Thunder Force II

Thunder Force II
Developer(s)Technosoft
Publisher(s)X68000
  • JP: Technosoft
Genesis
Designer(s)Takashi Iwanaga
Programmer(s)Izumi Fukuda
Artist(s)Osamu Tsujikawa
Shinya Shirakawa
Composer(s)Tomomi Ōtani
SeriesThunder Force
Platform(s)X68000, Genesis
ReleaseX68000
  • JP: October 15, 1988
Genesis
  • JP: June 15, 1989
  • NA: August 14, 1989
  • EU: 1990
  • BRA: December 1990
Genre(s)Scrolling shooter
Mode(s)Single-player

Thunder Force II[a] is a scrolling shooter developed by Technosoft. It was first released in Japan on October 15, 1988 for the X68000 computer.[1] A year later, it was ported to the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis game console and released in Japan (under the name Thunder Force II MD), Europe, and the United States. Thunder Force II was one of the six launch titles for the U.S. Genesis release. The Genesis port was later included in Thunder Force Gold Pack Volume 1 for the Sega Saturn.[2] It was also re-released on the Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack on December 16, 2021.[3] It is the second chapter of the Thunder Force series.


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  1. ^ "Thunder Force II International Releases". Giant Bomb. Retrieved 2013-06-08.
  2. ^ "Thunder Force V: The Classic 16-Bit Shooter Returns". Electronic Gaming Monthly. No. 100. Ziff Davis. November 1997. p. 58.
  3. ^ SEGA Genesis - December 2021 Game Updates - Nintendo Switch Online, retrieved 2021-12-17