PURE HOPE: Technosoft webiste

Twiddle · Post by **Twiddle** » Fri Aug 10, 2007 11:57 am

BrianC wrote:
Ceph wrote:Compile-Heart, Tecno Soft... What's next? I vote for Toaplan.
Someone revived http://www.toaplan.com, but the whois suggests it's most definitely fake. The only thing listed on the product page is Zero Wing. That is hilarious.

The guy who previously owned it had an excellent resource on many Toaplan games. Shame it was taken by someone who didn't think the AYB joke is a skeletal horse.

BrianC · Post by **BrianC** » Fri Aug 10, 2007 7:10 pm

Twiddle wrote:
BrianC wrote:
Ceph wrote:Compile-Heart, Tecno Soft... What's next? I vote for Toaplan.
Someone revived http://www.toaplan.com, but the whois suggests it's most definitely fake. The only thing listed on the product page is Zero Wing. That is hilarious.
The guy who previously owned it had an excellent resource on many Toaplan games. Shame it was taken by someone who didn't think the AYB joke is a skeletal horse.

Yeah. I miss the old toaplan.com site too. Lots of nice info.

FRO · Post by **FRO** » Sat Aug 11, 2007 11:28 pm

Any hope that Techno Soft could get back together & release another shmup (even if it isn't TF6) is cause for celebration, if apprehensively. Don't break out the party hats just yet, but at least this is something. TF fanboys like myself have been waiting with baited breath far too long for something like this to be a ruse.

Zeether · Post by **Zeether** » Sun Aug 12, 2007 3:09 am

What about sequels to Hyper Duel or Blast Wind? Or...a Hyper Duel/Blast Wind pack?

Ceph · Post by **Ceph** » Sun Aug 12, 2007 8:12 am

Or a toilet made of solid gold.

jp · Post by jp » Sun Aug 12, 2007 8:43 am

ZeetherKID77 wrote:What about sequels to Hyper Duel or Blast Wind? Or...a Hyper Duel/Blast Wind pack?

I fathom if Tecno Soft does return at all we're either going to see some collection of Thunder Force games (or possibly the TF series on XBLA or something) or Thunder Force VI.

Hyper Duel and Blast Wind are a bit too obscure for most folks.

Though its like I said elsewhere, Tecno Soft was very much on the decline before they ceased to exist, so I'd rather they just stay there and let their memory remain golden as opposed to be another Sega.

gameoverDude · Post by **gameoverDude** » Mon Aug 13, 2007 1:26 am

TecnoSoft should make TF6 their comeback release. What it needs are some of the features of TF4 that didn't make it to TF5 - like the collisible terrain and the multi-screen high stages. Some new scoring system other than the "x16" one should be brought in.

Remixing the original Thunder Force would be nice for a change- especially if it were included as a bonus game with TF6.

Twenty-One Corp. are the owners of the site. Let's hope we don't get Thunder Force: The Pachinko. If the site goes down in November, let's take our bets off the table.

TF5 is OK, but a full-on remix with high polygon models, new textures, etc. (like Namco did with some of their arcade games when brought to PS2) could rock. The enemy patterns in TF5 aren't as spectacular as what TF4 has- and the levels are too easy. Tecnosoft could address that with a new Super Maniac mode.

jp · Post by jp » Mon Aug 13, 2007 2:47 am

Yeah, Twenty-One Company is the panchinko company that bought Tecno Soft out.

Which is interesting. Do you think any of the original TS guys are still there? Wouldn't they have all abandoned the company once a panchinko company gobbled 'em up?

Fighter17 · Post by **Fighter17** » Mon Aug 13, 2007 5:22 am

jp wrote:Yeah, Twenty-One Company is the panchinko company that bought Tecno Soft out.

Which is interesting. Do you think any of the original TS guys are still there? Wouldn't they have all abandoned the company once a panchinko company gobbled 'em up?

And I wonder why the hell some panchinko company purchase out a gaming company?

eight · Post by **eight** » Mon Aug 13, 2007 7:34 am

jp wrote:Yeah, Twenty-One Company is the panchinko company that bought Tecno Soft out.

Which is interesting. Do you think any of the original TS guys are still there? Wouldn't they have all abandoned the company once a panchinko company gobbled 'em up?

SNK and Aruze anybody?

Fighter17 · Post by **Fighter17** » Mon Aug 13, 2007 1:45 pm

eight wrote:
jp wrote:Yeah, Twenty-One Company is the panchinko company that bought Tecno Soft out.

Which is interesting. Do you think any of the original TS guys are still there? Wouldn't they have all abandoned the company once a panchinko company gobbled 'em up?
SNK and Aruze anybody?

And look what Aruze did to the company.

eight · Post by **eight** » Mon Aug 13, 2007 2:00 pm

True, that's why I'm saying. =/
My only hope is that they don't release Hyper Duel Pachinko machines. *lol*

Kiken · Post by **Kiken** » Mon Aug 13, 2007 2:29 pm

eight wrote:My only hope is that they don't release Hyper Duel Pachinko machines. *lol*

Keetai bullshit IMHO.

eight · Post by **eight** » Mon Aug 13, 2007 2:33 pm

Ah, oh man.

Specineff · Post by **Specineff** » Mon Aug 13, 2007 7:23 pm

Fighter17 wrote:
eight wrote:
jp wrote:Yeah, Twenty-One Company is the panchinko company that bought Tecno Soft out.

Which is interesting. Do you think any of the original TS guys are still there? Wouldn't they have all abandoned the company once a panchinko company gobbled 'em up?
SNK and Aruze anybody?
And look what Aruze did to the company.

That's why some of the original owners wrestled it out of Aruze's hands and turned it into SNKPlaymore. Better than nothing, I say.

Too bad Technosoft is too small to generate such interest.

Lawfer · Post by **Lawfer** » Fri Oct 05, 2007 1:34 pm

RyanDG wrote:With that said, the website itself expires this November.

1 more month now. And it's still at:

We will restart soon!

Please wait for a while.

Ceph · Post by **Ceph** » Fri Oct 05, 2007 1:51 pm

Whoever owns it will certainly have the ownership renewed automatically for another year before it expires, and nothing is going to change.

J-Manic · Post by **J-Manic** » Sun Oct 07, 2007 1:24 am

Hopefully, it isn't just some prank by Factory Noise&AG. That would not only suck, but it would also be very hurtfull.

Specineff · Post by **Specineff** » Sun Oct 07, 2007 6:58 am

After Broken Thunder, I don't think that would hurt me much.

FRO · Post by **FRO** » Mon Oct 08, 2007 8:20 pm

jp wrote:Though its like I said elsewhere, Tecno Soft was very much on the decline before they ceased to exist, so I'd rather they just stay there and let their memory remain golden as opposed to be another Sega.

Perhaps, but if they could come back w/ a renewed sense of purpose, it might be worthwhile having them back.

jp · Post by jp » Wed Oct 10, 2007 3:11 am

Eh... I doubt this. I doubt Tecno Soft would even last long in the current industry truth be told. And they don't have a library big enough to support a plethora of rehashes, collections, etc.

zukan · Post by **zukan** » Fri Jan 04, 2008 6:55 pm

Been a couple of months since it was supposed to expire and guess what? Still up and running.
Nothing's changed though. But I'm glad it didn't just disappear, maybe there's still a little hope for us after all?

Super Laydock · Post by **Super Laydock** » Fri Jan 04, 2008 7:09 pm

zukan wrote:Been a couple of months since it was supposed to expire and guess what? Still up and running.

wasn´t the registration renewed or something?
I think I remember reading about that... (but now am starting to question my memory...).

ST Dragon · Post by **ST Dragon** » Tue Jan 08, 2008 12:40 pm

Turrican wrote:IF it's a real comeback, then we owe it all to Broken Thunder. Tecnosoft guys should've played it and said "no way!!"

Ha Ha!
That's a good one!

They must've said: "We have to get them western fan-boys' hard-earned bucks"!
"Let's gather up and make a new shooter!"

Post by **spadgy** » Tue Jan 08, 2008 6:43 pm

Super Laydock wrote:
zukan wrote:Been a couple of months since it was supposed to expire and guess what? Still up and running.
wasn´t the registration renewed or something?
I think I remember reading about that... (but now am starting to question my memory...).

Well...

RyanDG wrote:With that said, the website itself expires this November.

And that November is long gone now, so we can still hope...

ST Dragon · Post by **ST Dragon** » Wed Jan 09, 2008 6:23 am

Well, if they do release a Thunder Force VI, it will be the shmuping news of the year.

diOdesu · Post by **diOdesu** » Thu Jan 10, 2008 1:11 am

this has all pretty much been stated already, but i just read this on wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tecnosoft:

"In 2006, the URL Tecnosoft.com was registered and updated, however, as of 2007 no updates other than, "We will restart soon! Please wait for a while." have been added to the website, and the website itself will expire in late 2007.

Some Technosoft staffers left to start game developer CAProduction in 1993."

does anyone love herzog zwei as much as i do?