Super Thunder Blade

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Super Thunder Blade
System(s): Sega Mega Drive, Virtual Console, Steam
Publisher: Sega
Developer:
Genre: Shoot-'em-Up

















Release Date RRP Code
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Super Thunder Blade (スーパーサンダーブレード) is a shooter for the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis console published by Sega. It was one of two launch titles for the console in Japan (the other being Space Harrier II) and is a follow-up to the arcade game Thunder Blade.

It was released for the Virtual Console on September 17, 2007. It was also included in the Sega Mega Drive Collection for PlayStation 2 and PlayStation Portable in 2007 and in Sega Mega Drive Ultimate Collection for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.

Gameplay

As in its predecessor, the player takes control of an helicopter which is used to attack a group of guerrillas. The helicopter itself uses guns and missiles (A and C, respectively), and can also air brake (hold B). A distinctive feature that also appears in the arcade game is the use of different viewpoints during the entire game; during normal gameplay and when fighting sub-bosses, the game utilizes a third-person perspective from behind the helicopter, similar to Space Harrier, but the camera changes to a top-down perspective when fighting bosses.

Differences from Thunder Blade

The Mega Drive programmers' solution to the scaling in the overhead stages of Thunder Blade was to simply cut them out completely. Instead, each stage starts off in the over-the-shoulder segment. To make up for this, these stages now have a new mid-boss, similar to the one fought at the end of the arcade version. After defeating this, the helicopter goes into an overhead view, but there's no scaling at all (which makes sense, as players couldn't change altitude in these scenes either.) These play out pretty much the same as the arcade game.

Once again, there are only four stages, with the first, second and fourth being roughly identical to the arcade game, and the third being a brand new level that takes place over the ocean. There's also a new final boss, fought in the overhead perspective.

Levels

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Production Credits

Executive Producer: Muuuu Yuji
Programmer: Com Blue
Edited by: Babylon Sat.
Art Director: Gomachan
Art Designer: Judy Totoya, Yoshibon
Sound Composer: Sting Saito
Directed by: Bros400 1929
Presented by: Sega

Physical Scans

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
75
88 №26
Sega Mega Drive
82
Based on
2 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)
50
[1]
ACE (UK) PAL
88
[2]
Beep! MegaDrive (JP) NTSC-J
50
[3]
Complete Guide to Consoles (UK)
80
[4]
Complete Guide to Consoles (UK)
69
[5]
The Complete Guide to Sega (UK)
69
[6]
Console XS (UK) PAL
79
[7]
Cool Gamer (RU)
60
[8]
Electronic Gaming Monthly (US)
60
[9]
Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide (UK)
49
[10]
Famitsu (JP) NTSC-J
78
[11]
The Games Machine (UK)
82
[12]
Games Preview (DK)
70
[13]
Hobby Consolas (ES)
75
[14]
Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming (UK) PAL
59
[15]
Mega Drive Fan (JP) NTSC-J
65
[16]
Mega (UK) PAL
18
[17]
Mega (UK) PAL
41
[18]
MegaTech (UK)
69
[19]
Micromanía (segunda época) (ES)
60
[20]
Mean Machines Sega (UK)
69
[21]
Raze (UK) PAL
75
[22]
Sega Power (UK) PAL
25
[23]
Sega Pro (UK)
83
[24]
Sega Pro (UK) PAL
73
[25]
Sega Force (UK) PAL
37
[26]
Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J
51
[27]
Tricks 16 bit (RU)
63
[28]
Sega Mega Drive
62
Based on
28 reviews

Super Thunder Blade

Mega Drive, US
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Mega Drive, EU
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Mega Drive, JP
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Mega Drive, BR
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Mega Drive, KR

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External Links

  • 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 231
  • ACE, "November 1989" (UK; 1989-10-xx), page 144
  • Beep! MegaDrive, "February 1990" (JP; 1990-01-08), page 71
  • Complete Guide to Consoles, "" (UK; 1989-10-16), page 74
  • Complete Guide to Consoles, "Volume IV" (UK; 1990-11-xx), page 36
  • The Complete Guide to Sega, "" (UK; 1991-05-xx), page 50
  • Console XS, "June/July 1992" (UK; 1992-04-23), page 135
  • Cool Gamer, "9" (RU; 2002-10-13), page 214
  • Electronic Gaming Monthly, "September/October 1989" (US; 1989-0x-xx), page 13
  • Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide, "" (UK; 1993-11-18), page 102
  • Famitsu, "" (JP; 1988-1x-xx), page 1
  • The Games Machine, "June 1989" (UK; 1989-05-18), page 19
  • Games Preview, "8/9 1989" (DK; 1989-xx-xx), page 71
  • Hobby Consolas, "Marzo 1992" (ES; 1992-0x-xx), page 92
  • Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "January 1993" (UK; 199x-xx-xx), page 94
  • Mega Drive Fan, "November 1989" (JP; 1989-10-07), page 49
  • Mega, "October 1992" (UK; 1992-09-17), page 60
  • Mega, "June 1993" (UK; 1993-05-20), page 21
  • MegaTech, "Xmas 1991" (UK; 1991-12-06), page 80
  • Micromanía (segunda época), "Enero 1991" (ES; 199x-xx-xx), page 36
  • Mean Machines Sega, "October 1992" (UK; 1992-09-xx), page 142
  • Raze, "January 1991" (UK; 1990-11-29), page 66
  • Sega Power, "October 1991" (UK; 1991-09-05), page 54
  • Sega Pro, "April 1992" (UK; 1992-03-19), page 30
  • Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 68
  • Sega Force, "August 1992" (UK; 1992-07-09), page 25
  • Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 87
  • Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 192