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Thunder Spirits

A port of the arcade-only Thunder Force AC, a modified version of Thunder Force III made specifically for the arcades with reworked graphics and all top-down stages replaced by new side-scrolling ones. Thunder…

1 February 1991

Thunder Spirits is a shooter developed by Technosoft, released 1 February 1991 on Super Nintendo Entertainment System.

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What Thunder Spirits is

Thunder Spirits is a shooter game developed by Technosoft and released in 1991. It was published by Seika Corporation. It is available on Super Nintendo Entertainment System only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

A port of the arcade-only Thunder Force AC, a modified version of Thunder Force III made specifically for the arcades with reworked graphics and all top-down stages replaced by new side-scrolling ones. Thunder Spirits puts you behind the cockpit of a lone starfighter out to destroy all the enemy forces of the Orn empire by clearing 8 enemy-infested stages set in various outer space locations. The game gives you a health-bar and the ability to swap collected weapons on the fly, which can be obtained by catching power-ups and activating them whenever you want.
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How it plays

Its themes are science fiction.

What it launched against

Thunder Spirits launched on 1 February 1991, within three weeks of Lemmings, Sengoku, Parasol Stars: The Story of Bubble Bobble III and Wings of Wor.

Released around the same time: Lemmings, Sengoku, Parasol Stars: The Story of Bubble Bobble III, Wings of Wor.

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When did Thunder Spirits come out?
Thunder Spirits was released on 1 February 1991 for Super Nintendo Entertainment System.

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