Thunder Force is the first entry in the Thunder Force Series, developed by Tecno Soft and originally released in 1983 for the Sharp X1 computer. In 1984 it was ported on FM-7, NEC PC-8801 MK II, Sharp MZ-1500 and in 1985 on NEC PC-6001 MK II.
The expanded version called Thunder Force Construction, featuring more stages and stage editor was released for Sharp X1, FM-7 and NEC PC-8801 MK II and later ported to FM-77, NEC PC-9801, NEC PC-8001 MK II SR, NEC PC-8801 MK II SR, NEC PC-6601 SR, IBM-JX and FM-16β.
Story
"Fighting the ORN in their own Solar System turned out to be very disadvantageous for the Federation. The enemies converted an asteroid into a single giant base, the "Dyradeizer", and launched their attack from there. However, the bombing spacecraft "Fire LEO" designed to destroy this base was finally complete. It is now headed for the asteroids where the enemies are waiting..."
The ORN Empire has built a large asteroid fortress named the Dyradeizer to oppose the Galaxy Federation. In addition to its high firepower capabilities, Dyradeizer is supported by shield generators hidden in various locations by ORN, which render the fortress invisible. In an attempt to destroy Dyradeizer, the Galaxy Federation sends their specially designed fighter, the Fire LEO, to locate and destroy the shield generators and defeat Dyradeizer.
Gameplay
Gameplay
The structure of the game consists of overhead, free-directional scrolling areas and the player's ship is armed with main shot to shoot airborne targets and a bomb shot to shoot ground enemies. Gameplay consists of flying the Fire LEO over ORN occupied areas while destroying enemy base installations and turrets. Each area has a certain number of shield generators hidden under the ground based enemy targets; in order for an area to be completed, the shield generators must be found and destroyed. After doing so, the Dyradeizer will temporally appear and the player must destroy a certain section of it. Once this section is destroyed, the Dyradeizer will disappear and the player will be taken to the next area to repeat the process.
Graphic and sound wise, Thunder Force is very crude and modest compared to its successors, and is the most obscure game of the series (at least from a non-Japanese perspective).
Enemies
Aerial Enemies
Ground Enemies
Ground Structures
Gallery
External links
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| Terminology | Edra N. Fern • Fire LEO • Dyradeizer | |