Thunderforce VI
We’re big fans of the space shooter genre and these days, there seems to be a much needed resurgence.
Well, it seems that one of the stalwart shmup franchises has recieved a killer sequel in Japan. Released today, Thunderforce VI is poised to bring back all the things we love about this series to the PS2. This Technosoft shmup monstrosity has been a long time in coming with a lot of hopes and prayers to the shooter gods behind it. Thanks to the good folks at Sega, it’s finally available and everyone is pretty damn excited that we’re finally seeing a release. Here’s hoping it hits stateside in the near future.
You can check out all kinds of awesome talk about this title over at the shmups.com forums. That’s where the SCIENCE lives, my friends. So, for all you lucky bastards with Japanses PS2′s, some importation is in order.
Thanks to Glen and Mark for the heads up!
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Tags: shmup, shooter, stg, thunderforce 6
October 28th, 2008 at 10:52 am
I just got my notice that my preorder shipped today. Should be here by the weekend. WOO!
October 29th, 2008 at 12:05 pm
It’s times like these when I wish I had a modded PS2.
October 29th, 2008 at 12:49 pm
Should hopefully have mine by the weekend.
October 29th, 2008 at 4:31 pm
Question, how would I go about modding a PS2?
October 29th, 2008 at 6:17 pm
You need a mod-chip to do it or a slide tool. I’d recommend the slide tool because modding it is a pain in the balls.
October 29th, 2008 at 10:49 pm
Savory’s got a pretty cool HD solution as well. I’m sure he’s got a post up on VGEvo about it. Maybe he’ll be kind enough to let us post it here.
October 30th, 2008 at 8:24 am
Not me, but Shino from Interactive Distractions does. I helped though.
http://www.vgevo.com/forums/showthread.php?t=86409
Once I get TFVI I’ll post if it’s HD Loader compatible or not.
November 3rd, 2008 at 2:30 pm
Got it. Love it. Worthy of the Thunder Force name, but definitely not the best game in the series. Levels are a bit on the short side even for a shmup and especially compared to other TF games. Great fun though and well worth buying. Also works fine with the HD Loader.
November 5th, 2008 at 8:11 pm
Interview with the creator…no one will see this because it’s off the front page though…
http://www.edge-online.com/magazine/saving-shooters
November 5th, 2008 at 10:52 pm
I saw it.
November 6th, 2008 at 11:54 am
If only there was some sort of… forum… or something.
November 6th, 2008 at 2:33 pm
We’re working on something that’ll sort out this kind of thing.