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Technosoft
was a Japanese video game developer and publisher based headquartered in Sasebo, Nagasaki. Also known as "Tecno Soft", the company was founded in February 1980 as Sasebo Microcomputer Center, before changing its name to Technosoft in 1982. The company primarily dealt with software for Japanese personal computers, including graphic toolsets and image processing software. Technosoft's first venture into the video game market was ''Snake & Snake'', released in 1982, before seeing success with titles such as ''Thunder Force (video game), Thunder Force'' (1983) and ''Plasma Line'' (1984). Technosoft became largely profitable during the late-1980s and early-1990s, largely in part due to the widespread popularity of their ''Thunder Force'' and ''Herzog'' franchises. However, later in the decade, Technosoft began to largely diminish as profits began to slump, before ultimately being acquired and folded into Japanese pachinko manufacturer Twenty-One Company in late 2001. Twenty-One began t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thunder Force IV
known in North America as ''Lightening Force: Quest for the Darkstar'', is a shoot 'em up video game developed and published by Technosoft for the Sega Genesis, Mega Drive in 1992. It is the fourth installment in Technosoft's ''Thunder Force'' series, and the third and final one created for the Mega Drive. It was developed by the team at Technosoft that ported ''Devil's Crush'' to the Mega Drive rather than the team that developed the previous ''Thunder Force'' games. Like its predecessors, it is a horizontally scrolling shooter, but it also features extensive vertical scrolling with large playing fields. The game was considered by journalists as one of the best shooters on the Mega Drive when it was launched. Critics especially praised the game's graphics, including the vertical and parallax scrolling for illustrating the immense environments. Some believed that underneath the graphical sheen, the gameplay was relatively average however. ''Thunder Force IV'' was rereleased on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |