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Thunder Spirits

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Also known as
SEGA AGES サンダーフォースAC Sega Ages: Thunder Force AC Thunder Force AC サンダースピリッツ

A side scrolling shooter with a health bar and swappable weapons across eight space stages.

Thunder Spirits is a Super Nintendo (SNES) game developed by Technosoft and published by Seika Corporation, released exclusively in Japan on December 6, 1991. It is a port of Thunder Force AC (itself based on Thunder Force III), but the SNES version is a distinct release. The legacy year 1990 is incorrect for the SNES platform.

About Thunder Spirits

Thunder Spirits is a shoot 'em up where the player controls a starfighter opposing the Orn empire across eight stages in space. Its visual presentation was adapted for arcades, though it remains comparable to what the Sega Genesis hardware could display.

The player's ship is equipped with a health-bar and a flexible weapon system. Collected power-ups grant different armaments that can be stored and activated at any time during play.

While several stages are directly carried over from the Genesis title Thunder Force III with slight alterations, the fourth and fifth levels feature entirely new designs and graphics.

Thunder Spirits Screenshots

12 images
Title screen
A line of enemies
Firing some bullets
Hitting an enemy with bullets
Continue screen
Enemies all over the screen
A power-up
Firing a laser beam
Getting help with 2 side guns
A boss
One of his attacks
Another of his attacks