Thunder Force II (1988)

Technosoft

Sharp X68000

2.85 from 26 ratings

80 members have it in their collection · 1 playing now · 22 backlogged · 11 wish listed

How long? Main story 2h (from 1 logged playthrough)

A scrolling shooter and sequel to Thunder Force developed by Technosoft originally released for the X68000 computer before being ported to the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis game console. The Sharp X68000 version has an introduction sequence and an extra stage (top and side view) not found in the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis version.
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Details

Developers
Technosoft
Publishers
Technosoft
Genres
Arcade, Shooter
Series
Thunder Force

Release dates

  • Oct 15, 1988 (Full Release) (Japan) Sharp X68000

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Rating distribution

5 stars
1
4 stars
4
3 stars
14
2 stars
3
1 star
3
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Community All Reviews Statuses

Reset_Tears

Status Reset_Tears Feb 6, 2022

Finally getting around to some Thunder Force shmupage. This was the first one on the Genesis, and it's half pretty good and half pretty bad. I'm not a fan of the overhead search and destroy levels, which have your ship going way too fast and there's of course a hundred enemies everywhere. The regular horizontal scroller levels are still hard …

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Finally getting around to some Thunder Force shmupage. This was the first one on the Genesis, and it's half pretty good and half pretty bad. I'm not a fan of the overhead search and destroy levels, which have your ship going way too fast and there's of course a hundred enemies everywhere. The regular horizontal scroller levels are still hard of course, but it feels much more manageable. I've heard TF3 and 4 are better overall.

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