Oh, Dear GOOOOODDDDDD!!! Thank you for putting to rest a 30 year-old question that stuck in the back of my mind for soooooo long. I can live in peace now!!
@@youisiaint I have to look for it I'm sure it's in my closet somewhere, I'm not sure if I have the hard case and manual for it, but I just remembered that I have Castle of Illusions and I'm sincerely about to cry. The Genesis was my first and hardest impacting things of my entire life. I can't imagine what my life would be like if Sonic wasn't my first game
I still have Herzog Zwei, Xmen, Shining Force, Wonder Boy, Exile, and the first 2 Sonic games. I had many more from my childhood but let someone borrow them a long time ago and they moved and I never heard from them again.
@@youisiaint you actually sent a tingle with Shining Force. I'm going to go watch a speed run of Sword of Vermillion and cry, you actually unlocked so many past games for me. You're dope af
@@whobitmyname IMO TF3 is easier with just a bit of pattern memorization in the stages 4 and 5, and probably in the last stage, I got finally my 1CC in the 2nd attempt
Got this with the console in 1990. Those top views take me back. Never made it to the last level, and honestly, I'm glad I didn't because I would have burned my retinas.
Ahh... Remember renting this back in the day. I think it was my 8th birthday (1997), I remember getting Star Wars Micro Machines and after the party ended, my best friend Jaime and I were in the living room playing this. The startup music to this game still gives me an emotional reaction.
@@roderickstockdale1678 Oh no, I meant there were actually Micro Machines (the little toy models) of the fighters, starships, and other craft from Star Wars available at the time. I would get mine from Target. I didn't specify correctly; my bad.
Level 5 is literally the worst level design I've ever seen in the 41 years of my life, and i love challenging games, that's not challenging that's just terrible design. you can see that even with a pro playing he needs to keep going back and forward because the ship doesn't stop, it's like the ship has gone insane it's just ridiculous, no wonder they removed that from the sequels.
Hey, what does the synthesized voice say right before he says ‘Good Luck’ at the start of the game- does anyone know? Thanks in advance… I’ve been wonderin’ about that for years!
The overhead levels are balls annoying having to go back and forth. If the entire game was the side angle levels this would have been a huge win. When I 1st played it I thought the entire game would be like level one.
Dude, last night I got all the way to plealos and destroyed all it's cores but when it started falling I didn't know what to do and panicked and flew away only to lose it completely and get stuck in hyperspace. I call it the bad ending.
11:55 i think this is stage 5? that's the worst level design I've ever seen, in all of my gaming, 41 years playing challenging games I've come across some bad levels, but nothing this bad, this is just unplayable. good thing i don't have nostalgia for this or i would be just another one saying how good this garbage is, thankfully the sequels removed the top down stages. I congratulate you well done.
The first 3 bases are not that hard to get to (although playing it back in the day and trying to find them would be a pain and a lot of gameovers), but once you know where they are, it's alright. It's the last one that is a nightmare to do it the intended way. I just take short cut by intentionally dying and phasing through the walls to get to it. Honestly, once you've played the game a lot, you don't mind the top down stages that much, in fact you almost find them to be a nice change of pace and a relief because they're actually easier than the side scrolling stages. The hardest part of the top down stages is just finding where all the bases are, but once you know where they all are, they are pretty straight forward (stage 4 being the exception), although cheap deaths are par for the course.
I decided to try this game out and, from a no nostalgia perspective, it's not very good. I love Thunder Force III and its AC counterpart though. The back-and-forthing on the overhead stages wouldn't be so bad if it weren't for the fact that you have no idea where to go. Even after getting to stage 5 several times, the overhead stages are still confusing.
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First game I ever played on the Megadrive and it blew me and my brother AWAY. Fantastic game and the soundtrack and FX are brilliant.
Pilot: This is Excelizer.
Whoever he was talking to: “Roger, Good luck” ☺️
Hahaha, thanks for this! I just couldn't make it out at all!
😂 Anytime gorgeous
A-jay jay jay ladder. Good luck!
Nina nana nooner! Noner... Good luck! - me in 1989
na na na - RUclips CC in 2020
Oh, Dear GOOOOODDDDDD!!! Thank you for putting to rest a 30 year-old question that stuck in the back of my mind for soooooo long. I can live in peace now!!
Underrated classic
I still have the physical copy of this game, one of my* all time favorites. Game play and music.
Eta: I forgot "my"
I've got it too, just the cartridge. I remember getting it from a yard sale in the mid 90s
@@youisiaint I have to look for it I'm sure it's in my closet somewhere, I'm not sure if I have the hard case and manual for it, but I just remembered that I have Castle of Illusions and I'm sincerely about to cry. The Genesis was my first and hardest impacting things of my entire life. I can't imagine what my life would be like if Sonic wasn't my first game
I still have Herzog Zwei, Xmen, Shining Force, Wonder Boy, Exile, and the first 2 Sonic games. I had many more from my childhood but let someone borrow them a long time ago and they moved and I never heard from them again.
@@youisiaint you actually sent a tingle with Shining Force. I'm going to go watch a speed run of Sword of Vermillion and cry, you actually unlocked so many past games for me. You're dope af
@@WaffleKingler I have that one too, along with Traysia and that awful Super Hydlide game
The music is crazy good!!!
VG Longplays just rocks this game!
This was always my fave of the series because of the top down parts.
I agree. The top down sheets are reminiscent of 'Last Mission', arcade. another fave of mine.
You make it look so easy. I thought this was the toughest of the 3 Genesis releases, mainly because of those overhead levels
He makes it look easy because he uses savestates.
TF3 felt so much tougher because of the speed controls.
@@whobitmyname IMO TF3 is easier with just a bit of pattern memorization in the stages 4 and 5, and probably in the last stage, I got finally my 1CC in the 2nd attempt
Got this with the console in 1990. Those top views take me back.
Never made it to the last level, and honestly, I'm glad I didn't because I would have burned my retinas.
My cousin’s friend beat that game but took like an hour to beat the game. Yes it’s a difficult game even I can’t even pass the first level
I love this game. The visual style, the sound and music is so out of this world and alien
Thunder Force 2 is legendary with Spectacular graphics and STUNNING gameplay
This game had the hair on the back of my neck standing up when I first played it back in 1989. It was mind blowing
Thunder Force 2 is ABSOLUTELY AWESOME and STUNNINGLY AMAZING
bro that voice sample on the "good luck" screen 💀
Lol “This is Excelizer. Roger. Good luck”
@@Lbree1077 the fact i needed to know what the voice sample said in text makes this sample even worse lmfao
It was the 80's...
12:25 Music's having the time of its life
Ahh... Remember renting this back in the day. I think it was my 8th birthday (1997), I remember getting Star Wars Micro Machines and after the party ended, my best friend Jaime and I were in the living room playing this. The startup music to this game still gives me an emotional reaction.
Sega CD Star Wars?
@@roderickstockdale1678 I wish I had a Sega CD back in the day!
Wolfdragon92584 then I guess Game Gear because Genesis had no Star Wars game.
@@roderickstockdale1678 Oh no, I meant there were actually Micro Machines (the little toy models) of the fighters, starships, and other craft from Star Wars available at the time. I would get mine from Target. I didn't specify correctly; my bad.
Wolfdragon92584 no, MY bad. I didn’t read the Micro Machines. I was fascinated with them.
5th and 6th level always drove me nuts as a kid.
Level 5 is literally the worst level design I've ever seen in the 41 years of my life, and i love challenging games, that's not challenging that's just terrible design.
you can see that even with a pro playing he needs to keep going back and forward because the ship doesn't stop, it's like the ship has gone insane it's just ridiculous, no wonder they removed that from the sequels.
I'm referring to the level at 12:00 I'm not sure if it's level 5.
11:48. 'im uncle and 'im always thought sacrificing a life was MANDATORY to get to the last boss. 😂 ULTIMATE respect. 💯®️
As a teen got to end never knew how to beat that huge ship
Mi primer juego de Sega..que recuerdos.
The Genesis version does sound beefier than the X68000 version.
Hey, what does the synthesized voice say right before he says ‘Good Luck’ at the start of the game- does anyone know? Thanks in advance… I’ve been wonderin’ about that for years!
It says: This is Exceliza (The ship's name). Roger, Good luck!
THIS IS EXCELISER ULTIMATE FIGHTER RYDER GOOD LUCK!!!
5:17 One̸̛̛̺͈͈̼̫̙͎͒̀̃͆̓̅̄̑̽̂͠-̵̧̩͙̘̥͖͉͈̦͎̂͌̑̃͊̽̽͒̇̀̓̚̚ữ̴̢̤̜͔̦̫̫̠̤̰̼̣͍̆͗̊̊p̴̠̼̯͉͖̔
This also happens in the overhead stages when you get a weapon right as the game transitions to the performance screen.
my best 3 part:) cuz i had this game first on sega
I had this as a kid great game
I was 12 and amped in '89
2:28 thank you.
childhood memories
That first top down level was confusing with the walls, the others are much better imo.
The overhead levels are balls annoying having to go back and forth. If the entire game was the side angle levels this would have been a huge win. When I 1st played it I thought the entire game would be like level one.
At least they realised this and made the 3rd and 4th game how I like it.
If you think this version's hard, the X68000 version would melt your face off.
@@Bloodreign1 good to know!
I'm in.
Dude, last night I got all the way to plealos and destroyed all it's cores but when it started falling I didn't know what to do and panicked and flew away only to lose it completely and get stuck in hyperspace. I call it the bad ending.
legendary game
Anything good mean luck. Good luck!
What the hell happened to this video @33:00?
Never had a clue what anyone was saying in this game.
James Carmichael Many good engrish
INTO victory then, Ladder. Good luck. (What??)
😂😂😂😂😂 This is Excelizer. Roger. Good Luck 😂😂😂😂😂
Hmm. At least we knew it was a voice.
Lol
I always thought it said "Get your two cheese in...ladder. Good lack!"
8th grade! 1989
Why’d you cut the credits?
シリーズ中、IIが一番難しい
I think the thunder force games looked and sounded great, but were to hard and unplayable.. I prefer Musha, and The Curse.
Thunder Force III is great and won't kick your teeth in. There's a reason why people remember that one the most.
Had this on my sega master system lasted ten year til a socket went on it
this is a Mega Drive / Genesis game.
This was never on the Sega Master System, this was on the Genesis and was a port of the Sharp X68000 version.
Hahahawhoooyaaalottagoodluck
My record is Level 6
容量4MでX68000と同じ
クオリティーで移植して
欲しかったわ🎉
11:55 i think this is stage 5? that's the worst level design I've ever seen, in all of my gaming, 41 years playing challenging games I've come across some bad levels, but nothing this bad, this is just unplayable.
good thing i don't have nostalgia for this or i would be just another one saying how good this garbage is, thankfully the sequels removed the top down stages.
I congratulate you well done.
The first 3 bases are not that hard to get to (although playing it back in the day and trying to find them would be a pain and a lot of gameovers), but once you know where they are, it's alright. It's the last one that is a nightmare to do it the intended way. I just take short cut by intentionally dying and phasing through the walls to get to it.
Honestly, once you've played the game a lot, you don't mind the top down stages that much, in fact you almost find them to be a nice change of pace and a relief because they're actually easier than the side scrolling stages. The hardest part of the top down stages is just finding where all the bases are, but once you know where they all are, they are pretty straight forward (stage 4 being the exception), although cheap deaths are par for the course.
I decided to try this game out and, from a no nostalgia perspective, it's not very good. I love Thunder Force III and its AC counterpart though. The back-and-forthing on the overhead stages wouldn't be so bad if it weren't for the fact that you have no idea where to go. Even after getting to stage 5 several times, the overhead stages are still confusing.
0/10 not on the X68000
Learn About Thunder Force II For the X68000 at LearnThunderForceII.com Good luck finding one for cheap nowadays