I'd give the nod to Thunder Force IV, longer game, more challenging, the absolute pinnacle of the series. Not to mention some nice special effects in some stages, like flying over that desert stage, and what looks to be a sandstorm going on.
I started rewatching the gameplays for this game about 5 years ago, and it literally had one video. Glad that there are more people that know this gem. Not running into the environment is one of the hardest parts of this game imo. We literally had sonic 1, last battle, this, battle toads double dragon, mortal kombat series, atomic runner and robokid. What a good time. Nostalgia city!
People say the Genesis is garbage. Lol, show them this! I'm so fucking sick of hearing how Link to the Past is such a good game. Real gamers know about the gems on the Genesis!!!!
As a SNES-NES fanboy when I was kid, I support your statement: Thunder Force III and IV along with other titles as Gunstar Heroes or Castlevania: Bloodlines showed the true potential of the Genesis.
@@1Corinthians15.1-4 Had I known then that the Thunder Force series existed, I wouldn't have let my sister sell our Genesis to buy a PS1 way back in the 90's
I definitely remember this game. It was one of my favorites. I beat it several times but I don't think it was ever on mania. Don't remember. Either way all the levels were always hard for me no matter what. This game always had that true arcade feel. Loved it.
Mania is a level of difficulty well beyond the hardest. This level was usually achieved through joystick commands when entering the options menu. This also happened on streets of rage 2.
Wow, those last bosses didn't seem like they had to take much damage to be destroyed, especially for the game played at the highest difficulty. Any way you cut it, kudos to you! :)
i dont like the music right at the end couldnt they have kept the music that was playing while the ship was flying back to base that music was much better
This was the game of my childhood! I miss those days! I got the JP MegeDrive 4 months before the official UK release version, I got with ThunderForce 3 that had just been released at the time, June/July of 1990. I played this game to death, I also used to play this game through with no death and end with around 26 lives. I committed everything to memory! Anyway, fast forward 31 years, I recently made myself a RetroPie, and this was the first game I had to hunt down. It amazing how you forget, I can't barely complete 1 level now.
Anyone remember mean machines games mag? This was rated about 98 percent in it and you can see why, it pushed the mega drive to its absolute limits thanks to the brilliant game programmers
I also beat this on mania without dying, back in the day. I loved this game, played it all the time. I was so excited when I bought it.. Side scrolling shooters were my favorite games. Wasn't terribly good at most of them but just something about the sound effects and music, and everything in this game that I got really good at it.
Manhã do game pausa o jogo no botão D 10 toques pra cima depois B após dois toques pra baixo depois A e na sequência START façam isso e verás a mágica 🤫🤭🤭🤭🤭🤭🤭
Just bought this, although I paid way out the ass for a physical copy it's a good game But what I got charged was 70 dollars, cheaper compared to the insane priced assholes on eBay
The thunderous saga deserves to be in the shooter hall of fame with legends as Gaiares, The Steel Empire, trouble shooter aka battle maina, bio hazard battle aka crying, r type insector x, et al
It's an unpopular opinion, but I still prefer this game to TF4, aka Lightening Force. Somehow it feels more balanced and polished, and to me even the soundtrack is more memorable.
The soundtrack in Thunder Force III is way better than Lightening Force’s soundtrack. These are tunes that I can hum and they stick with you. I can’t find anything like that in Lightening Force.
Always played this when I was at school early 90s one of my favourite game intros press pause then up 10 times then down c until you get all weapons then press a to get claw
I owned 2, 3 and 4 on the Genesis. All awesome. I have to admit that I do not like the top view stages of TF2, on the other hand the side scrolling stages are fantastic!
@@sneakyracerpr Yeah Side Scrolling fits TF3 and 4 very well..I want more and hopefully, they should be ported into iphone and Nintendo Switch someday!
I am under the impression that the Japanese version is way harder, even when played on normal, not in terms of speed or enemy fire, but the enemies themselves can take way more damage, specially the mid level bosses & the bosses themselves, it takes almost a minute to kill off the lobster boss, even with sever equipped.
Jetzt weiß ich warum ich es nie geschafft habe man muss ja das ganze Spiel auswendig können und sich so schnell entscheiden welche Waffe man nun für welchen Gegner nimmt habe ich nie hinbekommen
Stage 5: Cerberus (Target: Cerberus, Weak Point: Core System) Stage 6: Orn Base (Target: Off Luck, Weak Point: Extra Weapon Bay) Final Stage: Orn Core (Target: Cha Os, Weak Point: Body) I just think Targets and weak points reveals in some of Thunder Force III stages.
Something I never noticed till it was pointed put to me: the Gargoyle boss comes back in different forms. In Lightening Force it's the Diver, and it returns in a few later games as well. Kind of a cool detail.
*Thanks for the TF3 hookup! I partially played this game because if I remember well, I rented it along with M.U.S.H.A., another great Genesis shooter.*
I'm really bad at such games when I was young 😂 But I used to watch my Dad play when he returns from work and he completed the game. I think this video's gonna be a bitter sweet memory for me one day. My fave tune was Back to the Fire! But this is played in MANIA level gosh you pro!
sigh, too bad the flashing effects don't capture well. Due to either Emulation frameskip opr a capture device that doesn't capture it :P. Other than that? Reviewers in 1990: "Wow such good music and graphics!" Devil Crush team at Technosoft taking over from the Thunderforce 3 team:"Hold our beer!" (Sound team remained the same though :P).
You win the game, then it guilts you and the entire human race to "think about what you have done." Then George Michael kisses the the red-headed pixie girl.
actually i played thunderforce 2 - 3 - 4 and 5 , the only i could advence far were 2 and 5 ^^ . 3 and 4 , i never even got through the 4 selection levels xD . i know , i suck ... T^T
