Talk:Thunder Force IV

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[edit] Soundtrack

Added a brief description of the game' soundtrack, as it was felt needed due to the games excellent music.

While the music IS good, I think a little more is needed than 'notable'. Why it's notable would be better. Spottedowl 15:46, 18 September 2006 (UTC)

I remember this game very well. It has possibly the best soundtrack of any game I've played! Wjfox2005 15:15, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

I'm going to have edit the soundtrack description. I severely disagree with the current description of the soundtrack being mainly hard-rock with backing synth. While the bosses do have this BGM, most levels certainly do not have it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.145.235.177 (talk) 14:22, 15 October 2007 (UTC)

It has been edited. If anybody does not remember the soundtrack I will gladly post the main level tracks here for anybody to listen, you will see they definitely do not consisnt of 'hard-rock'. They are the more synthesized, synthetic atmnosphereic sounds, while the 'hard-rock' sounds take the role in the boss sections of the game. Both genres of music now get a fair mention in the article. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.145.235.177 (talk) 14:40, 15 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] PAL/NTSC difference

Although the PAL version does indeed have a country lock out which can be bypassed it is not optimized for 50hz.

Thus running the 50hz version at 60hz will not show more slowdown than a regular (JAP or US) 60hz version of the game.

Witnessed this personally as I own both a JAP and EURO version of the game.

Claim in Wiki removed.80.57.198.38 22:26, 13 January 2007 (UTC)

Yep, it sure is optimised. I have both cuts and the PAL version is as quick at 50Hz, as the Jap is at 60Hz.

[edit] Lightening POSSIBLY misspelled?

How is it only possibly misspelled? The word is spelled lightning, so obviously lightening is a misspelling. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 69.216.115.149 (talk) 05:08, 26 March 2007 (UTC).

Only Sega knows--because they requested the name change because they felt there were too many sequels on their platform. I have a theory why it was misspelled however. Near this time, in 1991, there was a syndicated television show called Lightning Force. This was a very low budget show that was only around for two seasons. It would seem that Sega didn't want a Thunder Force 4, and thought Lightning Force would have been a quick switch, yet whoever thought this up probably did not know about the TV show. The property could have easily defended its trademark with the name and won, so after deciding on a name change and finding that name taken? Sega decided "hey, let's misspell it." I sure can't think of any other reason that they would actually let a misspelled game get on the shelves, a few bits of script or something wrong in the manual is understandable, but this just takes the cake. Aleksael 05:18, 5 May 2007 (UTC)

Have you ever heard of Occam's razor? Somebody goofed the spelling and nobody noticed. Simple as that. Jason Quinn 23:41, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

That's as maybe, but 'lightening' is a still incorrect spelling, deliberate or not. Ergo, the 'possibly' should be removed, IMO.

Well, the mispelling depends on the context. "Lightening" is a proper word, an extension of "lighten", but I doubt that's what they had in mind. Kelvingreen 13:30, 5 September 2007 (UTC)