The Story of Thor 2

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The Story of Thor 2
System(s): Sega Saturn
Publisher: Sega
Developer:
Sound driver: SCSP (1 track)
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.

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

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
80 №179, p72/73[1]
60 №34, p84/85
78 №385, p32
80
89 №47, p66-69[2]
85
89 №67, p108/109
54 №81
89 №11, p80/81[3]
80 №1996-07, p233[4]
86 №, p10[5]
Sega Saturn
79
Based on
11 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
576 KByte (HU)
84
[6]
Computer & Video Games (UK)
75
[1]
Edge (UK)
60
[7]
Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) NTSC-U
68
[8]
Famitsu (JP) NTSC-J
78
[9]
Fun Generation (DE) PAL
80
[10]
GameFan (US) NTSC-U
92
[11]
Game Players (US) NTSC-U
84
[12]
GamePro (US) NTSC-U
88
[13]
Game Informer (US) NTSC-U
86
[14]
Intelligent Gamer (US) NTSC-U
100
[15]
Joypad (FR)
89
[16]
MAN!AC (DE) PAL
64
[17]
Mega Fun (DE) PAL
87
[18]
Mean Machines Sega (UK) PAL
89
[2]
Next Generation (US) NTSC-U
75
[19]
neXt Level (DE) PAL
85
[20]
Player One (FR)
89
[21]
Saturn Fan (JP) NTSC-J
76
[22]
Saturn+ (UK) PAL
85
[23]
Secret Service (PL)
80
[24]
Sega News (CZ)
93
[25]
Sega Power (UK) NTSC-J
69
[26]
Świat Gier Komputerowych (PL)
90
[27]
Sega Saturn Magazine (UK) PAL
89
[28]
Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J
80
[29]
Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J
86
[5]
Total Saturn (UK) PAL
89
[30]
Total Saturn (UK) PAL
93
[31]
Video Games (DE) PAL
84
[32]
VideoGames (US) NTSC-U
90
[33]
Sega Saturn
83
Based on
31 reviews

The Story of Thor 2

Saturn, US
Legendoasis-back.jpgLegendoasis-cover.jpg
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

References

  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. File:SSM_JP_19960426_1996-07.pdf, page 235
  5. 5.0 5.1 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
  6. 576 KByte, "Október 1996" (HU; 1996-xx-xx), page 30
  7. Edge, "July 1996" (UK; 1996-06-xx), page 84
  8. Electronic Gaming Monthly, "September 1996" (US; 1996-xx-xx), page 26
  9. Famitsu, "1996-05-03" (JP; 1996-04-19), page 1
  10. Fun Generation, "09/96" (DE; 1996-08-14), page 80
  11. GameFan, "Volume 4, Issue 9: September 1996" (US; 1996-xx-xx), page 22
  12. Game Players, "Vol. 9 No. 9 September 1996" (US; 1996-08-06), page 76
  13. GamePro, "September 1996" (US; 1996-xx-xx), page 94
  14. Game Informer, "July 1996" (US; 1996-0x-xx), page 10
  15. Intelligent Gamer, "August 1996" (US; 1996-0x-xx), page 76
  16. Joypad, "Septembre 1996" (FR; 1996-0x-xx), page 79
  17. MAN!AC, "09/96" (DE; 1996-08-14), page 66
  18. Mega Fun, "09/96" (DE; 1996-08-21), page 70
  19. Next Generation, "September 1996" (US; 1996-08-20), page 154
  20. neXt Level, "September 1996" (DE; 1996-08-14), page 78
  21. Player One, "Septembre 1996" (FR; 1996-08-29), page 108
  22. Saturn Fan, "1996 No. 14" (JP; 1996-06-21), page 80
  23. Saturn+, "Issue 4" (UK; 1996-10-24), page 29
  24. Secret Service, "Grudzień 1996" (PL; 1996-12-01), page 58
  25. Sega News, "Prosinec 1996" (CZ; 1996-1x-xx), page 10
  26. Sega Power, "August 1996" (UK; 1996-06-06), page 54
  27. Świat Gier Komputerowych, "12/1996" (PL; 1996-xx-xx), page 1
  28. Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1996" (UK; 1996-08-20), page 80
  29. Sega Saturn Magazine, "1996-07 (1996-04-26)" (JP; 1996-04-12), page 235
  30. Total Saturn, "Volume One Issue One" (UK; 1996-08-xx), page 50
  31. Total Saturn, "Volume One Issue Four" (UK; 1996-12-29), page 54
  32. Video Games, "9/96" (DE; 1996-08-28), page 98
  33. VideoGames, "September 1996" (US; 1996-08-20), page 72