Thunderforce II question

ROBOTRON · Post by **ROBOTRON** » Wed Dec 19, 2007 9:47 am

At the beginning of the game, an announcer guy comes on and gives you the thumbs up and says:"-------- ------- ----- ------ Good Luck" GOOD LUCK being the only two words I can make out of that.

My guess? "It is interesting that you resist, nano...good luck". lol. could someone give me the correct words?

zinger · Post by **zinger** » Wed Dec 19, 2007 9:59 am

I can't remember, but if you try the X68000 version it's easy to make out.

SuperGrafx · Post by **SuperGrafx** » Wed Dec 19, 2007 4:48 pm

I've wondered this same thing since 1989 (I think I even brought it up once on this forum). No clear answers really.

What I interpret is:

"Attention ichi in ladder, matter good luck"

Obviously I must be wrong. lol!

Zeether · Post by **Zeether** » Wed Dec 19, 2007 4:53 pm

"This is Exceliza, I will depart now." "Roger, good luck."

The Coop · Post by **The Coop** » Wed Dec 19, 2007 6:16 pm

What I thought it says over the years?

Genesis- "Introduce the music. Niner. Good luck"

X68000- "Introduce the music. I wanna die now. Niner. Good luck."

ROBOTRON · Post by **ROBOTRON** » Wed Dec 19, 2007 10:35 pm

lol

well, at least I know I'm not the only one who couldn't understand it.

Kid77 sounds close, can anyone confirm?

Sly Cherry Chunks · Post by **Sly Cherry Chunks** » Wed Dec 19, 2007 10:43 pm

"Anything we can do to get bladdered. Good luck."

Fighter17 · Post by **Fighter17** » Thu Dec 20, 2007 12:53 am

Too bad Thunder Force II was lame.

BrianC · Post by **BrianC** » Thu Dec 20, 2007 1:11 am

This is what these voices sounded like to me.

Intro voice:
"detonate somebody's head. roger, good luck"

Shield voice:
"Break off particular arms"

Thunder Force · Post by **Thunder Force** » Thu Dec 20, 2007 1:39 am

Some previous discussion on this:

http://shmups.system11.org/viewtopic.php?t=770

Sonic R · Post by **Sonic R** » Thu Dec 20, 2007 11:16 pm

I LOVE Thunder Force II
Not as much as Thunder Force III but TF II get over looked a slander alot and TF II is the bridge game between the original Thunder Force and rest of the series.

I still dream to play the X68000 version of TF II -- I dream to play X68000 anything

For the intro I always thought it say:
"Interesting matter below -- niner, Good Luck!"

SuperGrafx · Post by **SuperGrafx** » Fri Dec 21, 2007 3:45 pm

Fighter17 wrote:Too bad Thunder Force II was lame.

Whatever.
I bought this in 1989 along with my Genesis and was promptly blown away. True, the overhead sequences are forgettable, but the hori portions still impress even to this day.

ROBOTRON · Post by **ROBOTRON** » Fri Dec 21, 2007 10:35 pm

I prefer TF2 to TF4...I know that is BLASPHEMY, but I do. TF3 was my fav of the series, TF4 while good... was my least fav. (I've never played TF1)

Chipnyu · Post by **Chipnyu** » Sat Dec 22, 2007 12:52 am

ROBOTRON wrote:I prefer TF2 to TF4...I know that is BLASPHEMY, but I do. TF3 was my fav of the series, TF4 while good... was my least fav. (I've never played TF1)

TF1 is for a really obscure Japanese PC. I think the same as TFII.

And TFII is Old skewl. One of the first games for the megadrive.

Kaiser · Post by **Kaiser** » Sat Dec 22, 2007 7:30 am

I know this will be blasphemy what i'll say

I did really like thunder force III over II and IV, why? Because it was memorable a lot, i do remember all stages to nowadays... V is different game
because it was made in newer times but it's peak of the series (best to be played on master difficulty)

gigadrive32 · Post by **gigadrive32** » Sat Dec 22, 2007 7:40 am

Fighter17 wrote:Too bad Thunder Force II was lame.

everyone has their opinion. you have yours.

1989 Thunder Force II on MegaDrive/Genesis - truly exellent

1988 Thunder Force II on X68000 - significantly more awesome

TF1 is for a really obscure Japanese PC. I think the same as TFII.

TF1 was made for 3 different Japanese computers:

Sharp X-1
Fujitsu FM-7
NEC PC-8801

zinger · Post by **zinger** » Sat Dec 22, 2007 10:09 am

Thunder Force: X1, PC-8801, PC-6001, MZ-1500, JX-IBM
Thunder Force Construction: PC-9801, FM-7 (with stage editor)

IIRC, TF1 is top down perspective only.