(Super NES) Thunder Spirits - Completed No Deaths, 2.365.690 pts 1080p60

Played with an original Thunder Spirits cart on a US SNES Jr (aka SNES mini) that has been RGB modded and captured via scart by XRGB mini / Framemeister.

Default settings are used: ship speed = medium, game level = normal, rapid fire = off.

Some thoughts on this game...

While I'm a huge fan of Thunder Force 3 on Sega Genesis / Megadrive, I am unfortunately not as impressed by the SNES version.

The game comes to a complete crawl with awful slowdown when you encounter enemies with large sprites on the screen, or even firing certain weapons when there's more than a couple of enemies on the screen can cause the game to start slowing.

The gameplay is very similar to ThunderForce AC, which is a pretty forgiving arcade shmup based on Thunder Force 3. In Thunder Spirits, most of the levels are similar to AC besides the flying fortress level and final area.

Overall, I still very much prefer Thunder Force 3, and even Thunder Force AC over this version of the game. Still a pretty fun game, just not as great as Thunder Force 3, in my opinion. Maybe I'll try this game on Mania (hardest difficulty) to see if its any more fun, but I'd definitely use rapid fire for that run!

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