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Super Thunder Blade (スーパーサンダーブレード) is a shooter for the Sega Mega Drive console published by Sega. It was one of two launch titles for the console in Japan (the other being Space Harrier II) and is a follow-up to the arcade game Thunder Blade.
It was released for the Virtual Console on September 17, 2007. It was also included in the Sega Mega Drive Collection for PlayStation 2 and PlayStation Portable in 2007 and in Sega Mega Drive Ultimate Collection for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.
Contents
Gameplay
As in its predecessor, the player takes control of an helicopter which is used to attack a group of guerrillas. The helicopter itself uses guns and missiles ( and , respectively), and can also air brake (hold ). A distinctive feature that also appears in the arcade game is the use of different viewpoints during the entire game; during normal gameplay and when fighting sub-bosses, the game utilizes a third-person perspective from behind the helicopter, similar to Space Harrier, but the camera changes to a top-down perspective when fighting bosses.
Levels
Bosses
Versions
Differences from Thunder Blade
The Mega Drive programmers' solution to the scaling in the overhead stages of Thunder Blade was to simply cut them out completely. Instead, each stage starts off in the over-the-shoulder segment. To make up for this, these stages now have a new mid-boss, similar to the one fought at the end of the arcade version. After defeating this, the helicopter goes into an overhead view, but there's no scaling at all (which makes sense, as players couldn't change altitude in these scenes either.) These play out pretty much the same as the arcade game.
Once again, there are only four stages, with the first, second and fourth being roughly identical to the arcade game, and the third being a brand new level that takes place over the ocean. There's also a new final boss, fought in the overhead perspective.
Production credits
- Executive Producer: Muuuu Yuji
- Programmer: Com Blue
- Edited by: Babylon Sat.
- Art Director: Gomachan
- Art Designer: Judy Totoya, Yoshibon
- Sound Composer: Sting Saito
- Directed by: Bros400 1929
- Presented by: Sega
Magazine articles
- Main article: Super Thunder Blade/Magazine articles.
Promotional material
Digital manuals
Physical scans
Mega Drive version
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Mega-Tech version
External links
References
- ↑ File:ACE UK 26.pdf, page 144
- ↑ File:CompleteGuideToConsoles_UK_01.pdf, page 74
- ↑ File:CGtC UK 04.pdf, page 36
- ↑ File:EGM US 003.pdf, page 13
- ↑ File:TGM UK 19.pdf, page 19
- ↑ File:GamesPreview DK 08.pdf, page 71
- ↑ File:HobbyConsolas ES 006.pdf, page 92
- ↑ File:MegaTech UK 01.pdf, page 80
- ↑ File:Raze UK 03.pdf, page 66
- ↑ File:SegaPro UK 06.pdf, page 30
- ↑ File:SegaForce UK 08.pdf, page 25
- ↑ Famitsu, "" (JP; 1988-1x-xx), page 1
Games in the Thunder Blade Series | |
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Thunder Blade (home computers) (1987) | Super Thunder Blade (1988) | Electronic Thunder Blade (1989) | 3D Thunder Blade (2014) | |
Thunder Blade related media | |
Galaxy Force II & Thunder Blade Original Sound Track (2007) | Galaxy Force II & Thunder Blade (2017) |
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