- Thunder Force AC
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title = Thunder Force AC
developer =Technosoft
publisher = Sega/Technosoft
designer =
release = JP 1990
genre =Scrolling shooter
modes =Single player
cabinet = Upright
arcade system =System C-2
display = Raster, standard resolution 336x240 (Horizontal)
input =Joystick 8-way, 3 buttons
platforms = Arcade,Super Nintendo ,Sega Saturn "Thunder Force AC" is a horizontal space shooter from
Sega /Technosoft . Due to the success of Technosoft's Thunder Force III for theMega Drive (Sega Genesis ), it was decided that the game would be brought to the arcade scene in the form of Thunder Force AC. Ported to Sega'sSystem C-2 hardware, Thunder Force AC is almost graphically identical to its Mega Drive counterpart, with only very minor and often unnoticeable differences. Although Sega's System C-2 hardware is very similar to the Mega Drive's, it has the same sound processor as Sega's earlierSystem 16 hardware (the UPD7759 @ 640 kHz), so the music and sound effects are of lower quality.Thunder Force AC has been described as a retooling of Thunder Force III because it borrows enemies and stages from the earlier Thunder Force II, as well as adding some original content. The original Thunder Force AC
Jamma board is now rare, but the game was ported to theSuper Nintendo (SNES) in1992 asThunder Spirits . ASega Saturn port was made and included on the1996 releaseThunder Force Gold Pack 2 .
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