Super Thunder Blade (Mega Drive, 1988)

Release date: Saturday 29th October 1988

Platforms: Mega Drive

Published by: SEGA, Tectoy

Developed by: SEGA

Genres: Action, Shoot 'em up

Story Drive📖 1/20
Accessibility🚪 17/20
Depth🤿 3/20
Challenge💀 17/20
Duration⌛ 9/20
Freedom🌎 1/20
Review Scores
4xB87
Fouttaf Score
Dimension: 4
There's some ambition in bringing an arcade game to a console, although a lot of corners were cut.
The Flair: B
Arcade graphics are nice, but the sense of speed is marred by how the incoming elements get bigger in size coarsely. Also, the design of scenarios has really been uncared-for.
The Feel: 8
Helicopter controls feel fine, but besides that, the gameplay isn't good since it feels like a gamble to dodge the enemy attacks. Top-down sections are okay and add a bit of variety.
The Fuel: 7
Poor level design, repeated enemies throughout the game (except for the bosses), and an absurd difficulty curve leave this game in a bad position.
Underwhelming
57
Classic Score
Conclusions
Super Thunder Blade was an attempt to bring an arcade experience to consoles that didn't quite work out. Its irregular gameplay and graphics, plus an unbalanced difficulty, leave few reasons to stick with the game past the first couple of defeats, unless you really crave an unfairly hard challenge.
Super Thunder Blade
Super Thunder Blade (Mega Drive, 1988)
Badge Cabinet
Release date: Saturday 29th October 1988
Platforms: Mega Drive
Published by: SEGA, Tectoy
Developed by: SEGA
Genres: Action, Shoot 'em up
Trait Chart
Story Drive 📖 1/20
Accessibility 🚪 17/20
Depth 🤿 3/20
Challenge 💀 17/20
Duration ⌛ 9/20
Freedom 🌎 1/20
Review Scores
4xB87
Fouttaf Score
Dimension: 4
There's some ambition in bringing an arcade game to a console, although a lot of corners were cut.
The Flair: B
Arcade graphics are nice, but the sense of speed is marred by how the incoming elements get bigger in size coarsely. Also, the design of scenarios has really been uncared-for.
The Feel: 8
Helicopter controls feel fine, but besides that, the gameplay isn't good since it feels like a gamble to dodge the enemy attacks. Top-down sections are okay and add a bit of variety.
The Fuel: 7
Poor level design, repeated enemies throughout the game (except for the bosses), and an absurd difficulty curve leave this game in a bad position.
Conclusions

Super Thunder Blade was an attempt to bring an arcade experience to consoles that didn't quite work out. Its irregular gameplay and graphics, plus an unbalanced difficulty, leave few reasons to stick with the game past the first couple of defeats, unless you really crave an unfairly hard challenge.

Underwhelming
57
Classic Score