Lightening Force: Quest for the Darkstar |
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Platform: Genesis
Tags: Shooter, Horizontal Developer: Technosoft AKA: Thunder Force IV (EU), Thunder Force IV (JP) |
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Lightening Force: Quest for the Darkstar reviewReviewed March 19, 2011Marc Golding says: "There's a story here somewhere, but it doesn't matter much--this is a side-scrolling shooter after all. And the story is especially irrelevant when the developers, Technosoft, changed things up when they released Thunder Force V packaged with a revised history of the series. Suffice it to say that you will be expected to kill everything in your path in the name of victory. Martyrdom has no place in space. " |
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Lightening Force: Quest for the Darkstar reviewReviewed September 24, 2004Zigfried says: "From the awe-inspiring title screen, with gigantic scrolling lettering (THUNDER FORCE) and raging guitar, to the eerily grandiose organs of the penultimate stage, the music tracks — nay, the entire game — keep injecting excitement directly into your jugular." |
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Lightening Force: Quest for the Darkstar reviewReviewed April 08, 2006phediuk says: "The Genesis has a lot of shooters. Not just any type of shooter, mind you, but the variety that encompasses Gradius, R-Type, Darius, etc... You know, the subgenre of shooters that no one can quite settle on a name for. The term "space shooter" doesn't include games with non-space settings, like 1942 or Legendary Wings; "scrolling shooter" doesn't include 3D shooters like Star Fox or stationary shooters like Galaga; "shoot-'em-up" also brings to mind run 'n' guns like Contra and Gunstar Heroes; a..." |
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Thunder Force III Reviews: 4 Tags: Shooter, Scrolling, Horizontal Release Date: June 7, 1990 (North America) |
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Hellfire Reviews: 3 Tags: Shooter, Scrolling, Horizontal Release Date: 1991 (North America) |
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Thunder Force II Reviews: 3 Tags: Shooter, Scrolling, Horizontal Release Date: August 14, 1989 (North America) |
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