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Thunder Force IV
Thunder Force IV (サンダーフォースIV, Sandā Fōsu IV?) is a side-scrolling shoot 'em up video game developed by Technosoft as the fourth installment of the Thunder Force series. It was released respectively in July and September 1992 for the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis console in Japan and the United States... -
Thunder Force AC
Thunder Force AC is a horizontal space shooter from Sega and Tecno Soft. Due to the success of Tecno soft's Thunder Force III for the Megadrive (Sega Genesis), it was decided that the game would be brought to the arcade scene in the form of Thunder Force AC. Ported to Sega's System C-2 hardware... -
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Fire LEO-04 "Rynex"
"Rynex has been left drifting in the vast universe hoping to heal its wounds. Who knows when Rynex will rise like a phoenix from the fatal blow?" - Thunder Force IV's Ending Report - The Fire LEO-04 "Rynex" (FIRE LEO-04 ライネックス, Fire LEO-04 Rainekkusu?) is the main ship featured in the game... -
Thunder Force VI
Thunder Force VI (サンダーフォース VI Sandaa Fōsu VI), also known as Thunder Force VI: The Legend of Wings is a horizontally scrolling shoot 'em up video game released for the PlayStation 2 on October 30, 2008. The director is Sega employee Tetsu Okano(岡野哲, a.k.a. Zolge Ichizo), who has previously... -
Thunder Spirits
Thunder Spirits is a scrolling shooter video game for the Super Famicom/Super Nintendo released by Tecno Soft and Toshiba EMI in 1991. The game is part of the Thunder Force series. It is a port of the dually copyrighted Tecno Soft/Sega arcade game Thunder Force AC, which itself is actually a... -
Thunder Force II
Thunder Force II is a scrolling shooter developed by Technosoft. It was first released in Japan in 1988 for the Sharp X68000 computer. A year later, it was ported to the Sega Megadrive / Genesis game console and released in Japan (under the name Thunder Force II MD), Europe, and the United... -
Thunder Force III
Thunder Force III is a scrolling shooter game developed by Tecno Soft. It is the third chapter in the Thunder Force series. It was released in 1990 in Japan, Europe and the United States for the Megadrive/Genesis game console. During the same year, it was retooled into an arcade game named... -
Vasteel Original
Vasteel Original (ヴァスチール・オリジナル, Vasuchīru Orijinaru?) is the fifth boss from Thunder Force V. It is a multi-stage battle against the Vasteel under control of the Guardian and equipped with different Extra Weapon Bays, the Guardian's equivalent to the RVR-02B "Brigandine" which enhances the... -
Hyper Duel
Hyper Duel is a horizontal scrolling shooter video game developed by Technosoft. It was originally released in 1993 for the arcade in Japan; it was later released for the Sega Saturn console on November 22, 1996 in Japan only. A "machine group" was discovered by the Integrated Space Force from... -
Neorude
Neorude is a role playing game released exclusively in Japan for the PlayStation in 1997. This game is very unique : Player can't move the party directly, Items have no name, and doesn't exist of villages or town : gameplay is go through the dungeon from beginning to end. This game has battle... -
Cenes Crawford
Cenes Crawford (セネス・クロフォード, Senesu Kurofōdo?) is the protagonist of Thunder Force V. She is the leader of the combat unit 222, later renamed as Thunder Force 222, Her callsign is "Phoenix", and is also known as "KNIGHT 1". Born in Berlin, Germany in the year 2109, Cenes was 32 years old before... -
Blast Wind
Blast Wind (ブラストウインド) is a shoot-'em-up game released exclusively in Japan for the Sega Saturn in 1997. A nuclear shockwave has all but destroyed the entire population of Earth. The remaining humans on the planet were gathered aboard a ship called the Ark by a prophetic man named Noa. After the... -
ORN Empire
The ORN Empire (オーン帝国, Ōn Teikoku?) is the main antagonistic faction of the Thunder Force series. According to the manual of Thunder Force II, the ORN Empire was originally an ally of the Galactic Federation, but for reasons then unknown rebelled against them. With their main center of... -
RVR-02 "Vambrace"
"RVR-02 Vambrace : Operational. The existence of Vambrace will once again cause humanity to embrace mass death and destruction, just as Vasteel did. " — RVR-02's indicated status by Guardian, suggesting to prevent humans from using the ship The RVR-02 "Vambrace" (RVR-02 ヴァンブレイス, RVR-02... -
RVR-02B "Brigandine"
The RVR-02B "Brigandine" (ブリガンダイン Burigandain) is an equipment, introduced in Thunder Force V. A Brigandine is an Extra Body Equipment, used by an RVR to enhance its normal power and flight capabilities along with changing an old model into the new model. This equipment provides several... -
Satazius
Satazius is a side-scrolling shoot 'em up released on Steam on December 16, 2011. The game draws influence from classic shoot 'em ups, with Thunder Force being amongst one of them. A sequel titled Satazius NEXT was released on the Nintendo Switch in May 2020 In the year 2051, a cruiser called... -
Vasteel Technology
In the Thunder Force series, the term Vasteel Technology (ヴァスチール・テクノロジー Vasuchīru Tekunorojī) is used to refer every technological invention on planet Earth whose origin is traced directly from Vasteel. The term was created in Thunder Force V, as humans discovered the "Vastian's Steel... -
RVR
In the Thunder Force series, RVR is an acronym for "Refined "Vasteel" Replica", and are the new fighters featured in Thunder Force V and Thunder Force VI. With the discovery of Vasteel, mankind delved into its secrets through reverse-engineering and created these fighters as their last line of... -
RVR-01 "Gauntlet"
"RVR-01 Gauntlet : Destroyed."— RVR-01' transmitted status by Guardian The RVR-01 "Gauntlet" (RVR-01 ガントレット, RVR-01 Gantoretto?) is the player ship during the first 4 stages in Thunder Force V. It was constructed as the first model in the new RVR series of starfighters. The RVR-01 is the first... -
ORN Emperor
ORN Emperor (オーン エンペラー Ōn Enperā) is the final boss from Thunder Force VI. It's a creature with the appearance of a human baby, with a pair of tentacles in place of each arm and three eyes with multiple irises. Created by the surviving three ORN Fausts, the ORN Emperor is actually Khaos, the... -
Guardian
"[Soldier/Human]. May fortune be with you..." - Guardian's last letter -Guardian (ガーディアン Gādian), also called Guardian's Heart (ガーディアンズ・ハート Gādianzu Hāto) is the name of the Supercomputer and Artificial Intelligence from the videogame Thunder Force V. The Guardian is a supercomputer equipped... -
Fire LEO-03 "Styx"
The Fire-LEO-03 "Styx" (FIRE LEO-03 ステュクス, Fire LEO-03 Sutyukusu?) is the player ship from Thunder Force III and a recurring ship in the Thunder Force series. Despite the Galaxy Federation's initial success in the war with the ORN Empire, the antagonistic force continues to grow stronger. The... -
Fire LEO
The Fire LEO (short for Little.Eternal-Operation of Fire) are a series of starfighters featured in the Thunder Force series. They are built by the Galaxy Federation to fight against the ORN Empire under the initiative "Project Thunder Force". The original Fire LEO starfighter, it was built for... -
Gate of Thunder
Gate of Thunder is a scrolling shooter by Hudson Soft and Red Entertainment for the PC Engine CD-ROM originally released in 1992. It was also a pack-in game for the TurboDuo in North America. It was released on the Wii Virtual Console on October 15, 2007 in North America. The game is the first...