Thunder Force IV normal mode played with one credit (6)

[Edd731]

I love the way as your flying from the explosions and then the huge whiteout and your ship buckles......IMMENSE!

[Edd731]

4:03 - excellent shot with the thundersword, destroys the bosses energy ball in one blast!

[aperturius]

One of my most lasting video game memories is the first time I fought the big silver boss in this game. He ducked off screen and that ginormous fireball hit me out of nowhere...I let out an audible yelp.

[m4rk90me]

could someone tell me the story line please? who is the final boss?

[PeekaPeep]

0:27 WHOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAA!!!

;-D

[Andragorans]

THe music is fuckin-rockin kickasser.. That's a music that can boost your desire to play and get to the end.

[X3MCTZN]

Guys I have to admit in the end of the game the music is sooo touching that almos I was gonna cry ;( ,,,,,,,,,, DAAAAAAAAMN UNIVERSAL SPLENDID GAMEEEEEEEEE, AND MUSIC ----- EPIIIIIIIIIC !!!!

[m3hee]

Thanks heaps for this, i'm lazy to not ROM it already but will eventually, been really missing seeing the ending credits for ages, the best shooter on the genesis, and awesome game up with the others like Gunstar Heroes, streets of rage and sonic etc, legendary game....

[Bluefox95]

EPIC GAME !!!

I remember that my parents were playing this game when I was 4 years old (1994)

I never knew how the game was called until I found it on the internet 9 years later...

And during all this time, I was wondering what was the name of this game... The only things I remembered from this game were the music of the first level, the moment where our allies bring a reactor on the ship and the last boss

And now I wonder how my parents made to finish this game without gameover

[RawrWolfie]

Holy shit! It was the same for me, except I remembered the game by the ship's features. Like the two big red cannon on each side.

[hoboterror]

why is the last boss shaped like a frog?

[valfar27]

Cult shooter, awesome game... 1992!!!!!

Thunderforce IV and R-Type are, in fact, the best shooters of the 16 bits era. I'm very proud of have them in original cartridge!!

Remember the marvellous sound when the ship explodes, the own death freaking me out!

[FIRELEO4Rynex]

It doesn't come up often... I think that a hidden attraction of TF4 is refreshing sound effects.

All SE was made very thoughtfully; burst, launch, voice, and so on. They match the solid&hardcore atmosphere of the game, and bring us pleasure of destruction.

[harpinos]

so cult, so long, so hard.....Thunder force last stage is simply mythic. Shame that the first stages of TF4 are a bit easy, with too small sprites

[sf2explus]

i like r- type although this is a good game 2

they should make r type vs thunder force

[uroboruscl]

que buenos recuerdos ese jefe es brutal!!

[RRVCrinale]

And we all know where Rynex eventually ended up...or should I say... "Vasteel?"

*ominous fanfare hook*

[aryinc]

epic game everything about this game is straight a this is really a gem and snes nor other 16bit console have shooters this good and esspecially not at the time 1992 not a snes not neo geo not shrap pc68000 thing,don't why people cal the sharp x68000 a console since it,s brought like a pc so thus a game pc not an console.

[alnore1986]

when i finished the game, in the high score name entering menu, it says: 'expert pilots'

does this mean i completed the game in expert difficulty?

[FIRELEO4Rynex]

No, there is not "expert" difficulty in this game. You can press start with holding A button in title, to see it in config mode.

[Stroude]

they call it Maniac instead lol

[drewminati]

Some amazing ending music for a shooter, dammit techno soft why aren't you bringing part6 to america

[BladeTheFirst]

a interesting thing is when you see that screen before it tallys up ur score, if you look at the 3 dots one of them says crying time and the one above that says busted (at least from my prespective

[stormtrooper1822]

And "now hit the road jack". Fuck, after the multiple times ive finished this game i have NEVER noticed that until now LOL

[SusakeKes]

i want this so bad y isnt it coming on the vc?

[chunglist]

One of the best megadrive games ever, and one of the best MD endings of all time - great music!

Ive always wondered why most japanese people on MD game credits use knicknames instead of their real names...

[FIRELEO4Rynex]

I guess most Japanese players think it's cool to have knicknames. They think It's cooler to exhibit knickname than Japanese real name. At least, I think so. Maybe, most Japanese don't feel their real name to be very cool.

[enalvarado]

One of the best games I have ever played with replay value that will last for a very long time especially with maniac setting.

[NavyDentalCorps]

arrgg!! such great music!! anybody know where i can find it? Specially the music after credits start rolling.

[ArbalestModel]

And at the end, is the beginning of TFV where the Earth probe finds Rynex drifting in space. At least that's what I think.

[indowill]

one of the best shooters ever... awesome soundtrack...

[Xeogred]

Epic game.

[TurretHunter]

One of my top played games and my favorite from Sega Genesis. Nice gameplay and nice shot at the end.

[combatcore7]

ahh the boss music was so epic in this stage, made me feel heroic

[ilsindacosv]

One of my favourite games ever...great music, great gameplay. I love it

[namo8c]

Such a badass song for the last boss !! Awesome Game . really epic .

[namo8c]

Such a badass song for the last boss !! Awesome Game . really epic .

[xxxaabbccxxx]

HUNTER is not really suitable for this i think, i prefer using FREEWAY or THURDER.

[ThunderForce222]

Great Move to avoid the Tracking lasers on the first form...BUT you can destroy the Blaster it hides in in the first go around by letting the Thunder Sword charge after every blast. Making so you don't have to fight through it's pattern a second time.

[Nkatsikanis]

This last boss was too easy!

[aryinc]

best looking shooter on the genesis,snes or nec tg16,cd can lit a fire to that.

[skeeuk1]

one of my all time fave games, i played this so much back in the day that i finished the game on mania without dying. and played it everyday what a superb shooter i guess they dont make them like they used to do

[mapaasno]

Best boss music ever!

[splitfist]

I'm in amazement. So glad I held onto this game for the genesis :D

[aryinc]

man the music is crepping good,imaging it had a bit more phase and a bit more drum,bass then you woul have real metal on a genesis,it is possible to do some nice metal on genesis for shure.

[wearafrown]

gotta love all those nick names in the credits

[ottamauricio]

I love this game!!

I've played it for hours and I got to listen the four different ending musics.

[haisaid]

Man, I LOVED this game. Played it over and over again. I even loved how you could direct the 'warp stars' during hi-score name entry.

15 years ago...

[atomofish]

I picked up V not too long ago. (PS1 version) Incredibly awesome game. I wanted to get the Saturn version, but its going for sky high prices everywhere I look. IV was awesome, but it really kicked my ass.

[atomofish]

I always thought it was interesting how this game led to story of Thunder Force V.

[FIRELEO4Rynex]

You can see the broken Rynex in TF4 ending. A cockpit with two pilots warped and survived, but broken Rynex drifted from the orn system(the stage of TF1,2,3,4) and arrived at Kuiper Belt(near the Pluto). And Human living on the Earth called it "Vast-ian's steel=Vasteel". With the technology in Vasteel the Human made the Babel, Guardian, Gauntlet, Vambrace, and so on. That is cause that Babel and Guardian could reconstruct Vasteel Original in stage5 of TF5.

[leon4000]

I beat this game on all difficulties. It was very fun.

[FIRELEO4Rynex]

I know no game which makes the most of FM synthesis but ThunderForceIV.

[damjen666]

Amazing music! Simply the best on MD!

[moochkin]

i loved that game. had some of the best music of any sega mega drive game.

[haydenhaydenhayden]

I always remember loving the End Credits music. Had a real animè feel to them.

[Alianger]

no miss? you're missing all the time dude.

[FIRELEO4Rynex]

You're right. I'm not so good player. haha

[Alianger]

no it's great, just change the name to "no damage taken" or "1cc" instead.

[TheIccy]

NoMiss is a Shmup phrase. It means exactly that.