Thunder Force II screenshots

Title screen

This intro is exclusive to the X68000 version

Using the battleship Plealos, ORN Empire attacks the Galaxy Federation destroying the planet of Reda

Preparing the fighter craft

Fire LEO-02 Exceliza

Configuration menu

First overhead stage, hard as hell but there's a lot more parallax scrolling here than in the MD version

The X68000 version has a handy map feature for the overhead stages

More weapons to choose from

First side-view stage

Thunder Force II