The Story of Thor: A Successor of the Light

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The Story of Thor: A Successor of the Light/Beyond Oasis
System(s): Sega Mega Drive, Virtual Console, Steam
Publisher: Sega
Developer: Ancient
Sound driver: Ancient Music Driver MD
Genre: Action
Release Date RRP Code JP ▼ 2007-02-27 600pts600 US ▼ 2007-03-19 800pts800 EU ▼ 2007-04-06 800pts800
ESRB Sega PEGI ELSPA OFLC

The Story of Thor: A Successor of the Light, called The Story of Thor: Hikari o Tsugumono (ストーリー・オブ・トア 光を継ぐ者) in Japan, La Legende de Thor in France, and Beyond Oasis in North America, is a 1994/1995 role-playing action game developed by Ancient for the Sega Mega Drive. It was followed by a prequel, The Story of Thor 2, on the Sega Saturn.

Prince Ali has found the Gold Armlet, a magical artifact used by Reharl, a sorcerer, to defeat Agito, another sorcerer who wanted to destroy the Kingdom of Oasis with his Silver Armlet, a long time ago. Both sorcerers died and the armlets were lost until now. The Gold Armlet governs the four spirits of Oasis, which Ali must find in order to stop the person who has found the Silver Armlet from destroying Oasis.

Gameplay

US title screen.

Pressing jumps, and holding crouches while walking. attacks. How long you hold for, how many times you have it pressed, whether or not you are jumping, and whether or not you are moving all determine which attack you perform (though it will always be either using your sword or kicking). is also used to talk to villagers.  START  opens up a menu where you can equip weapons and items, check your progress, look at a map, and save.

Production Credits

Main Program & System Design: Yukio Takahashi
Monster, Event & Sound Program: Hideki Koyama
Monster & Visual Program: Akitoshi Kawano
Game Design & Main Planning: Kataru Uchimura
Map Design & Event Design: Tetsuya Kawabata
Art Direction & Character Design: Ayano Koshiro
Object Art & Illustration: Hitoshi Ariga
Background Graphic Art: Hiroki Tatemukai, Hajime Chikami
Story & Script Writer: Juri Ogawa
Producer & Music Composer: Yuzo Koshiro
Special Thanks To: Steaven C Vlam
Special Thanks To Sega Staff: Kunihiro Shirahata
©1995 Sega
Music ©1994 Yuzo Koshiro

Promotional Material

• BeyondOasis MD US PrintAdvert.jpg

  US print advert

• Thor MD FR PrintAdvert.jpg

  FR print advert

• 1995 05 - Software Mega Drive.jpg

  ES print advert

Physical Scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication Score Source CD Consoles (FR) 56 №4, p132/133/134/135 Consoles + (FR) 96 №41, p92/93/94 Computer & Video Games (UK) 89 №160, p78/79/80 GamesMaster (UK) 93 №27, p54/55 Games World: The Magazine (UK) 93 №10, p14 Mean Machines Sega (UK) 93 №29, p56-61 Next Generation (US) 40 №4, p94 Player One (FR) 96 №51, p78/79/80/81 Sega Magazine (UK) 90 №15, p94/95 Sega Power (UK) 93 №65, p42/43/44/45 Sega Pro (UK) 90 №43, p36/37 Ultimate Future Games (UK) 84 №5, p90

	84
Based on 12 reviews

Sega Retro Average

Publication Version Score 1700 igr dlya Sega (RU) 90 Alaab Alcomputtar (SA) 90 Beep! MegaDrive (JP) NTSC-J 80 CD Consoles (FR) 56 Consoles + (FR) 96 Cool Gamer (RU) 90 Computer & Video Games (UK) 89 Electronic Games (1992-1995) (US) NTSC-U 58 Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) NTSC-U 76 Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1 (RU) 90 Famitsu (JP) NTSC-J 60 GameFan (US) NTSC-U 95 Game Players (US) NTSC-U 75 GamePro (US) NTSC-U 88 Games World: The Magazine (UK) PAL 93 Joypad (FR) PAL 93 MAN!AC (DE) PAL 79 Mega (UK) PAL 93 Mega Fun (DE) PAL 84 Mean Machines Sega (UK) PAL 93 Next Generation (US) NTSC-U 25 Player One (FR) 96 Play Time (DE) 88 Power Up! (UK) 91 Saturn Fan (JP) NTSC-J 76 Sega Magazine (UK) PAL 90 Sega News (CZ) 82 Sega Power (UK) PAL 93 Sega Pro (UK) PAL 90 Sega Mega Drive Review (RU) 82 Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J 82 Todo Sega (ES) 91 Tricks (RU) 81 Tricks 16 bit (RU) 89 Ultimate Future Games (UK) PAL 84 Video Games (DE) PAL 86 VideoGames (US) 80

	83
Based on 37 reviews

The Story of Thor: A Successor of the Light

Mega Drive, US
Cart

Mega Drive, US (cardboard)
Cover
Cart Manual

Mega Drive, JP
Cover
Manual

Mega Drive, UK
Cover

Mega Drive, FR
Cover
Cart

Mega Drive, DE
Cover

Mega Drive, ES

Mega Drive, AU

Mega Drive, KR
Cover
Cart

External Links

• Sega of Japan Virtual Console page (Japanese)
• The Story of Thor: A Successor of the Light on Steam

File:MeanMachinesSega29UK.pdf, page 56

1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 224

Alaab Alcomputtar, "" (SA; 1995-08-xx), page 15

Beep! MegaDrive, "January 1995" (JP; 1994-12-08), page 24

CD Consoles, "Février 1995" (FR; 1995-xx-xx), page 132

Consoles +, "Mars 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 92

Cool Gamer, "9" (RU; 2002-10-13), page 207

Computer & Video Games, "March 1995" (UK; 1995-02-15), page 78

Electronic Games (1992-1995), "June 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 84

Electronic Gaming Monthly, "March 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 36

Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1, "" (RU; 1999-xx-xx), page 313

Famitsu, "1994-12-16" (JP; 1994-12-02), page 1

GameFan, "Volume 3, Issue 3: March 1995" (US; 1995-xx-xx), page 18

Game Players, "Vol. 8 No. 4 April 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 46

GamePro, "May 1995" (US; 1995-xx-xx), page 105

Games World: The Magazine, "April 1995" (UK; 1995-0x-xx), page 14

Joypad, "Mars 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 60

MAN!AC, "03/95" (DE; 1995-02-08), page 50

Mega, "March 1995" (UK; 1995-02-28), page 52

Mega Fun, "03/95" (DE; 1995-02-22), page 74

Next Generation, "April 1995" (US; 1995-03-21), page 96

Player One, "Mars 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 78

Play Time, "4/95" (DE; 1995-03-08), page 103

Power Up!, "Saturday, March 25, 1995" (UK; 1995-03-25), page 1

Saturn Fan, "1995 March" (JP; 1995-02-08), page 41

Sega Magazine, "March 1995" (UK; 1995-02-15), page 94

Sega News, "Listopad 1996" (CZ; 1996-1x-xx), page 25

Sega Power, "April 1995" (UK; 1995-02-16), page 42

Sega Pro, "April 1995" (UK; 1995-02-23), page 36

Sega Mega Drive Review, "2" (RU; 1996-01-03), page 24

Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 85

Todo Sega, "Abril 1995" (ES; 1995-0x-xx), page 30

Tricks, "5/95" (RU; 1995-xx-xx), page 28

Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 8

Ultimate Future Games, "April 1995" (UK; 1995-03-02), page 90

Video Games, "3/95" (DE; 1995-02-23), page 94

VideoGames, "April 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 71