For detailed information about this series, see: Thunder Force Wiki
Thunder Force is a video game series made by Technosoft (currently managed and owned by Sega).
Video Games[]
- Thunder Force (1983) for Sharp X1, PC-8801, PC-8001, PC-6001, FM-7, MZ-1500, and IBM JX
- Thunder Force Construction Kit (1984)
- Thunder Force II (October 1988) for Sharp X68000, Sega Genesis, Arcade, Sega Saturn, and Nintendo Switch Online
- Thunder Force III (June 8th, 1990) for Sega Genesis and Sega Saturn
- Thunder Force AC (December 1990) for Arcade, SNES, Sega Saturn, and Nintendo Switch
- Lightening Force: Quest for the Darkstar / Thunder Force IV (July 24th, 1992) for Sega Genesis, Sega Saturn, and Nintendo Switch
- Thunder Force V (July 11th, 1997) for Sega Saturn and PlayStation
- Broken Thunder (May 3rd, 2007) for PC
- Thunder Force VI (October 30th, 2008) for PlayStation 2
Links to Other Series[]
Mascot Link: Professor Asobin appears in the Japanese Web manuals of SEGA AGES Thunder Force IV and SEGA AGES Thunder Force AC
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Plazma Line | December 1984 | Orn, the solar system from Thunder Force games, was first featured in Plazma Line. | 1 |
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Soft de Hard na Monogatari | June 1989 | Soft de Hard na Monogatari 2 includes a parody of Thunder Force II called Santa Force II. | 3 |
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Alien Crush | October 10, 1991 | The Genesis versions of Devil's Crush and Dragon's Fury features music tracks from Thunder Force II and III as hidden music. | 2 |
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Gate of Thunder | February 21, 1992 | Gate of Thunder was built around Thunder Force III, as ex-Technosoft staff worked in the game. | 3 |
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Hyper Duel | October 1993 | Music from Thunder Force III is featured in Hyper Duel as hidden music. | 2 |
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Magical Error wo Sagase! | 1994 | One of the "Spot the Difference" puzzles from Magical Error wo Sagase! features a puzzle based on Lightening Force. | 2 |
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Segagaga | March 29, 2001 | Syrinx from the unreleased Dreamcast version of Thunder Force VI appears as a playable spaceship in the minigame R-720 with Syrinx. The music used in the battle against Cool in Segagaga was later remixed and used in Thunder Force VI during the boss battle against Vasteel Nocht. | 1 |
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Sega 3D Reprint Archives | December 22, 2016 | Sega 3D Reprint Archives 3: Final Stage features Thunder Force III with Thunder Force characters interacting with other characters in the credits. | 1 |
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Herzog | August 27, 2020 | STYX and Rynex, the spaceships of Thunder Force III and Lightening Force: Quest for the Darkstar appears in the Herzog Academy mode of SEGA AGES Herzog Zwei. | 2 |
