Thunderhawk
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Publisher: JVC Musical Industries (US), Core Design (Europe), Victor Entertainment (Japan) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Developer: Core Design | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Peripherals supported: CD BackUp RAM Cart | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Genre: Shooting[1][2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Number of players: 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Thunderhawk (サンダーホーク), known as AH-3 Thunderstrike in North America, is a helicopter combat simulator game developed for the Sega Mega-CD by Core Design in 1993. During development the North American version was known as AH-3 Firehawk.
Contents
Gameplay
In the game, the player controls an AH-3 helicopter in ten operations set across the world.
History
Release
In the United Kingdom at least, Thunderhawk is thought to have been the best selling Mega-CD title released in the region[11], with an estimated 80% of Mega-CD owners also owning a copy of the game[11].
Legacy
Thunderhawk was followed by a sequel on the Sega Saturn, Thunderhawk II.
Production credits
- (C)1993 Core Design Limited.
- (C)1993 JVC Musical Industries, Inc.™
- Executive Producer: Harunobu Komori
- Producer: Toshiyuki Nagai
- Director: Gaku Sato
- Special Thanks: Takeshi Minagawa, Kaoru Tomiyama
- Executive Producer: Jeremy Heath Smith
- Programming: Mark Avory
- Graphics: Jason Gee
- Music: Martin Iveson
- Live Guitar: Anthony Wheeldon
- Producer: Jeremy H. Smith
- Programmer: Mark Avory
- Artist: Jason Gee
- Musician: Martin Iveson
- Playtesting: Adrian Smith, Mark Price, Darren Price
- Exective Producer: Harunobu Komori
- Producer: Toshiyuki Nagai
- Director: Gaku Sato
- Assistant: Ryo Misawa, Kohji Ishizeki, Takayuki Andoh
- Manual: Rie Toshima, Comix Brand
- Translate: Kayko Watanabe
- Illustration: Kouichi Miyazima, CG IllustrationRio Huzuki
- Actor Coordinator: Susumu Aketagawa
- Actor: Yusaku Yara
- Thanks: Takeshi Minagawa, Takeyuki Kasakura, Shunji Nishizawa, And All V.E. Staff
- Special Thanks for: Kaoru Tomiyama
Magazine articles
- Main article: Thunderhawk/Magazine articles.
Promotional material
- Main article: Thunderhawk/Promotional material.
Physical scans
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Technical information
ROM dump status
System | Hash | Size | Build Date | Source | Comments | |||||||||
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476,113,008 | CD (EU) | T-115015-50 | ||||||||||
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431,213,328 | CD (JP) | T-60134 | ||||||||||
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476,113,008 | CD (US) | T-60055 |
References
- ↑ File:Thunderhawk MCD JP Box Front.jpg
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 https://sega.jp/fb/segahard/mcd/soft_licensee.html (Wayback Machine: 2019-06-10 17:56)
- ↑ https://groups.google.com/g/rec.games.video.sega/c/eI0U1knpeeA/m/-lZGD60zJxsJ
- ↑ Edge, "October 1993" (UK; 1993-08-19), page 34
- ↑ Sega Force Mega, "January 1994" (UK; 1993-12-16), page 112
- ↑ Mega, "October 1993" (UK; 1993-09-16), page 27
- ↑ Select Round, "Octobre 1993" (FR; 1993-xx-xx), page 2
- ↑ Megablast, "4/93" (DE; 1993-09-29), page 35
- ↑ Sega Magazin, "September/Oktober 1993" (DE; 1993-09-01), page 31
- ↑ Megazone, "January 1994" (AU; 1993-12-29), page 35
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Mean Machines Sega, "January 1996" (UK; 1995-11-xx), page 19
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X59d7WSoU4Y
- ↑ File:Thunderhawk mcd jp manual.pdf, page 13
- ↑ Aktueller Software Markt, "März 1994" (DE; 1994-02-07), page 105
- ↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "October 1993" (JP; 1993-09-08), page 25
- ↑ Consoles +, "Novembre 1993" (FR; 1993-1x-xx), page 148
- ↑ Computer & Video Games, "October 1993" (UK; 1993-09-15), page 74
- ↑ Edge, "November 1993" (UK; 1993-09-30), page 82
- ↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "November 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 50
- ↑ Famitsu, "1993-09-24" (JP; 1993-09-10), page 39
- ↑ Freak, "11/93" (IL; 1993-xx-xx), page 1
- ↑ Game Players, "Vol. 7 No. 1 January 1994" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 54
- ↑ GamePro, "October 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 84
- ↑ Gamers, "Oktober/November 1993" (DE; 1993-09-24), page 74
- ↑ GamesMaster (UK) "Series 3, episode 2" (1993-09-16, 24:00) (+7:55)
- ↑ Game Informer, "November/December 1993" (US; 1993-1x-xx), page 48
- ↑ Hippon Super, "October 1993" (JP; 1993-09-03), page 41
- ↑ Hobby Consolas, "Septiembre 1993" (ES; 1993-xx-xx), page 116
- ↑ Hyper, "December 1993" (AU; 1993-xx-xx), page 56
- ↑ Joypad, "Octobre 1993" (FR; 1993-xx-xx), page 122
- ↑ Joypad, "1/1995" (HU; 1995-xx-xx), page 15
- ↑ MAN!AC, "11/93" (DE; 1993-xx-xx), page 35
- ↑ Mega, "October 1993" (UK; 1993-09-16), page 24
- ↑ Mega Action, "November 1993" (UK; 1993-10-07), page 38
- ↑ Megablast, "1/94" (DE; 1993-12-29), page 30
- ↑ Mega Force, "Mega-CD Force: Le Supplément Spécial Mega-CD" (FR; 1993-xx-xx), page 18
- ↑ Mega Fun, "10/93" (DE; 1993-09-22), page 36
- ↑ MegaTech, "October 1993" (UK; 1993-09-20), page 54
- ↑ Mean Machines Sega, "November 1993" (UK; 1993-09-28), page 42
- ↑ Player One, "Septembre 1993" (FR; 1993-08-xx), page 56
- ↑ Power Up!, "Saturday, January 01, 1994" (UK; 1994-01-01), page 1
- ↑ Power Unlimited, "Jaargang 2, Nummer 2, Februari 1994" (NL; 1994-01-26), page 60
- ↑ Sega Magazin, "September/Oktober 1993" (DE; 1993-09-01), page 30
- ↑ Sega News, "Leden 1997" (CZ; 1997-xx-xx), page 32
- ↑ Sega Power, "October 1993" (UK; 1993-09-02), page 36
- ↑ Sega Pro, "October 1993" (UK; 1993-09-09), page 44
- ↑ Sega Zone, "October 1993" (UK; 1993-09-xx), page 38
- ↑ Sega Force Mega, "Autumn 1993" (UK; 1993-09-16), page 110
- ↑ Sega Force, "8/93" (SE; 1993-12-09), page 20
- ↑ Sonic Mag: B.D. & Jeux-Video!, "Avril 1994" (FR; 1994-xx-xx), page 34
- ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 85
- ↑ Sonic the Comic, "November 27th 1993" (UK; 1993-11-27), page 10
- ↑ Todo Sega, "Octubre 1993" (ES; 1993-xx-xx), page 54
- ↑ VideoGames Shopper, "January 1994" (UK; 1993-xx-xx), page 39
- ↑ Video Games, "10/93" (DE; 1993-09-29), page 108
- ↑ VideoGames, "February 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 66
- ↑ VideoGames, "April 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 82
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