Thunder Force 3 & Thunder Force AC

[Limbrooke]

STYX STRIKES BACK!!


All difficulties and versions are accepted. When submitting score, be sure to note which version was used. This is most important for Thunder Force AC in which the difficulty differs from region to region, so please state if you're using Japan or not. For the record Japan TFAC is more challenging. I suspect most if not all submissions will be 1CC/ALLs so the STAGE entry regards the starting stage(TF3 only). If one did not clear the game please note where the run ended. Default lives and no continues. Auto-fire in TFAC is allowed.


Enter scores as such:

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DIFFICULTY                                
NAME - SCORE(no commas) - STAGE - VERSION (REGION)

Thunder Force 3 Normal
Genesis / MegaDrive

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   1. Sensato Kurai   - 1 316 040 - Hydra  - Genesis/MD
   2. Battletoad      - 1 310 030 - Haides - Genesis/MD
   3. Takki           - 1 306 700 - Haides - Genesis/MD
   4. HAN             - 1 303 770 - Hydra  - Genesis/MD
   5. Perikles        - 1 303 190 - Haides - Genesis/MD
   6. PlasmaBlooD     - 1 300 280 - Haides - Genesis/MD
   7. Smile           - 1 251 150 - Hydra  - Genesis/MD (PSP)
   8. RFP             - 1 218 170 - Hydra  - Genesis/MD
   9. Splitblkribbon  - 1 213 230 - Gorgon - Genesis/MD
  10. CIT             - 1 206 520 - Hydra  - Genesis/MD
  11 .richter3456     - 1 170 390 - Hydra  - Genesis/MD
  12. Redsun          - 1 162 220 - Ellis  - Genesis/MD
  13. KoopaTGR        - 1 160 520 - Hydra  - Genesis/MD
  14. Spikehead       - 1 135 770 - Hydra  - Genesis/MD
  15. UGO             - 1 130 710 - Hydra  - Genesis/MD
  16. Esper           - 1 122 660 - Hydra  - Genesis/MD
  17. gs68            - 1 116 470 - Haides - Genesis/MD
  18. adam76          - 1 104 480 - Hydra  - Genesis/MD
  19. RGC             - 1 104 050 - Hydra  - Genesis/MD
  20. Sonic R         - 1 081 050 - Hydra  - Genesis/MD
  21. Kingbuzzo       - 1 076 420 - Hydra  - Genesis/MD
  22. zinger          - 1 071 320 - Hydra  - Genesis/MD
  23. azmun           - 1 064 250 - Hydra  - Genesis/MD
  24. Akraten         - 1 047 720 - Seiren - Genesis/MD
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Saturn

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   1. JL              - 1 346 410 - Hydra  - Saturn
   2. ThunderForce222 - 1 344 990 - Seiren - Saturn
   3. Kollision       - 1 342 220 - Haides - Saturn
   4. mar             - 1 166 910 - Hydra  - Saturn
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Thunder Force 3 Mania

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   1. The Coop      - 6 807 450 - Haides - Genesis/MD
   2. Battletoad    - 6 713 250 - Haides - Genesis/MD
   3. HAN           - 6 701 900 - Haides - Genesis/MD
   4. IronwingZ     - 6 632 750 - Haides - Genesis/MD
   5. PlasmaBlooD   - 6 630 600 - Haides - Genesis/MD
   6. Kollision     - 6 628 900 - Hydra  - Genesis/MD
   7. Rayforcestorm - 6 617 800 - Seiren - Genesis/MD 
   8. SABiSHiN      - 6 606 450 - Haides - Genesis/MD
   9. Aggro Sky     - 6 291 200 - Hydra  - Genesis/MD
  10. FireLeo1      - 6 189 600 - Gorgon - Genesis/MD 
  11. BenT          - 5 882 600 - Hydra  - Genesis/MD
  12. Iori Branford - 5 631 150 - Hydra  - Genesis/MD
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Thunder Force AC
Japan

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   1. PEG         - 2 414 620 - ALL/1LC - MAME (Japan)
   2. The Coop    - 2 320 710 - ALL/1LC - MAME (Japan)
   3. RFP         - 2 306 390 - ALL/1LC - MAME (Japan)
   4. d-ku BAD    - 2 292 730 - ALL/1LC - PCB  (Japan)
   5. PlasmaBlooD - 2 282 270 - ALL/1LC - MAME (Japan)
   6. Takki       - 2 243 040 -   ALL   - PCB  (Japan)
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World

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   1. HAN             - 2 314 590 -   ALL   - PCB    (World)
   2. SFKhoa          - 2 299 970 - ALL/1LC - MAME   (World)
   3. tormed          - 2 289 700 - ALL/1LC - MAME   (World)
   4. winteR          - 2 281 600 - ALL/1LC - MAME   (World)
   5. Kaiser          - 2 276 400 - ALL/1LC - MAME   (World)
   6. Redsun          - 2 273 730 - ALL/1LC - MAME   (World)
   7. Luy             - 2 270 760 -   ALL   - MAME   (World) 
   8. Angry Hina      - 2 259 550 - ALL/1LC - Switch (World)
   9. DMC             - 2 247 670 -   ALL   - Switch (World) old
  10. TVR             - 2 187 160 - ALL/1LC - MAME   (World)
  11. maximo          - 2 187 020 -   ALL   - MAME   (World)
  12. Despatche       - 2 068 220 -   ALL   - MAME   (World)
  13. Akraten         - 1 802 590 -   ALL   - PCB    (World)
  14. KoopaTGR        - 1 619 240 -   ALL   - MAME   (World)
  15. Sengoku Strider - 1 565 760 -   ALL   - Switch (World)
  16. ADM             - 1 380 620 -   ALL   - Switch (World)
  17. Ruldra          - 1 247 330 -   ALL   - MAME   (World)
  18. gs68            - 1 212 740 -   ALL   - MAME   (World)
  19. roadrunner      -   114 020 - Stage 2 - MAME   (World)
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Saturn (Japan)

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   1. Kollision   - 2 339 010 - ALL/1LC - Saturn
   2. CIT         - 1 208 550 -   ALL   - Saturn
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Keep fit and have fun.

[lgb]

does this include Thunder Spirits, or is that just AC, because last I checked it was not

[Battletoad]

Hi
These are my scores. Both No Miss, but I missed one extra life on the mania run...

Thunder Force III Normal
Battletoad - 1 300 090 - Haides - Genesis/MD
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Thunder Force III Mania
Battletoad - 6 606 150 - Haides - Genesis/MD
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[Ruldra]

Thunderforce AC
Ruldra - 1 247 330 - ALL - MAME

Just found out about this game, pretty cool. I'll work on the 1LC later.

[gs68]

Yay, I 1CC'd, I...

Thunder Force III Normal
gs68 - 1 024 920 - Haides - Genesis/MD

...am last? FUCK ME.

[PlasmaBlooD]

Thunderforce III Normal
PlasmaBlooD - 1 300 280 - Haides - Genesis/MD

Thunderforce III Hard
PlasmaBlooD - 2 646 500 - haides - Genesis/MD


Thunderforce III Mania
PlasmaBlooD - 6 630 600 - haides - Genesis/MD

[gs68]

Thunder Force III - Normal
"Once again..."
gs68 - 1 116 470 - Haides - Genesis/MD


Thunder Force AC - Normal
"Ray's Last Stand: Ellis [Another]"
gs68 - 413 270 - Stage 5 - MAME

[gs68]

Does my record still count if I used my FSTE's autofire?

Thunder Force AC - Normal
gs68 - 1 212 740 - ALL - MAME (World)

[nZero]

Feels like forever since I've played this, looks like I still remembered all of the important stuff. Used MAME's autofire (delay 2). Thanks to gs68 for talking about it on IRC

ThunderForce AC - Normal
TVR - 2 187 160 - ALL/1LC - MAME (World)

[gs68]

For stage 2,
- There is exactly one fire pillar that doesn't stop firing; it's marked by a fire pit with fireballs on the left.
- Right at the beginning of the high speed section, there's a Shield. It's really in your best interest to get it. (Luckily there's a second one later in the stage if you miss this one.)
- Make sure to grab the Wave powerup here; it works wonders on the rocks.
- For the big laser shooting things, STAY STILL.
And if you get to stage 3,
- For the mines, a trick to avoiding their explosions is to deliberately move close to them, then retreat back.
- I believe there is another Shield here.
- For the boss, lower your speed to 1.

Also, if your version of MAME supports it, or your controller has it, use autofire. TFAC has stupidly weak autofire (as well its sorry excuse for a SNES port).

[SFKhoa]

SFKhoa - 2 299 970 - ALL/1LC - MAME (World)

[gs68]

Analog controls aren't exactly suitable for a game where you move in only 8 directions. What controller are you using?

[gs68]

That's odd; is the D-pad pressure-sensitive (like the DualShock2's)?

[PlasmaBlooD]

Thunder Force AC

i found my old score http://www.stgranking.com/

PlasmaBlooD - 2 282 270 - ALL/1LC - MAME (Japan)

[gs68]

Okay roadrunner, seriously, you suck. TWO stages? TFAC and TFIII--especially on NORMAL--aren't that hard. It should take you no more than 1 or 2 days to get the entire game down to a 1CC.

[SFKhoa]

You just have to learn to memorize the stages one by one. I also don't understand how you can lose all your lives at the 2nd stage.
3rd button changes your ship speed, but technically, that should be the first button. since button 1 = change speed, button 2 = shoot, button 3 = shot change.

[gs68]

Well, too bad. I also got bitched out when I complained about TF3 having "unfair" parts.

If you think this is hard, you should try TFII on the X68K.

[gs68]

Oh, and are you using autofire?

[gs68]

Find a version of MAME that supports autofire, or use Joy2Key to make an autofire key/button.

Really, there's no shame in using external autofire for this game; I don't want to mash the fire button either.

If you still can't 1CC TFAC with autofire, you're a faggot.

[spikehead]

Thunder Force III - Normal Mode

Spikehead 1 135 770 - Hydra - Genesis/MD

[Battletoad]

Thunder Force III - Normal
Battletoad - 1 302 660 - Haides - Genesis/MD



Could have been better, somehow the midboss on Seiren didn´t appear... what the hell?

[Battletoad]

Thunder Force III - Normal
Battletoad - 1 306 180 - Haides - Genesis/MD

I guess ~1,320,000 should be the maximum to get if I´m not missing something. Saturn version seems to offer more points somehow. But I think at first I´m trying to get a better Mania run. I don´t really understand how The Coop get´s that many points on Mania because you lose thousands of points if you begin on Hydra, so that´s lots of thousands with the Mania multiplier.

[Battletoad]

Thunder Force III - Normal
Battletoad - 1 310 030 - Haides - Genesis/MD



Thunder Force III - Mania
Battletoad - 6 713 250 - Haides - Genesis/MD



Done.
Milked the enemies very much in both runs and don´t see further great improvements coming. But I still don´t understand The Coop´s Mania score. I´ll write him a PM and ask how he did that.

[Battletoad]

Ok The Coop told me, he actually started on Haides and not on Hydra. You can already change that, Limbrooke.
The huge point distance is there because he has an extra life more than me (= 50,000 points). The other few thousands are fine then...

[AKRATEN]

Akraten 1,047,720 Seiren genesis

[ryu]

Thunder Force III - Normal
mar - 1166910 - Hydra - Saturn

[luy]

Luy - 2.270.760 - All - mame US
US version ^^
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[tinotormed]

I need to get better in stage 5 (I lost 2 lives here). And I didn't notice that doors close after the 2nd gate mid-boss at stage 7. So I have yet to train here.

This is the score for now.

tormed - 1,533,080 - ALL - MAME (World)

[tinotormed]

YEAH!! Finally, 1-lifed the entire game!

tormed - 2,285,390 - ALL/1LC - MAME (World)

Like I said before, this is the AC version.

[tinotormed]

4.3k improvement on TFAC.

tormed - 2,289,700 - ALL/1LC - MAME (World)