Lords of Thunder - Sega CD

[Obiwanshinobi]

You should check out the PCE CD version, as well as Gate of Thunder and just get into the PCE emulation.
For MD/Genesis emulation I recommend Eliminate Down.

[Edmond Dantes]

I have an actual PCE, why emulate it? (I have Gate of Thunder too BTW)

[Obiwanshinobi]

Why play the Sega CD version, then?

[The Coop]

Because it's still a good game. A few less colors and it being a bit easier doesn't abruptly make it a poor-quality shmup.

[Obiwanshinobi]

More specifically, why play the Sega CD version rather than the PCE CD one?

[The Coop]

It's easier if you're not that good at shmups, and the music is better (in my opinion).

[Austin]

I also enjoy the revisioned tunes the Sega CD version has and tend to veer towards that version because of it.

[Zeether]

Also, you get the sexy shopkeeper voice that they inexplicably cut from the US Turbo-CD version.

[PC Engine Fan X!]

Plus the fact that TTI cut out the narrator's voiceover at the intro cutscene for the U.S. version of Lords of Thunder as well. Does give it a better sense of storytelling with utilizing the player's imagination to view/decipher what's going on in the LoT universe. Plus the TTI version of LoT's front cover artwork is pure classic Shirow Masamune (of Appleseed & Ghost In the Shell manga fame).

The original PCE version of Winds of Thunder's instruction manual folds out into a cool manga intro, something that the TTI version of LoT is sorely lacking indeed.

PC Engine Fan X! ^_~