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Time for more classic shooting
action with Technosoft's Thunder Force Gold
Pack 2. This time we have a 100% perfect copies of the Mega Drive hit
Thunder Force IV and the arcade version of Thunder Force AC which was
also released on the SFC/SNES by Toshiba under the name of Thunder
Spirits. Sadly the SFC/SNES version is pretty poor. An interesting fact
for those who don't know. Thunder Force II MD
was in fact a cut down version of Thunder Force AC with a few over head
sections thrown in.
Technosoft have learned from their mistake with the first Gold Pack by
actually
"emulating"
the original Mega Drive and Arcade sound and not just streaming it from
CD like they did with the first collection. The music on Thunder Force
AC seems to be 100% spot on while the music in Thunder Force IV is 99%
perfect. There seems to be just a tinny difference in some of the songs.
Nothing that would spoil the fun though.
This is defiantly worth picking up for Thunder Force IV alone but with
the added bonus of Thunder Force AC you can't go wrong.
Here's just a quick history of the Thunder Force series.
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1983 - Thunder Force - appeared on various Japanese PCs
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1984 - Thunder Force Construction - appeared on various Japanese PCs
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1988 - Thunder Force II - appeared on the Sharp X68000 home computer
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1989 - Thunder Force II MD - Mega Drive remake of the Sharp X68000 game
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1990 - Thunder Force III - Mega Drive
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1990 - Thunder Force AC - Arcade
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1991 - Thunder Spirits - Super Famicom (SNES) made by Toshiba
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1992 - Thunder Force IV - Mega Drive
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1996 - Thunder Force Gold pack 1 - Saturn
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1996 - Thunder Force Gold Pack 2 - Saturn
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1996 - Thunder Force V - Saturn
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1996 - Thunder Force V Special Pack - Saturn
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1996 - Thunder Force V - PlayStation
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2000 - Thunder Force VI - Dreamcast (Never completed) |
