Thunder Force AC

Description

An excellent horizontal space shooter from Sega/Technosoft.

Thunder Force AC was produced by Sega/Technosoft in 1990.

Sega/Technosoft released only 1 machine in our database under this trade name. Sega/Technosoft was based in United States.

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Specs

Name	Thunder Force AC
Developer	Sega/Technosoft (United States)
Year	1990
Type	Videogame
KLOV/MOG #	10102
Class	Wide Release
Genre	Scrolling Shooter
Monitor	Orientation: Horizontal Type: Raster: Standard Resolution Color: Color
Conversion Class	Sega Mega Play JAMMA
Dipswitch Settings	Thunder Force AC Dipswitch Settings (user contributed)
# Simultaneous Players	1
# Maximum Players	1
Game Play	Single
Control Panel Layout	Single Player
Controls	Joystick: 8-way Buttons: 3 - Change SpeedFireChange Weapon
Sound	Amplified Stereo (two channel)
Cabinet Styles	Upright/Standard

Game Introduction

This game is an arcade version of Thunder Force 3, which was originally released on the Sega Genesis console, with new levels added for this game.

Game Play

The gameplay is simple but challenging: shoot or be shot down. You start with TWIN SHOT and BACK SHOT, which can be selected during gameplay. By shooting down the power-up ship, you receive different power-ups. They are as follows:

Saber S: upgraded Twin Shot
Lancer L: upgraded Back Shot
Wave W: weak, wide shots that penetrates through walls
Firebomb? F: drops bombs that trail across ceilings and floors
Hunter H: three-way, fairly weak homing shots
Shield blue S: provides temporary damage protection

There are also two CRAW units mini-ships, which can be collected, that circle around your ship for extra firepower and provide some form of protection.

Thunder Force AC KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 0.00 (0 votes)

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Trivia

This game was ported over to the Super NES in 1992 as Thunder Spirits.

VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Thunder Force AC Census

There are 15,264 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,669 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 166,973 machines (7,000 unique titles).

Common - There are 28 known instances of this machine owned by Thunder Force AC collectors who are active members. Of these, It is an original dedicated machine. 4 of them are conversions in which game circuit boards (and possibly cabinet graphics) have been placed in (and on) another game cabinet. 23 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.

Wanted - No active members have added this machine to their wish list. There is one active VAPS member looking for a Thunder Force AC circuit board set.

This game ranks a 5 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records.

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Manuals

Pinout and DIP switch settings - Thunder Force AC Manual — **Pinout and DIP switch settings**
(1 page, 258 kB File)

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