octobre 1997" (FR; 1997-0x-xx), page 56
- ↑ neXt Level, "September 1997" (DE; 1997-08-22), page 75
- ↑ Saturn Fan, "1997 No. 17" (JP; 1997-08-29), page 84
- ↑ Saturn Power, "October 1997" (UK; 1997-08-22), page 78
- ↑ Sega Magazin, "Oktober 1997" (DE; 1997-09-10), page 72
- ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "April 1998" (UK; 1998-03-11), page 70
- ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "1997-25 (1997-07-25)" (JP; 1997-07-11), page 188
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