Thunder Force II is both a side scrolling and top down shooter. In the game you control a ship. In some stages the action is side scrolling and in others it is top down (overhead). The weapons systems is fairly basic. You can switch from shooting a more powerful weapon straight ahead or two less powerful guns shooting forward and backward simultaneously. There are various power-ups that improve your fire power.

In the top down levels you can only travel in cardinal directions and cannot maneuver around obstacles easily or slow down. The control in the side scrolling levels is reminiscent of R-Type or Gradius, but with more basic weapons systems. In future incarnations of the series the top down aspect would be abandoned.

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Alternate Titles

"Thunder Force II MD" -- Japanese title

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Thunder Force series

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	Thunder Force II
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Majestic Lizard (663)

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The Press Says

Sega-16.com	Jul 08, 2004	9 out of 10	90
Mean Machines	Oct, 1990	82 out of 100	82
Netjak	Nov 19, 2002	8.2 out of 10	82
Objectif-SEGA	Aug 03, 2008	5 out of 10	50
The Video Game Critic	Aug 30, 2001	C-	42

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Trivia

Released in June 1989, Thunder Force II MD was the very first third-party game released for the Mega Drive in Japan, eight months after the system's initial launch.

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This entry to the MobyGames database was contributed by Majestic Lizard (663) on Sep 25, 2006.