Thunder Force III



Thunder Force III, released in 1990, is the first original game Technosoft developed for the Mega Drive.

Gameplay Overview
Thunderforce is a traditional shmup with a focus on memorization for survival. It is considered a relatively easy game to 1CC.

Controls



 * A: Change Movement Speed
 * B: Fire
 * C: Change Weapon

Characters / Ships / Styles
The player ship is called the Styx (also known as the Fire LEO-03).

Hitbox
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Weapons
All weapons that have been collected remain available to be switched to with the C button, unless they are lost by dying.

The ship starts with two weapons:

Additional weapons are added by collecting weapon items. On death, if any of these weapons is currently equipped, it is lose.

The claw item will increase the fire power of whichever weapon is equipped.

Rank
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Stages


The player can choose which stage to start on. The stages the proceed in a clockwise order around the stage select screen.


 * Hydra
 * Gorgon
 * Seiren
 * Haides
 * Ellis

When all five initial stages are complete, the player proceeds to the final stages in the following order:


 * Cerberus
 * Orn Base

Scoring
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Strategy
See (Template Page)/Strategy for stage maps, enemy and boss descriptions, walkthroughs, and advanced play strategies.

This section details some particular strategic information about the game and its gameplay, such as hidden 1UPs and some basic scoring tricks. For anything particularly deep or highly complex, you can probably leave it in the Strategy page.

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Story
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Development History
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Version Differences

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Trivia

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Gallery
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Video References
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