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Finally, 60fps longplay of Thunder Force II (the original version from 1988) for the Sharp X68000 gaming computer

SharpX68K

SharpX68K

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Nov 10, 2017
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Thunder Force II for the Sharp X68000 Japanese high-end computer (released in 1988 and 1987, respectively)



vs the Japanese Mega Drive / U.S. Genesis version in 1989



The X68000 version could more easily pass for an arcade game of the time (1988), with more colors, more parallax and better audio.
Not to even mention that 1 or 2 weapons and a number of entire levels were cut from the MD/Genesis version.
 
samred

samred

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Nov 4, 2017
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That's a dope home conversion on much cheaper hardware, all things considered. But, yes, a thing of beauty to see the original gameplay via direct-feed. Thanks for this link.
 
Tizoc

Tizoc

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Oct 25, 2017
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Wait u seriously telling me there werent any 0laythrus of this ver. On yt at least until recenrly :o
 
GDGF

GDGF

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Oct 26, 2017
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Might get hate but 2 was my favourite.

Side Blasters.
(that voice clip always cracked me up)
 

Deleted member 1849

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Wait, was there really no long play of this online until now? I swear I've watched one before.

The X68k version of this game is so good.
 

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Having played the Genesis versions of Thunder Force II, Granada, and Sol-Feace/Deace back then and then later playing X68000 versions that are superior in some ways has been really cool.
 
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