Thunderhawk

n/a

PAL
NTSC-J
NTSC-U

Thunderhawk

System(s): Sega Mega-CD

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

Official in-game languages:

English

Deutsch

Français

Español

日本語

Release	Date	RRP	Code
JP	1993-09-17^[2]	¥7,8007,800	T-60134
US	1993-11^[3]	$49.9549.95^[4]	T-60055
EU	1993		T-115015-50
DE	1993-10^[9]	DM 99.9599.95^[10]	T-115015-50
FR	1993-10^[8]		T-115015-50
PT	199x
UK	1993-09-01^[5]	£44.9944.99^[6]^[7]	T-115015-50
AU	1993	$119.95119.95^[11]
BR	199x		063120

Non-Sega versions
IBM PC

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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.

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^[12], with an estimated 80% of Mega-CD owners also owning a copy of the game^[12].

Legacy

Thunderhawk was followed by a sequel on the Sega Saturn, Thunderhawk II.

Production credits

Japanese Staff

Executive Producer: Harunobu Komori
Producer: Toshiyuki Nagai
Director: Gaku Sato
Special Thanks: Takeshi Minagawa, Kaoru Tomiyama

U.K Staff

Executive Producer: Jeremy Heath Smith
Programming: Mark Avory
Graphics: Jason Gee
Music: Martin Iveson
Live Guitar: Anthony Wheeldon

Source:

In-game credits^[13]

U.K. Staff

Producer: Jeremy H. Smith
Programmer: Mark Avory
Artist: Jason Gee
Musician: Martin Iveson
Playtesting: Adrian Smith, Mark Price, Darren Price

Japanese Staff

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

Source:

Manual credits (JP)^[14]

Magazine articles

Main article: Thunderhawk/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Main article: Thunderhawk/Promotional material.

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

Aktueller Software Markt (DE)

92

^[15]

Beep! MegaDrive (JP)

NTSC-J

80

^[16]

Consoles + (FR)

80

^[17]

Computer & Video Games (UK)

88

^[18]

Edge (UK)

PAL

70

^[19]

Electronic Gaming Monthly (US)

NTSC-U

80

^[20]

Famitsu (JP)

NTSC-J

70

^[21]

Freak (IL)

92

^[22]

Game Players (US)

NTSC-U

90

^[4]

GamePro (US)

NTSC-U

83

^[23]

Gamers (DE)

93

^[24]

GamesMaster (UK)

81

^[25]

Game Informer (US)

NTSC-U

75

^[26]

Hippon Super (JP)

NTSC-J

75

^[27]

Hobby Consolas (ES)

88

^[28]

Hyper (AU)

94

^[29]

Joypad (FR)

PAL

91

^[30]

Joypad (HU)

94

^[31]

MAN!AC (DE)

85

^[32]

Mega (UK)

PAL

91

^[33]

Mega Action (UK)

PAL

93

^[34]

Megablast (DE)

PAL

85

^[35]

Mega Force (FR)

92

^[36]

Mega Fun (DE)

PAL

85

^[37]

MegaTech (UK)

PAL

91

^[38]

Mean Machines Sega (UK)

PAL

84

^[39]

Player One (FR)

61

^[40]

Power Up! (UK)

92

^[41]

Power Unlimited (NL)

90

^[42]

Sega Magazin (DE)

92

^[43]

Sega News (CZ)

80

^[44]

Sega Power (UK)

PAL

91

^[45]

Sega Pro (UK)

PAL

76

^[46]

Sega Zone (UK)

PAL

92

^[47]

Sega Force Mega (UK)

PAL

92

^[48]

Sega Force (SE)

95

^[49]

Sonic Mag: B.D. & Jeux-Video! (FR)

81

^[50]

Sega Saturn Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

86

^[51]

Sonic the Comic (UK)

PAL

93

^[52]

Todo Sega (ES)

PAL

90

^[53]

VideoGames Shopper (UK)

PAL

92

^[54]

Video Games (DE)

PAL

89

^[55]

VideoGames (US)

NTSC-U

90

^[56]

VideoGames (US)

NTSC-U

90

^[57]

	86
Based on 44 reviews

Thunderhawk

Mega-CD, JP
Cover
Spinecard Disc Manual

Mega-CD, US
Cover
Disc Manual

Mega-CD, EU
Cover
Spinecard Disc Manual

Mega-CD, FR (Blister pack)
Cover

Mega-CD, PT
Cover

Mega-CD, BR
Cover

Technical information

ROM dump status

System

Hash

Size

Build Date

Source

Comments

✔

CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

476,113,008

CD (EU)

T-115015-50

✔

CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

431,213,328

CD (JP)

T-60134

✔

CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

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
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 Game Players, "Vol. 7 No. 1 January 1994" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 54
↑ 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
↑ ^12.0 ^12.1 Mean Machines Sega, "January 1996" (UK; 1995-11-xx), page 19
↑ File:AH-3 Thunderstrike MCD credits.pdf
↑ 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
↑ 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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[:File:GamePlayers_US_0701.pdf_p54-4] 4.0 ^4.1 Game Players, "Vol. 7 No. 1 January 1994" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 54

[:File:Edge_UK_001.pdf_p34-5] Edge, "October 1993" (UK; 1993-08-19), page 34

[:File:SegaForceMega_UK_07.pdf_p112-6] Sega Force Mega, "January 1994" (UK; 1993-12-16), page 112

[:File:Mega_UK_13.pdf_p27-7] Mega, "October 1993" (UK; 1993-09-16), page 27

[:File:SelectRound_FR_02.pdf_p2-8] Select Round, "Octobre 1993" (FR; 1993-xx-xx), page 2

[:File:Megablast_DE_1993-04.pdf_p35-9] Megablast, "4/93" (DE; 1993-09-29), page 35

[:File:SegaMagazin_DE_01.pdf_p31-10] Sega Magazin, "September/Oktober 1993" (DE; 1993-09-01), page 31

[:File:Megazone_AU_35.pdf_p35-11] Megazone, "January 1994" (AU; 1993-12-29), page 35

[:File:MeanMachinesSega39UK.pdf_p19-12] 12.0 ^12.1 Mean Machines Sega, "January 1996" (UK; 1995-11-xx), page 19

[:File:AH-3_Thunderstrike_MCD_credits.pdf_p-13] File:AH-3 Thunderstrike MCD credits.pdf

[:File:Thunderhawk_mcd_jp_manual.pdf_p13-14] File:Thunderhawk mcd jp manual.pdf, page 13

[:File:ASM_DE_1994-03.pdf_p105-15] Aktueller Software Markt, "März 1994" (DE; 1994-02-07), page 105

[:File:BeepMD_JP_1993-10.pdf_p25-16] Beep! MegaDrive, "October 1993" (JP; 1993-09-08), page 25

[:File:ConsolesPlus_FR_025.pdf_p148-17] Consoles +, "Novembre 1993" (FR; 1993-1x-xx), page 148

[:File:CVG_UK_143.pdf_p74-18] Computer & Video Games, "October 1993" (UK; 1993-09-15), page 74

[:File:Edge_UK_002.pdf_p82-19] Edge, "November 1993" (UK; 1993-09-30), page 82

[:File:EGM_US_052.pdf_p50-20] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "November 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 50

[:File:Famitsu_JP_0249.pdf_p39-21] Famitsu, "1993-09-24" (JP; 1993-09-10), page 39

[22] Freak, "11/93" (IL; 1993-xx-xx), page 1

[:File:GamePro_US_051.pdf_p84-23] GamePro, "October 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 84

[:File:Gamers_DE_1993-06.pdf_p74-24] Gamers, "Oktober/November 1993" (DE; 1993-09-24), page 74

[gamesmastertv3x02755-25] GamesMaster (UK) "Series 3, episode 2" (1993-09-16, 24:00) (+7:55)

[:File:GameInformer_US_013.pdf_p48-26] Game Informer, "November/December 1993" (US; 1993-1x-xx), page 48

[27] Hippon Super, "October 1993" (JP; 1993-09-03), page 41

[:File:HobbyConsolas_ES_024.pdf_p116-28] Hobby Consolas, "Septiembre 1993" (ES; 1993-xx-xx), page 116

[:File:Hyper_AU_001.pdf_p56-29] Hyper, "December 1993" (AU; 1993-xx-xx), page 56

[:File:Joypad_FR_024.pdf_p122-30] Joypad, "Octobre 1993" (FR; 1993-xx-xx), page 122

[31] Joypad, "1/1995" (HU; 1995-xx-xx), page 15

[:File:MAN.21AC_DE_1993-11.pdf_p35-32] MAN!AC, "11/93" (DE; 1993-xx-xx), page 35

[:File:Mega_UK_13.pdf_p24-33] Mega, "October 1993" (UK; 1993-09-16), page 24

[:File:MegaAction_UK_06.pdf_p38-34] Mega Action, "November 1993" (UK; 1993-10-07), page 38

[:File:Megablast_DE_1994-01.pdf_p30-35] Megablast, "1/94" (DE; 1993-12-29), page 30

[:File:MegaForce_FR_Supplement_20.pdf_p18-36] Mega Force, "Mega-CD Force: Le Supplément Spécial Mega-CD" (FR; 1993-xx-xx), page 18

[:File:MegaFun_DE_1993-10.pdf_p36-37] Mega Fun, "10/93" (DE; 1993-09-22), page 36

[:File:MegaTech_UK_22.pdf_p54-38] MegaTech, "October 1993" (UK; 1993-09-20), page 54

[:File:MeanMachinesSega13UK.pdf_p42-39] Mean Machines Sega, "November 1993" (UK; 1993-09-28), page 42

[:File:PlayerOne_FR_034.pdf_p56-40] Player One, "Septembre 1993" (FR; 1993-08-xx), page 56

[41] Power Up!, "Saturday, January 01, 1994" (UK; 1994-01-01), page 1

[:File:PowerUnlimited_NL_007_199402.pdf_p60-42] Power Unlimited, "Jaargang 2, Nummer 2, Februari 1994" (NL; 1994-01-26), page 60

[:File:SegaMagazin_DE_01.pdf_p30-43] Sega Magazin, "September/Oktober 1993" (DE; 1993-09-01), page 30

[:File:Sega_News_4_CZ.pdf_p32-44] Sega News, "Leden 1997" (CZ; 1997-xx-xx), page 32

[:File:SegaPower_UK_47.pdf_p36-45] Sega Power, "October 1993" (UK; 1993-09-02), page 36

[:File:SegaPro_UK_24.pdf_p44-46] Sega Pro, "October 1993" (UK; 1993-09-09), page 44

[:File:SegaZone_UK_12.pdf_p38-47] Sega Zone, "October 1993" (UK; 1993-09-xx), page 38

[:File:SegaForceMega_UK_04.pdf_p110-48] Sega Force Mega, "Autumn 1993" (UK; 1993-09-16), page 110

[:File:SegaForce_SE_1993_08.pdf_p20-49] Sega Force, "8/93" (SE; 1993-12-09), page 20

[:File:SonicMag_FR_01.pdf_p34-50] Sonic Mag: B.D. & Jeux-Video!, "Avril 1994" (FR; 1994-xx-xx), page 34

[:File:SSM_JP_19950901_1995-09.pdf_p85-51] Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 85

[52] Sonic the Comic, "November 27th 1993" (UK; 1993-11-27), page 10

[:File:TodoSega_ES_07.pdf_p54-53] Todo Sega, "Octubre 1993" (ES; 1993-xx-xx), page 54

[:File:VGS_UK_01.pdf_p39-54] VideoGames Shopper, "January 1994" (UK; 1993-xx-xx), page 39

[:File:VideoGames_DE_1993-10.pdf_p108-55] Video Games, "10/93" (DE; 1993-09-29), page 108

[:File:VideoGames_US_61.pdf_p66-56] VideoGames, "February 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 66

[:File:VideoGames_US_63.pdf_p82-57] VideoGames, "April 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 82

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Thunderhawk

From Sega Retro

Contents

Gameplay

History

Release

Legacy

Production credits

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Physical scans

Technical information

ROM dump status

References