Technosoft

	Technosoft was a Japanese video game developer and publisher based headquartered in Sasebo, Nagasaki. Also known as "Tecno Soft", the company was founded in February 1980 as Sasebo Microcomputer Center, before changing its name to Technosoft in 1982. The company primarily dealt with software for Japanese personal computers, including graphic toolsets and image processing software. Technosoft's first venture into the video game market was ''Snake & Snake'', released in 1982, before seeing success with titles such as '' Thunder Force'' (1983) and ''Plasma Line'' (1984). Technosoft became largely profitable during the late-1980s and early-1990s, largely in part due to the widespread popularity of their ''Thunder Force'' and ''Herzog'' franchises. However, later in the decade, Technosoft began to largely diminish as profits began to slump, before ultimately being acquired and folded into Japanese pachinko manufacturer Twenty-One Company in late 2001. Twenty-One began to release products in 2008 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Thunder Force IV known in North America as ''Lightening Force: Quest for the Darkstar'', is a shoot 'em up video game developed and published by Technosoft for the Mega Drive in 1992. It is the fourth installment in Technosoft's '' Thunder Force'' series, and the third and final one created for the Mega Drive. It was developed by the team at Technosoft that ported ''Devil's Crush'' to the Mega Drive rather than the team that developed the previous ''Thunder Force'' games. Like its predecessors, it is a horizontally scrolling shooter, but it also features extensive vertical scrolling with large playing fields. The game was considered by journalists as one of the best shooters on the Mega Drive when it was launched. Critics especially praised the game's graphics, including the vertical and parallax scrolling for illustrating the immense environments. Some believed that underneath the graphical sheen, the gameplay was relatively average however. ''Thunder Force IV'' was rereleased on the Sega Sat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Thunder Force (series) is a series of free-roaming scrolling shooter type video games developed by the Japanese software company Technosoft and published by Sega. The franchise is recognized for its distinctive gameplay, graphics, and synthesizer-based chiptune music soundtracks. There are six games in the series in total. The first appeared on the personal computers. The majority of installments in the series appeared on the Mega Drive console. The most recent entry was released on PlayStation 2. History The series' first game, ''Thunder Force'', appeared in 1983 on a variety of Japanese computers, such as the X1, PC-8801 mkII, and FM-7. Since ''Thunder Force II'', the majority of installments in the series appeared on the Mega Drive console, where the series gained much of its popularity. The most recent entry was released on PlayStation 2. The original ''Thunder Force'' video game was created by Kotori Yoshimura in 1983. She later left Technosoft and founded Arsys Software in 1985, wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Thunder Force is a series of nonlinear gameplay, free-roaming Shoot 'em up#Scrolling shooters, scrolling shooter type video games developed by the Japanese software company Technosoft and published by Sega. The franchise is recognized for its distinctive gameplay, graphics, and synthesizer-based chiptune video game music, music soundtracks. There are six games in the series in total. The first appeared on the personal computers. The majority of installments in the series appeared on the Mega Drive console. The most recent entry was released on PlayStation 2. History The series' first game, ''Thunder Force (video game), Thunder Force'', appeared in 1983 on a variety of Japanese computers, such as the X1 (computer), X1, PC-8800 Series, PC-8801 mkII, and FM-7. Since ''Thunder Force II'', the majority of installments in the series appeared on the Mega Drive console, where the series gained much of its popularity. The most recent entry was released on PlayStation 2. The original ''Thunder Force' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Thunder Force (video Game) is a free-roaming scrolling shooter computer game released by Technosoft in 1983. It is the first game in the ''Thunder Force'' series. It was initially released for the X1 computer, and later appeared on the Sharp MZ-1500, PC-6001 mkII, and in 1985 on the PC-8801 mkII. In 1984, it was released for the FM-7 and PC-9801 computers as ''Thunder Force Construction'', featuring an add-on that allowed players to create custom made areas, like a level editor or game creation system. Gameplay The structure of the game consists of overhead, free-directional scrolling areas and the player's ship is armed with main shot to shoot airborne targets and a bomb shot to shoot ground enemies. Gameplay consists of flying the FIRE LEO over ORN occupied areas while destroying enemy base installations and turrets. Each area has a certain number of shield generators hidden under the ground-based, enemy targets; in order for an area to be completed, the shield generators must be found and destroyed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Thunder Force V is a 1997 Japanese side-scrolling shooter video game developed by Technosoft for the Sega Saturn. It is the fifth game in the '' Thunder Force'' series. Unlike previous games in the series, ''Thunder Force V'' uses polygons to model the larger enemy ships and some of the scenery, in addition to sprites. In 1998, ''Thunder Force V'' was ported to the PlayStation as . Gameplay ''Thunder Force V'' is a horizontal-scrolling shooter video game. It is presented from a 2.5D perspective, with environments rendered in 3D and gameplay taking place on a 2D plane. The player controls a starship named the Gauntlet in its mission to destroy the Guardian, a supercomputer that became rogue after deciphering the code of a space vessel. There are seven levels total, and the first three can be selected in any order. Levels scroll automatically, and the player is given free movement. Its gameplay is similar to its predecessor, '' Thunder Force IV''; players must destroy constantly-moving formati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]