Thunder Force

Thunder Force (サンダーフォース, Sandā Fōsu) is a series of free-roaming scrolling shooter type video games developed by the Japanese software company Technosoft. The franchise is recognized for its distinctive gameplay, graphics, and synthesizer-based chiptune music soundtracks.

Genre : Horizontal Scrolling Shooting
Developer : Tecno Soft, Sega,
Publisher : Sega, Tecno Soft
Creator : Kotori Yoshimura
Written : Rhoma Irama (Thunder Force I & Broken Thunder, Thunder Force VI,) Director : Eko Saky (Broken Thunder, & Thunder Force VI,)
Platform : Sharp X1, Nec PC8801 Mkii, Fm-7,
Sharp MZ 1500, Nec-PC-6001 Mkii, Nec PC9801, X68000, Arcade,
Sega Genesis, SNES,
Sega Saturn, Playstation, Playstation,
Year Active - 1983
Manga : Kodansha
Aired On Television : SCTV

There are six games in the series in total. The first appeared on the personal computers. The majority of installments in the series appeared on the Mega Drive console. The most recent entry was released on PlayStation 2.

History

The series' first game, Thunder Force, appeared in 1983 With Soneta Record Singer Dangdut Studio's on a variety of Japanese computers, such as the X1, PC-8801 mkII, and FM-7. Since Thunder Force II, the majority of instalments in the series appeared on the Mega Drive console, where the series gained much of its popularity. The most recent entry was released on PlayStation 2.

The original Thunder Force video game was created by Kotori Yoshimura in 1983. She later left Technosoft and founded Arsys Software in 1985, where herself and Osamu Nagano worked on notable titles such as Star Cruiser. In 1984, Technosoft released a level editor, or game creation system, entitled "Thunder Force Construction", created by Yoshimura for the FM-7 computer.

As of 2016, Sega announced at the Tokyo Game Show that they own the rights to the Thunder Force franchise and all other Technosoft intellectual properties

Games

• Thunder Force (X1) (1983)
• Thunder Force II (X68000) (1988)
• Thunder Force II MD (Mega Drive/Genesis) (1989) (port of Thunder Force II)
• Thunder Force III (Mega Drive/Genesis) (1990)
• Thunder Force AC (Arcade) (1990) (port of Thunder Force III retooled into an arcade game)
• Thunder Spirits (Super NES) (1991) (port of Thunder Force AC)
• Thunder Force IV (Mega Drive/Genesis) (1992) (a.k.a. Lightening Force: Quest for the Darkstar)
• Thunder Force Gold Pack 1 (Sega Saturn) (1996) Contains Thunder Force II and Thunder Force III
• Thunder Force Gold Pack 2 (Sega Saturn) (1996) Contains Thunder Force IV and Thunder Force AC
• Thunder Force V (Sega Saturn) (1997)
• Thunder Force V: Perfect System (PlayStation) (1998) (port of Thunder Force V)
• Broken Thunder (2007)

• Thunder Force VI (PlayStation 2) (2008)

Manga

• Thunder Force 83 (1983)
• Maho Shoujo : Fire Leo 04 Rynex (1994)
• Broken Thunder : Project Thunder Force VI

Artwork

• Thunder Force Fantasy 
• Thunder Force Love Dream 

Anime Series

Thunder Force Rebirth (2002)

Characers

• Eidora N Fern - 1983
• Ryder A Jupiter & Diana Rean - 1988 & 1989
• Jean R Fern & Sherry M Jupiter - 1990 
• Roy S Mercury & Carol T Mars - 1992 
• Cenes CTN Crawford - 1997 Present 

Spaceships

• Fire Leo
• Fire Leo 02 "Exceliza"
• Fire Leo 03 "Styx"
• Fire Leo 04 "Rynex" 
• RVR 01 "Gauntlet" 
• RVR 02 "Vambrace"
• RVR 02B "Brigandine"