Rolling Thunder 2

n/a

NTSC-U
NTSC-J
PAL

Rolling Thunder 2

System(s): Sega Mega Drive, Virtual Console

Publisher: Namco

Developer:

Namco

M2

Original system(s): Namco System 2

Sound driver: Namco sound driver

Genre: Action^[1]

Number of players: 1-2

Release	Date	RRP	Code
JP	1991-11-19^[1]	¥7,0007,000	T-14133
US	1992-01	$59.9559.95^[2]^[3]	T-14066
EU	1993-04		1140
UK	1993-04	£34.9934.99^[4]	1140
AU	1993
JP ▼	2007-12-04^[8]	600pts600^[9]
US ▼	2007-12-24^[5]	800pts800^[5]
EU ▼	2007-12-07^[6]^[7]	800pts800^[6]
AU ▼	2007-12	800pts800^[10]

Non-Sega versions
Arcade

PEGI

Rolling Thunder 2 (ローリングサンダー２) is a run and gun game by Namco, originally released in 1990 for the arcade and ported to the Sega Mega Drive in 1991 (though Europe got a release in 1992). It is the second game in the Rolling Thunder trilogy (the first game was not released on a Sega platform; the third was released exclusively for the Mega Drive).

Story

Geldra, the evil organization who was destroyed in the original game, returns as Neo-Geldra under new leadership and is destroying the Earth's satellites. The player controls either Leila or Albatross, two operatives of Interpol's (in-game) Rolling Thunder task force.

Gameplay

Both characters play identically. jumps, shoots. Shots cannot be aimed and the player cannot shoot while in midair, though they can crouch with to shoot low. If the player is standing in front of a doorway, they can hold to go in and hide; releasing makes them come back out. Extra weapons, score secrets and healing items can be found behind these doors.

Rounds

	Round 1
	Password: `A ROLLING PROGRAM SMASHED THE GENIUS (hard)`

	Round 2
	Password: `A MAGICAL THUNDER LEARNED THE SECRET` `A CURIOUS RAINBOW LEARNED THE FUTURE (hard)`

	Round 3
	Password: `A NATURAL FIGHTER CREATED THE GENIUS` `A MAGICAL ISOTOPE BLASTED THE DEVICE (hard)`

	Round 4
	Password: `A ROLLING NUCLEUS SMASHED THE NEURON` `A PRIVATE LEOPARD PUNCHED THE NEURON (hard)`

	Round 5
	Password: `A CURIOUS PROGRAM PUNCHED THE POWDER` `A SLENDER FIGHTER ELECTED THE GENIUS (hard)`

	Round 6
	Password: `A LOGICAL LEOPARD BLASTED THE SECRET` `A DIGITAL RAINBOW MUFFLED THE SECRET (hard)`

	Round 7
	Password: `A PRIVATE ISOTOPE DESIRED THE TARGET` `A LOGICAL THUNDER SMASHED THE POWDER (hard)`

	Round 8
	Password: `A NATURAL RAINBOW ELECTED THE FUTURE` `A ROLLING MACHINE DESIRED THE FUTURE (hard)`

	Round 9
	Password: `A MAGICAL MACHINE MUFFLED THE KILLER` `A SLENDER NUCLEUS BLASTED THE TARGET (hard)`

	Round 10
	Password: `A DIGITAL NUCLEUS PUNCHED THE DEVICE` `A CURIOUS ISOTOPE CREATED THE KILLER (hard)`

	Last Round
	Password: `A PRIVATE THUNDER CREATED THE POWDER` `A NATURAL PROGRAM DESIRED THE NEURON (hard)`

Versions

Compared to the arcade version, the Sega Mega Drive version of Rolling Thunder 2 can't keep up on an audiovisual level, but contains several new stages, standard enemies and bosses not present in the original game. A password system and short cutscenes between stages have also been added. This is in line with Namco's other ports to the Sega Mega Drive, such as Dangerous Seed.

There are no gameplay related differences and the game is not region protected. The PAL version was not optimized but forcing it into 60Hz mode via console modding or emulation makes it play and sound just like the NTSC releases.

Production credits

Planning: Toy‑Jun
Programming: Fujiyama Saita
Visual Design: Rita Nekomoto
Sound Design: Shiba
Visual Support: Hang Chang
The JIRO: Sanonji
Hometek Team: Ken Lobb, Jim Curry, Loan Vu, Carol Munoz, Eileen Noguchi

Produce: Toyoda
Graphic: Okamoto
Sound: Shibano
Program: Saita

Source:

Internal ROM text^[11]

Magazine articles

Main article: Rolling Thunder 2/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Print advert in Game Informer (US) #3: "January/February 1992" (199x-xx-xx)
also published in:

GamePro (US) #31: "February 1992" (199x-xx-xx)^[12]
Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #32: "March 1992" (1992-xx-xx)^[13]
Sega Visions (US) #8: "May/June 1992" (1992-xx-xx)^[14]

Print advert in Mega Sega (ES) #1: "xxxx 1993" (1993-xx-xx)

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)

50

^[15]

Ação Games (BR)

94

^[16]

Aktueller Software Markt (DE)

75

^[17]

Beep! MegaDrive (JP)

NTSC-J

63

^[18]

Consoles + (FR)

NTSC-J

90

^[19]

Console XS (UK)

NTSC-J

93

^[20]

Computer & Video Games (UK)

92

^[4]

Computer & Video Games (UK)

81

^[21]

Electronic Gaming Monthly (US)

NTSC-U

83

^[22]

Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1 (RU)

50

^[23]

Famitsu (JP)

NTSC-J

65

^[24]

GamePro (US)

NTSC-U

92

^[25]

Games-X (UK)

60

^[26]

Génération 4 (FR)

88

^[27]

Hippon Super (JP)

NTSC-J

60

^[28]

Hobby Consolas (ES)

93

^[29]

Joypad (FR)

NTSC-J

91

^[30]

Joypad (FR)

PAL

91

^[31]

Joystick (FR)

NTSC-J

91

^[32]

Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming (UK)

82

^[33]

Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming (UK)

NTSC

82

^[34]

Mega Drive Fan (JP)

NTSC-J

66

^[35]

Mega (UK)

PAL

71

^[36]

Mega (UK)

PAL

60

^[37]

Mega Action (UK)

90

^[38]

Mega Play (US)

NTSC-U

83

^[39]

MegaTech (UK)

NTSC

90

^[40]

Mean Machines (UK)

85

^[41]

Mean Machines Sega (UK)

85

^[42]

Player One (FR)

65

^[43]

Play Time (DE)

82

^[44]

Power Play (DE)

71

^[45]

Sega Power (UK)

NTSC-U

76

^[46]

Sega Pro (UK)

NTSC-J

91

^[47]

Sega Pro (UK)

89

^[48]

Sega Force Mega (UK)

79

^[49]

Sega Force (SE)

90

^[50]

Sega Force (UK)

PAL

80

^[51]

Sega Saturn Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

71

^[52]

Supersonic (FR)

89

^[53]

Tricks 16 bit (RU)

80

^[54]

Video Games (DE)

72

^[55]

	79
Based on 42 reviews

Rolling Thunder 2

Mega Drive, JP
Cover
Cart Manual

Mega Drive, US
Cover
Cart Manual PCB

Mega Drive, EU
Cover
Cart PCB

Mega Drive, AU

Technical information

ROM dump status

System

Hash

Size

Build Date

Source

Comments

✔

CRC32	3ace429b
MD5	3753ae738edf6f37203763f3a8a6e406
SHA-1	1b451389910e6b353c713f56137863ce2aff109d

1MB

1991-09

Cartridge (US)

✔

CRC32	c440f292
MD5	be1185a2620c2d64d75e8827e00e8b3d
SHA-1	e8ae09b2945eac555d6f0d39a1f768724b221357

1MB

1992-05

Cartridge (EU)

✔

CRC32	965b2628
MD5	0a8fa7fc184a55b522e728e395699ec4
SHA-1	6e15ce792fbe01b918b197deea320f953aa989cc

1MB

1991-08

Cartridge (JP)

External links

Sega of Japan Virtual Console pages: Mega Drive
Nintendo catalogue pages: US, UK, AU

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 https://sega.jp/history/hard/megadrive/software_l.html (Wayback Machine: 2020-07-02 23:21)
↑ VideoGames & Computer Entertainment, "January 1992" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 78
↑ GamePro, "December 1991" (US; 1991-xx-xx), page 67
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 Computer & Video Games, "January 1992" (UK; 1991-12-15), page 16
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 http://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/cw9fjJ8sqduqgq34wyF7_MZSDjAR6Hm5 (Wayback Machine: 2010-11-23 02:23)
↑ ^6.0 ^6.1 http://www.nintendolife.com:80/games/megadrive/rolling_thunder_2 (Wayback Machine: 2017-07-10 02:48)
↑ https://www.nintendo.co.uk/Games/Virtual-Console-Wii-/Rolling-Thunder-2-278744.html (archive.today)
↑ https://www.nintendo.co.jp/wii/vc/software/06.html (Wayback Machine: 2018-03-05 22:42)
↑ http://vc.sega.jp:80/vc_rthunder2/ (Wayback Machine: 2008-01-02 11:32)
↑ http://www.nintendo.com.au/index.php?action=catalogue&prodcat_id=41&prod_id=19764&pageID=4 (Wayback Machine: 2012-04-03 02:25)
↑ The Cutting Room Floor: Rolling Thunder 2 (Genesis)
↑ GamePro, "February 1992" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 39
↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "March 1992" (US; 1992-xx-xx), page 61
↑ Sega Visions, "May/June 1992" (US; 1992-xx-xx), page 57
↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 195
↑ Ação Games, "Abril 1992" (BR; 1992-04-xx), page 33
↑ Aktueller Software Markt, "März 1992" (DE; 1992-02-14), page 115
↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "December 1991" (JP; 1991-11-08), page 38
↑ Consoles +, "Janvier 1992" (FR; 199x-xx-xx), page 54
↑ Console XS, "June/July 1992" (UK; 1992-04-23), page 133
↑ Computer & Video Games, "June 1993" (UK; 1993-05-15), page 94
↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "March 1992" (US; 1992-xx-xx), page 28
↑ Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1, "" (RU; 1999-xx-xx), page 354
↑ Famitsu, "1991-11-29" (JP; 1991-11-15), page 1
↑ GamePro, "December 1991" (US; 1991-xx-xx), page 66
↑ Games-X, "27th February-4th March 1992" (UK; 1992-02-27), page 26
↑ Génération 4, "Janvier 1992" (FR; 199x-xx-xx), page 136
↑ Hippon Super, "December 1991" (JP; 1991-11-05), page 88
↑ Hobby Consolas, "Enero 1993" (ES; 199x-xx-xx), page 50
↑ Joypad, "Janvier 1992" (FR; 1991-12-1x), page 100
↑ Joypad, "Avril 1993" (FR; 1993-0x-xx), page 163
↑ Joystick, "Janvier 1992" (FR; 199x-xx-xx), page 108
↑ Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "September 1992" (UK; 1992-xx-xx), page 81
↑ Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "January 1993" (UK; 199x-xx-xx), page 94
↑ Mega Drive Fan, "February 1992" (JP; 1992-01-08), page 89
↑ Mega, "June 1993" (UK; 1993-05-20), page 87
↑ Mega, "January 1994" (UK; 1993-12-16), page 87
↑ Mega Action, "June 1993" (UK; 1993-05-20), page 65
↑ Mega Play, "March/April 1992" (US; 1992-0x-xx), page 62
↑ MegaTech, "February 1992" (UK; 1992-01-20), page 34
↑ Mean Machines, "January 1992" (UK; 1991-12-27), page 110
↑ Mean Machines Sega, "October 1992" (UK; 1992-09-xx), page 140
↑ Player One, "Février/Mars 1993" (FR; 1993-02-10), page 107
↑ Play Time, "(8/9)/92" (DE; 1992-07-08), page 90
↑ Power Play, "3/92" (DE; 1992-02-12), page 136
↑ Sega Power, "August 1992" (UK; 1992-07-02), page 25
↑ Sega Pro, "Christmas 1991" (UK; 1991-12-12), page 64
↑ Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 67
↑ Sega Force Mega, "August 1993" (UK; 1993-06-24), page 88
↑ Sega Force, "1/93" (SE; 1993-01-14), page 12
↑ Sega Force, "January 1993" (UK; 1992-12-10), page 48
↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 86
↑ Supersonic, "Février 1993" (FR; 1993-xx-xx), page 13
↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 22
↑ Video Games, "1/92" (DE; 1992-02-03), page 32

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[:File:VG.26amp.3BCE_US_36.pdf_p78-2] VideoGames & Computer Entertainment, "January 1992" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 78

[:File:GamePro_US_029.pdf_p67-3] GamePro, "December 1991" (US; 1991-xx-xx), page 67

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[https:.2F.2Ftcrf.net.2FRolling_Thunder_2_.28Genesis.29-11] The Cutting Room Floor: Rolling Thunder 2 (Genesis)

[:File:GamePro_US_031.pdf_p39-12] GamePro, "February 1992" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 39

[:File:EGM_US_032.pdf_p61-13] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "March 1992" (US; 1992-xx-xx), page 61

[:File:SegaVisions_US_08.pdf_p57-14] Sega Visions, "May/June 1992" (US; 1992-xx-xx), page 57

[15] 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 195

[:File:AcaoGames_BR_012.pdf_p33-16] Ação Games, "Abril 1992" (BR; 1992-04-xx), page 33

[:File:ASM_DE_1992-03.pdf_p115-17] Aktueller Software Markt, "März 1992" (DE; 1992-02-14), page 115

[:File:BeepMD_JP_1991-12.pdf_p38-18] Beep! MegaDrive, "December 1991" (JP; 1991-11-08), page 38

[19] Consoles +, "Janvier 1992" (FR; 199x-xx-xx), page 54

[:File:Console_XS_UK_01.pdf_p133-20] Console XS, "June/July 1992" (UK; 1992-04-23), page 133

[:File:CVG_UK_139.pdf_p94-21] Computer & Video Games, "June 1993" (UK; 1993-05-15), page 94

[:File:EGM_US_032.pdf_p28-22] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "March 1992" (US; 1992-xx-xx), page 28

[23] Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1, "" (RU; 1999-xx-xx), page 354

[24] Famitsu, "1991-11-29" (JP; 1991-11-15), page 1

[:File:GamePro_US_029.pdf_p66-25] GamePro, "December 1991" (US; 1991-xx-xx), page 66

[:File:GamesX_UK_44.pdf_p26-26] Games-X, "27th February-4th March 1992" (UK; 1992-02-27), page 26

[:File:Generation4_FR_040.pdf_p136-27] Génération 4, "Janvier 1992" (FR; 199x-xx-xx), page 136

[28] Hippon Super, "December 1991" (JP; 1991-11-05), page 88

[:File:HobbyConsolas_ES_016.pdf_p50-29] Hobby Consolas, "Enero 1993" (ES; 199x-xx-xx), page 50

[:File:Joypad_FR_004.pdf_p100-30] Joypad, "Janvier 1992" (FR; 1991-12-1x), page 100

[:File:Joypad_FR_019.pdf_p163-31] Joypad, "Avril 1993" (FR; 1993-0x-xx), page 163

[:File:Joystick_FR_023.pdf_p108-32] Joystick, "Janvier 1992" (FR; 199x-xx-xx), page 108

[:File:MDAG_UK_01.pdf_p81-33] Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "September 1992" (UK; 1992-xx-xx), page 81

[:File:MDAG_UK_05.pdf_p94-34] Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "January 1993" (UK; 199x-xx-xx), page 94

[:File:Mdfan_JP_1992-02.pdf_p89-35] Mega Drive Fan, "February 1992" (JP; 1992-01-08), page 89

[:File:Mega_UK_09.pdf_p87-36] Mega, "June 1993" (UK; 1993-05-20), page 87

[:File:Mega_UK_16.pdf_p87-37] Mega, "January 1994" (UK; 1993-12-16), page 87

[:File:MegaAction_UK_01.pdf_p65-38] Mega Action, "June 1993" (UK; 1993-05-20), page 65

[:File:MegaPlay_US_09.pdf_p62-39] Mega Play, "March/April 1992" (US; 1992-0x-xx), page 62

[:File:MegaTech_UK_02.pdf_p34-40] MegaTech, "February 1992" (UK; 1992-01-20), page 34

[:File:MeanMachines_UK_16.pdf_p110-41] Mean Machines, "January 1992" (UK; 1991-12-27), page 110

[:File:MeanMachinesSega01UK.pdf_p140-42] Mean Machines Sega, "October 1992" (UK; 1992-09-xx), page 140

[:File:PlayerOne_FR_028.pdf_p107-43] Player One, "Février/Mars 1993" (FR; 1993-02-10), page 107

[:File:PlayTime_DE_1992-0809.pdf_p90-44] Play Time, "(8/9)/92" (DE; 1992-07-08), page 90

[:File:PowerPlay_DE_1992-03.pdf_p136-45] Power Play, "3/92" (DE; 1992-02-12), page 136

[:File:SegaPower_UK_33.pdf_p25-46] Sega Power, "August 1992" (UK; 1992-07-02), page 25

[:File:SegaPro_UK_03.pdf_p64-47] Sega Pro, "Christmas 1991" (UK; 1991-12-12), page 64

[:File:SegaPro_UK_18.pdf_p67-48] Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 67

[:File:SegaForceMega_UK_01.pdf_p88-49] Sega Force Mega, "August 1993" (UK; 1993-06-24), page 88

[:File:SegaForce_SE_1993_01.pdf_p12-50] Sega Force, "1/93" (SE; 1993-01-14), page 12

[:File:SegaForce_UK_13.pdf_p48-51] Sega Force, "January 1993" (UK; 1992-12-10), page 48

[:File:SSM_JP_19950901_1995-09.pdf_p86-52] Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 86

[:File:Supersonic_FR_07.pdf_p13-53] Supersonic, "Février 1993" (FR; 1993-xx-xx), page 13

[54] Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 22

[:File:VideoGames_DE_1992-01.pdf_p32-55] Video Games, "1/92" (DE; 1992-02-03), page 32

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Rolling Thunder 2

From Sega Retro

Contents

Story

Gameplay

Rounds

Versions

Production credits

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Physical scans

Technical information

ROM dump status

External links

References