Lords of Thunder (TurboGrafx CD) Playthrough - NintendoComplete
237A playthrough of Hudson's 1993 shoot 'em up for the TurboGrafx CD/TurboDuo, Lords of Thunder.
Lords of Thunder is one of the incredible gaming feats of its time, and goes woefully unrecognized by most of today's gamers. Easily on par (and in my opinion, surpassing) the seminal Gradius and Darius games, Lords of Thunder cuts the mustard its own way with a kickass soundtrack featuring wailing 80s style guitar solos with heavy synth backup tracks, an incredible number of colors and sprites on the screen given the modest specs of the host machine (seriously, how did they manage to virtually eliminate flicker with this much moving at once?! And on an 8-bit system, no less), and its sheer playability. R-Type never felt this smooth!
Johnny Turbo was right to be plastered across ads for this game. If this couldn't sell the Turbo in America, I can't imagine much else could. Well, except for maybe if NEC had decently marketed the system before it became a lost cause.
At the end of the credits in this video the "Game Over" screens have been cut in. The game returns you to the title screen at the end of the credits, but I love the Game Over "countdown" theme way too much to exclude it. Do yourself a favor, whether you've heard it before or not, and watch the final 30 seconds or so. Aural bliss, a la big hair.
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No cheats were used during the recording of this video.
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