Lethal Thunder
A space shooter where the faster the player fires, the larger and more powerful the shots become. There are several different endings depending on performance. A second player may join for 2-Player Co-op
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Game Details
| Release Date | 1991 |
| Developer | Irem Corp. |
| Publisher | Irem Corp. |
| Genre | Shoot 'Em Up |
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| Platform | Arcade (ARC) |
| Popular Tags | NAGW |
Ratings for Lethal Thunder
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Most Popular Reviews
Solid, Smooth and Simple SHMUP *
This review is for the Lethal Thunder - Arcade - United States (1991) release
a short vertical SHMUP that is overall a nice ride. finished it in maybe 30-40 minutes with an estimated 8 dollars in virtual pocket change. This SHMUPs main gimmick (they all have one) is that if you spam your fire button, you have a meter that fills up and crosses marked thresholds, those thresholds are upgrades to your fire power.. stop shooting and your fire power goes down and you lose your upgrades! Stay alive long enough (as best I can tell) and you can continue to permanently keep an increasing minimum threshold for your fire power that stopping shooting wont take it below (until you die) Overall this is an enjoyable mechanic. The game has several really excellent weapons. The best one is arguably the blue laser... it not only has about 4-6 very wide beams that cover a good amount of the playing field but shots the would be misses will actually bend to the sides at right angles to automatically hit targets... its hard to ask for more than that. The game also features a somewhat unique weapon that is essentially a boss killing flamethrower, something i don't think I've actually seen before.
Lethal Thunder had basically everything I like in arcade SHMUP. It doesn't drag on (or have quarter gimmicks that make it longer, like beating the last boss on a single credit) it looks and sounds great. you feel extremely powerful, it has a mechanic that is a fun twist on what you've seen and done a hundred times or more, making for a novel ride.
