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)

Peripherals supported: Saturn Backup Memory

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^[3]	81302
EU	1996-09-19^[1]		MK81302-50
AU	199x

ESRB

Sega

ELSPA

USK

OFLC

US title screen.

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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.

Versions

Localised names

Also known as
Language	Localised Name	English Translation
English	The Story of Thor 2	The Story of Thor 2
English (US)	The Legend of Oasis	The Legend of Oasis
Japanese	トア精霊王紀伝	Thor: Spirit King

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, The 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

PDF

JP flyer

Print advert in Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) #1996-07: "1996-07 (1996-04-26)" (1996-04-12)

Print advert in Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) #1996-08: "1996-08 (1996-05-10,24)" (1996-04-26)

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

576 KByte (HU)

84

^[9]

Computer & Video Games (UK)

75

^[4]

Edge (UK)

60

^[10]

Electronic Gaming Monthly (US)

NTSC-U

68

^[11]

Famitsu (JP)

NTSC-J

78

^[12]

Fun Generation (DE)

PAL

80

^[13]

GameFan (US)

NTSC-U

92

^[14]

Game Players (US)

NTSC-U

84

^[15]

GamePro (US)

NTSC-U

88

^[3]

Game Informer (US)

NTSC-U

86

^[16]

Intelligent Gamer (US)

NTSC-U

100

^[17]

Joypad (FR)

89

^[18]

MAN!AC (DE)

PAL

64

^[19]

Mega Fun (DE)

PAL

87

^[20]

Mean Machines Sega (UK)

PAL

89

^[5]

Next Generation (US)

NTSC-U

75

^[21]

neXt Level (DE)

PAL

85

^[22]

Player One (FR)

89

^[23]

Saturn Fan (JP)

NTSC-J

76

^[24]

Saturn+ (UK)

PAL

85

^[25]

Secret Service (PL)

80

^[26]

Sega News (CZ)

93

^[27]

Sega Power (UK)

NTSC-J

69

^[28]

Świat Gier Komputerowych (PL)

90

^[29]

Sega Saturn Magazine (UK)

PAL

89

^[30]

Sega Saturn Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

80

^[31]

Sega Saturn Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

86

^[8]

Total Saturn (UK)

PAL

89

^[32]

Total Saturn (UK)

PAL

93

^[33]

Video Games (DE)

PAL

84

^[34]

VideoGames (US)

NTSC-U

90

^[35]

	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

Technical information

ROM dump status

System

Hash

Size

Build Date

Source

Comments

✔

CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

83,053,824

CD-ROM (EU)

MK81302-50 V1.000

✔

CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

98,746,368

1996-03-26

CD-ROM (JP)

GS-9053 V1.001

✔

CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

83,044,416

CD-ROM (US)

81302 V1.002

Save 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

External links

Sega of Japan catalogue pages (Japanese): Saturn

References

↑ File:CVG UK 178.pdf, page 53
↑ File:MeanMachinesSega48UK.pdf, page 75
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↑ File:SSM_UK_11.pdf, page 80
↑ File:SSM_JP_19960426_1996-07.pdf, page 235
↑ ^8.0 ^8.1 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:MeanMachinesSega48UK.pdf_p75-2] File:MeanMachinesSega48UK.pdf, page 75

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[:File:SSM_UK_11.pdf_p80-6] File:SSM_UK_11.pdf, page 80

[:File:SSM_JP_19960426_1996-07.pdf_p235-7] File:SSM_JP_19960426_1996-07.pdf, page 235

[:File:SnGwSISDRZK_Book_JP.pdf_p12-8] 8.0 ^8.1 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_p30-9] 576 KByte, "Október 1996" (HU; 1996-xx-xx), page 30

[:File:Edge_UK_034.pdf_p84-10] Edge, "July 1996" (UK; 1996-06-xx), page 84

[:File:EGM_US_086.pdf_p26-11] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "September 1996" (US; 1996-xx-xx), page 26

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

[:File:FunGeneration_DE_1996-09.pdf_p80-13] Fun Generation, "09/96" (DE; 1996-08-14), page 80

[:File:GameFan_US_0409.pdf_p22-14] GameFan, "Volume 4, Issue 9: September 1996" (US; 1996-xx-xx), page 22

[:File:GamePlayers_US_0909.pdf_p76-15] Game Players, "Vol. 9 No. 9 September 1996" (US; 1996-08-06), page 76

[:File:GameInformer_US_039.pdf_p10-16] Game Informer, "July 1996" (US; 1996-0x-xx), page 10

[:File:IntelligentGamer_US_03.pdf_p76-17] Intelligent Gamer, "August 1996" (US; 1996-0x-xx), page 76

[:File:Joypad_FR_056.pdf_p79-18] Joypad, "Septembre 1996" (FR; 1996-0x-xx), page 79

[:File:MAN.21AC_DE_1996-09.pdf_p66-19] MAN!AC, "09/96" (DE; 1996-08-14), page 66

[:File:MegaFun_DE_1996-09.pdf_p70-20] Mega Fun, "09/96" (DE; 1996-08-21), page 70

[:File:NextGeneration_US_21.pdf_p154-21] Next Generation, "September 1996" (US; 1996-08-20), page 154

[:File:NextLevel_DE_1996-09.pdf_p78-22] neXt Level, "September 1996" (DE; 1996-08-14), page 78

[:File:PlayerOne_FR_067.pdf_p108-23] Player One, "Septembre 1996" (FR; 1996-08-29), page 108

[:File:SaturnFan_JP_1996-14_19960705.pdf_p80-24] Saturn Fan, "1996 No. 14" (JP; 1996-06-21), page 80

[:File:SaturnPlus_UK_04.pdf_p29-25] Saturn+, "Issue 4" (UK; 1996-10-24), page 29

[:File:SecretService_41_PL.pdf_p58-26] Secret Service, "Grudzień 1996" (PL; 1996-12-01), page 58

[:File:Sega_News_3_CZ.pdf_p10-27] Sega News, "Prosinec 1996" (CZ; 1996-1x-xx), page 10

[:File:SegaPower_UK_81.pdf_p54-28] Sega Power, "August 1996" (UK; 1996-06-06), page 54

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

[:File:SSM_UK_11.pdf_p80-30] Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1996" (UK; 1996-08-20), page 80

[:File:SSM_JP_19960426_1996-07.pdf_p235-31] Sega Saturn Magazine, "1996-07 (1996-04-26)" (JP; 1996-04-12), page 235

[:File:TotalSaturn_UK_01.pdf_p50-32] Total Saturn, "Volume One Issue One" (UK; 1996-08-xx), page 50

[:File:TotalSaturn_UK_04.pdf_p54-33] Total Saturn, "Volume One Issue Four" (UK; 1996-12-29), page 54

[:File:VideoGames_DE_1996-09.pdf_p98-34] Video Games, "9/96" (DE; 1996-08-28), page 98

[:File:VideoGames_US_92.pdf_p72-35] VideoGames, "September 1996" (US; 1996-08-20), page 72

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The Story of Thor 2

From Sega Retro

Contents

Versions

Localised names

Production credits

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Physical scans

Technical information

ROM dump status

Save data

External links

References