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I was checking what games they had made for the arcades and found that they only had Hyper Duel and worked with Sega on Thunderforce AC (which is the same as the one released on home consolde I think).

thing is I picked up a arcade pcb yesterday which was made by TechnoSoft and there appears to be no info on it whatsoever online. I even searched for it using japanese symbols and a translation of these symbols and nothing.

its a very fun 1 or 2 player game - quite simple really. the screen is divided in 2 - you have almost identical images on either side (static or with some bits of animation) and what you have to do is spot the difference - player 1 has to look at the opponent's screen and mark on his own screen what he see's as different - player 2 does the same. havent played it in 2 player mode yet but I think whoever spots 3 differences on any given picture first wins that round.
in one pleyer the idea is the same but you're working against the clock and every round is split into 5 parts (so you have to work on 5 pictures within this frame of time).

bonus rounds between levels are you (player 1 is a boy and player 2 a girl, both drawn in typical cute anime fashion) either punching away at a tower until it crumbles and falls, or helping a penguin get to his destination. there are more, I just haven't gotten to them yet.

graphics are very colorful, and very nice. this game's probably form around '93 or '94. while there's not that much going on on screen most of the time, it complements the way the game is played. very cute. very japanese.

I'll get some pictures up.

I don't know why there's nothing on this game online. obviously very obscure and unheard of (obviously unemulated), and it wouldn't be as interesting as it is if it didn't come from TechnoSoft. maybe some of the characters in this game are from some of their previous works but I'm not that familiar with alot of their stuff. I'll check that out.
 

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Bad Boy said:
sorry have the push the wrong
this :help:

Lars

lol. cool.

after this I'll be posting about another obscure game from a very obscure company (a mini game compilation).
 

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I believe TechnoSoft also did WWF SuperStars and WWF WrestleFest.
 

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Bad Boy said:
Blast Wind , Thunder Spirits too. :cool:

Lars

blast wind is a saturn exclusive no?

thunder spirits too me thinks but im not as sure about thatone.
 

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Black IcE said:
I believe TechnoSoft also did WWF SuperStars and WWF WrestleFest.

that's Technos.

sven666 said:
blast wind is a saturn exclusive no?

thunder spirits too me thinks but im not as sure about thatone.

I'm almost sure you're right.

Technosoft is only credited with having done Hyper Duel off their own backs and Thunderforce AC with Sega.
 
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Yeah, Blast Wind is Saturn-exclusive.

Thunder Force AC is teh sux...SNES got a port of it, as mentioned before, with the title Thunder Spirits.
 

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LoneSage said:
Yeah, Blast Wind is Saturn-exclusive.

Thunder Force AC is teh sux...SNES got a port of it, as mentioned before, with the title Thunder Spirits.

Thunder Force AC is just Megadrive Thunder Force with a bunch of extras.
 

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Check out a Saturn game by TechnoSoft called "Fantastic Pinball". I have a feeling some of those characters may have made an appearance in the game you speak of.
 

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ForeverSublime said:
Check out a Saturn game by TechnoSoft called "Fantastic Pinball". I have a feeling some of those characters may have made an appearance in the game you speak of.

you know when I read this, I didn't realise what game you where talking about - I had that pinball game - what a brilliant thing that was.
I'll have the pictures up later, and though there is a resemblance art-wise, the characters from the game are either your average anime schoolgirl or strange things such as alice in wonderland or father christmas with snow falling - and the odd futuristic looking spacegirl. not sure if they are characters from other franchises in retrospect.
 
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LoneSage

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DevilRedeemed said:
Thunder Force AC is just Megadrive Thunder Force with a bunch of extras.

Correct, but Thunder Spirits is Thunder Force AC.

Thunder Force III knocks the shit out of AC/Spirits, anyways. I can never put my finger on why it does, though. It just does.
 

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@LoneSage:

Sorry but this is my impression from the Game,the sound is terrible,the graphic is good,it`s a average Shooter on the Saturn.Radiant is the best , close there came Hyper Duell.
Thats my impression :make_fac:


Lars :chimp:
 

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sorry about the crap pictures (I had the camera on an option that makes the picture blurry if taken from a distance). not as good as the shooters but still fun!

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disclaimer: not saying this game is super rare or anything (though there's nothing on this game anywhere), just that obscure, unemulated games are very interesting, and it's always fun to discover one and bring it into the light - especially if it comes from companies such as this one.

edit: this is it - http://www.echoll.co.jp/magicalerror.htm (found by a member of another forum). not rare in the east. good game.
 
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racecar

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have you try looking it up on system16
...what kind of game is it...puzzle??
 
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