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The Story of Thor: A Successor of the Light/Beyond Oasis

System(s): Sega Mega Drive, Virtual Console, Steam

Publisher: Sega

Developer: Ancient

Sound driver:

Ancient Music Driver MD

Genre: Action

Release	Date	RRP

JP ▼	2007-02-27	600pts600
US ▼	2007-03-19	800pts800
EU ▼	2007-04-06	800pts800

ESRB

Sega

PEGI

ELSPA

OFLC

The Story of Thor: A Successor of the Light, called The Story of Thor: Hikari o Tsugumono (ストーリー・オブ・トア光を継ぐ者) in Japan, La Legende de Thor in France, and Beyond Oasis in North America, is a 1994/1995 role-playing action game developed by Ancient for the Sega Mega Drive. It was followed by a prequel, The Story of Thor 2, on the Sega Saturn. Like most RPGs released in Holland, that version is in English. Everywhere except the UK and South Korea, the game sold less than the competing SNES exclusives Chrono Trigger and Terranigma.

Prince Ali has found the Gold Armlet, a magical artifact used by Reharl, a sorcerer, to defeat Agito, another sorcerer who wanted to destroy the Kingdom of Oasis with his Silver Armlet, a long time ago. Both sorcerers died and the armlets were lost until now. The Gold Armlet governs the four spirits of Oasis, which Ali must find in order to stop the person who has found the Silver Armlet from destroying Oasis.

Gameplay

US title screen.

Pressing jumps, and holding crouches while walking. attacks. How long you hold for, how many times you have it pressed, whether or not you are jumping, and whether or not you are moving all determine which attack you perform (though it will always be either using your sword or kicking). is also used to talk to villagers. START opens up a menu where you can equip weapons and items, check your progress, look at a map, and save.

Production credits

Main Program & System Design: Yukio Takahashi
Monster, Event & Sound Program: Hideki Koyama
Monster & Visual Program: Akitoshi Kawano
Game Design & Main Planning: Kataru Uchimura
Map Design & Event Design: Tetsuya Kawabata
Art Direction & Character Design: Ayano Koshiro
Object Art & Illustration: Hitoshi Ariga
Background Graphic Art: Hiroki Tatemukai, Hajime Chikami
Story & Script Writer: Juri Ogawa
Producer & Music Composer: Yuzo Koshiro
Special Thanks To: Steaven C Vlam
Special Thanks To Sega Staff: Kunihiro Shirahata
©1995 Sega
Music ©1994 Yuzo Koshiro

Magazine articles

Main article: The Story of Thor: A Successor of the Light/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

1995 05 - Software Mega Drive.jpg

ES print advert

Print advert in Sega Visions (US) #24: "May 1995" (1995-xx-xx)

Print advert in Consoles + (FR) #42: "Avril 1995" (1995-0x-xx)

Digital manuals

Steam manual

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)

90

^[6]

Alaab Alcomputtar (SA)

90

^[7]

Beep! MegaDrive (JP)

NTSC-J

80

^[8]

CD Consoles (FR)

56

^[1]

Consoles + (FR)

96

^[9]

Cool Gamer (RU)

90

^[10]

Computer & Video Games (UK)

89

^[2]

Electronic Games (1992-1995) (US)

NTSC-U

58

^[11]

Electronic Gaming Monthly (US)

NTSC-U

76

^[12]

Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1 (RU)

90

^[13]

Famitsu (JP)

NTSC-J

60

^[14]

GameFan (US)

NTSC-U

95

^[15]

Game Players (US)

NTSC-U

75

^[16]

GamePro (US)

NTSC-U

88

^[17]

Games World: The Magazine (UK)

PAL

93

^[18]

Joypad (FR)

PAL

93

^[19]

MAN!AC (DE)

PAL

79

^[20]

Mega (UK)

PAL

93

^[21]

Mega Fun (DE)

PAL

84

^[22]

Mean Machines Sega (UK)

PAL

93

^[4]

Next Generation (US)

NTSC-U

25

^[23]

Player One (FR)

96

^[24]

Play Time (DE)

88

^[25]

Power Up! (UK)

91

^[26]

Saturn Fan (JP)

NTSC-J

76

^[27]

Sega Magazine (UK)

PAL

90

^[28]

Sega News (CZ)

82

^[29]

Sega Power (UK)

PAL

93

^[30]

Sega Pro (UK)

PAL

90

^[31]

Sega Mega Drive Review (RU)

82

^[32]

Sega Saturn Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

82

^[33]

Todo Sega (ES)

91

^[34]

Tricks (RU)

81

^[35]

Tricks 16 bit (RU)

89

^[36]

Ultimate Future Games (UK)

PAL

84

^[37]

Video Games (DE)

PAL

86

^[38]

VideoGames (US)

80

^[39]

	83
Based on 37 reviews

Mega Drive, US

Cart

Mega Drive, US (cardboard)
Cover
Cart Manual

Mega Drive, JP
Cover
Cart Manual Mega RPG Badge

Mega Drive, UK
Cover
Cart

Mega Drive, FR
Cover
Cart

Mega Drive, DE
Cover

Mega Drive, ES

Mega Drive, AU

Mega Drive, KR
Cover
Cart

External links

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 File:CDConsoles FR 04.pdf, page 132 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:CDConsoles FR 04.pdf_p132" defined multiple times with different content
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 File:CVG UK 160.pdf, page 78 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:CVG UK 160.pdf_p78" defined multiple times with different content
↑ File:GamePro US 096.pdf, page 94
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 File:MeanMachinesSega29UK.pdf, page 56 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:MeanMachinesSega29UK.pdf_p56" defined multiple times with different content
↑ File:PlayerOne FR 051.pdf, page 74
↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 224
↑ Alaab Alcomputtar, "" (SA; 1995-08-xx), page 15
↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "January 1995" (JP; 1994-12-08), page 24
↑ Consoles +, "Mars 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 92
↑ Cool Gamer, "9" (RU; 2002-10-13), page 207
↑ Electronic Games (1992-1995), "June 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 84
↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "March 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 36
↑ Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1, "" (RU; 1999-xx-xx), page 313
↑ Famitsu, "1994-12-16" (JP; 1994-12-02), page 1
↑ GameFan, "Volume 3, Issue 3: March 1995" (US; 1995-xx-xx), page 18
↑ Game Players, "Vol. 8 No. 4 April 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 46
↑ GamePro, "May 1995" (US; 1995-xx-xx), page 105
↑ Games World: The Magazine, "April 1995" (UK; 1995-0x-xx), page 14
↑ Joypad, "Mars 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 60
↑ MAN!AC, "03/95" (DE; 1995-02-08), page 50
↑ Mega, "March 1995" (UK; 1995-02-28), page 52
↑ Mega Fun, "03/95" (DE; 1995-02-22), page 74
↑ Next Generation, "April 1995" (US; 1995-03-21), page 96
↑ Player One, "Mars 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 78
↑ Play Time, "4/95" (DE; 1995-03-08), page 103
↑ Power Up!, "Saturday, March 25, 1995" (UK; 1995-03-25), page 1
↑ Saturn Fan, "1995 March" (JP; 1995-02-08), page 41
↑ Sega Magazine, "March 1995" (UK; 1995-02-15), page 94
↑ Sega News, "Listopad 1996" (CZ; 1996-1x-xx), page 25
↑ Sega Power, "April 1995" (UK; 1995-02-16), page 42
↑ Sega Pro, "April 1995" (UK; 1995-02-23), page 36
↑ Sega Mega Drive Review, "2" (RU; 1996-01-03), page 24
↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 85
↑ Todo Sega, "Abril 1995" (ES; 1995-0x-xx), page 30
↑ Tricks, "5/95" (RU; 1995-xx-xx), page 28
↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 8
↑ Ultimate Future Games, "April 1995" (UK; 1995-03-02), page 90
↑ Video Games, "3/95" (DE; 1995-02-23), page 94
↑ VideoGames, "April 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 71

[:File:CDConsoles_FR_04.pdf_p132-1] 1.0 ^1.1 File:CDConsoles FR 04.pdf, page 132 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:CDConsoles FR 04.pdf_p132" defined multiple times with different content

[:File:CVG_UK_160.pdf_p78-2] 2.0 ^2.1 File:CVG UK 160.pdf, page 78 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:CVG UK 160.pdf_p78" defined multiple times with different content

[:File:GamePro_US_096.pdf_p94-3] File:GamePro US 096.pdf, page 94

[:File:MeanMachinesSega29UK.pdf_p56-4] 4.0 ^4.1 File:MeanMachinesSega29UK.pdf, page 56 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:MeanMachinesSega29UK.pdf_p56" defined multiple times with different content

[:File:PlayerOne_FR_051.pdf_p74-5] File:PlayerOne FR 051.pdf, page 74

[6] 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 224

[:File:AlaabAlcomputtar_SA_2.pdf_p15-7] Alaab Alcomputtar, "" (SA; 1995-08-xx), page 15

[:File:BeepMD_JP_1995-01.pdf_p24-8] Beep! MegaDrive, "January 1995" (JP; 1994-12-08), page 24

[:File:ConsolesPlus_FR_041.pdf_p92-9] Consoles +, "Mars 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 92

[10] Cool Gamer, "9" (RU; 2002-10-13), page 207

[:File:ElectronicGames2_US_33.pdf_p84-11] Electronic Games (1992-1995), "June 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 84

[:File:EGM_US_068.pdf_p36-12] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "March 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 36

[13] Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1, "" (RU; 1999-xx-xx), page 313

[14] Famitsu, "1994-12-16" (JP; 1994-12-02), page 1

[:File:GameFan_US_0303.pdf_p18-15] GameFan, "Volume 3, Issue 3: March 1995" (US; 1995-xx-xx), page 18

[:File:GamePlayers_US_0804.pdf_p46-16] Game Players, "Vol. 8 No. 4 April 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 46

[:File:GamePro_US_070.pdf_p105-17] GamePro, "May 1995" (US; 1995-xx-xx), page 105

[:File:Games_World_The_Magazine_UK_10.pdf_p14-18] Games World: The Magazine, "April 1995" (UK; 1995-0x-xx), page 14

[:File:Joypad_FR_040.pdf_p60-19] Joypad, "Mars 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 60

[:File:MAN.21AC_DE_1995-03.pdf_p50-20] MAN!AC, "03/95" (DE; 1995-02-08), page 50

[:File:Mega_UK_30.pdf_p52-21] Mega, "March 1995" (UK; 1995-02-28), page 52

[:File:MegaFun_DE_1995-03.pdf_p74-22] Mega Fun, "03/95" (DE; 1995-02-22), page 74

[:File:NextGeneration_US_04.pdf_p96-23] Next Generation, "April 1995" (US; 1995-03-21), page 96

[:File:PlayerOne_FR_051.pdf_p78-24] Player One, "Mars 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 78

[:File:PlayTime_DE_1995-04.pdf_p103-25] Play Time, "4/95" (DE; 1995-03-08), page 103

[26] Power Up!, "Saturday, March 25, 1995" (UK; 1995-03-25), page 1

[:File:SaturnFan_JP_1995-03_19950315.pdf_p41-27] Saturn Fan, "1995 March" (JP; 1995-02-08), page 41

[:File:SegaMagazine_UK_15.pdf_p94-28] Sega Magazine, "March 1995" (UK; 1995-02-15), page 94

[:File:Sega_News_2_CZ.pdf_p25-29] Sega News, "Listopad 1996" (CZ; 1996-1x-xx), page 25

[:File:SegaPower_UK_65.pdf_p42-30] Sega Power, "April 1995" (UK; 1995-02-16), page 42

[:File:SegaPro_UK_43.pdf_p36-31] Sega Pro, "April 1995" (UK; 1995-02-23), page 36

[:File:Sega_Mega_Drive_Review_2_RU.pdf_p24-32] Sega Mega Drive Review, "2" (RU; 1996-01-03), page 24

[:File:SSM_JP_19950901_1995-09.pdf_p85-33] Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 85

[:File:TodoSega_ES_25.pdf_p30-34] Todo Sega, "Abril 1995" (ES; 1995-0x-xx), page 30

[35] Tricks, "5/95" (RU; 1995-xx-xx), page 28

[36] Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 8

[:File:UltimateFutureGames_UK_05.pdf_p90-37] Ultimate Future Games, "April 1995" (UK; 1995-03-02), page 90

[:File:VideoGames_DE_1995-03.pdf_p94-38] Video Games, "3/95" (DE; 1995-02-23), page 94

[:File:VideoGames_US_75.pdf_p71-39] VideoGames, "April 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 71

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Difference between revisions of "The Story of Thor: A Successor of the Light"

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Contents

Gameplay

Production credits

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Digital manuals

Physical scans

External links

References