Thunder Force III (US) (Scrolling Shooter) (Sega Genesis)

1990 · shooter · Super Nintendo · NES · Arcade · The Data Archivist V0.01

PLAY ONLINE : https://archive.org/details/Thunder_Force_III_JU_p13C VIDEO LONGPLAY : https://archive.org/details/Mega_Drive_Longplay_104_Thunder_Force_III Source : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thunder_Force_III Thunder Force III (サンダーフォースIII) is a 1990 scrolling shooter game developed by Technosoft for the Sega Genesis . [3] It is the third chapter in the Thunder Force series. It was then retooled into an arcade game named Thunder Force AC . In 1991, Thunder Force AC was ported to the Super Nintendo Entertainment System under the title Thunder Spirits . Gameplay Gameplay screenshot. For Thunder Force III , the free-directional, overhead stage format featured in the previous two games is removed and replaced entirely by the horizontally scrolling stage format. [4] The horizontal format became the new standard for the series. The player is allowed to choose which of the initial five planets (Hydra, Gorgon, Seiren, Haides, and Ellis), to start on. After the first five stages are completed, the game continues for three more stages into ORN headquarters. The weapon system from Thunder Force II returns in this game, with some modifications. Some weapons from Thunder Force II are reused or modified slightly (the enhanceable Twin shot and Back shot remain the defaults), while others are completely new and exclusive to the game. This time, when the player's ship is destroyed, only the weapon that was currently in use is lost (unless it is a default weapon and assuming the game is operating at the default difficulty settings). On any higher difficulty modes than the default one, all weapons are lost when the ship gets destroyed. CLAWs also make their return and have the same behavior and functions, except now when the player collects the CLAW item, the ship automatically receives its maximum two CLAWs (again, CLAWs are lost upon ship destruction in every difficulty modes). Also, when using most weapons, the CLAWs will mimic the ship and fire the same weapon (similar to the Options in Gradius games). The final new addition is that the player's ship now has a speed setting, which can be increased or decreased across four levels at the press of a button. Plot Thunder Force III takes place about 100 years after Thunder Force and directly after Thunder Force II . Despite their successes, the Galaxy Federation has not been faring well in their battle against the ORN Empire. ORN has installed cloaking devices on five major planets in their space territory that conceal their main base, making it difficult for the Galaxy Federation to locate and attack their headquarters. Also, ORN has built a remote defense system to protect itself named Cerberus , which is especially efficient at neutralizing large ships and fleets. Knowing this, the Galaxy Federation creates the FIRE LEO-03 Styx ; a craft small enough to avoid detection by Cerberus, yet equipped with the firepower of a large starfighter. The Galaxy Federation deploys Styx (which is controlled by the player) on a mission to destroy the five cloaking devices, infiltrate the Empire's headquarters, and destroy ORN emperor, the bio-computer "Cha Os". Thunder Force III North American cover of Thunder Force III Developer(s) Technosoft Publisher(s) Technosoft BR : Tec Toy Series Thunder Force Platform(s) Sega Genesis , Arcade , SNES , Sega Saturn , Nintendo 3DS , Nintendo Switch Release Sega Genesis JP : June 8, 1990 [2] NA : October 1990 [1] Arcade JP : December 1990 SNES WW : 1991 Sega Saturn JP : September 27, 1996 JP : December 6, 1996 (AC) Nintendo 3DS JP : December 22, 2016 Nintendo Switch (AC) JP : May 14, 2020 NA : May 28, 2020 EU : May 28, 2020 Genre(s) Scrolling shooter Mode(s) Single-player