The UNTOLD Story of Technosoft Shoot Em Ups

Technosoft was more than just Thunder Force on the Mega Drive, Sega Saturn and Playstation. In this UNTOLD Story of Technosoft Shoot Em Ups, take a nostalgic trip through history and learn what made Technosoft one of the most important developers of shmups during the 80s and 90s. ✅ Subscribe To My Channel ➡️ Support me on PATREON Patreon: shmupjunkieslushfund CORRECTIONS: Hyakutaro Tsukumo's last name was inadvertently misspelled, this is the correct spelling Full of untold history and revelations about Technosoft and their games you may not believe. Is it Technosoft or Tecnosoft? What other games did they make besides the Thunder Force series? What made their music and OST so amazing and who were their top composers? Do you know of their Arcade releases? What legendary STG developers made their mark before moving on to other companies like Compile, Raizing, Taito and more, making games for other systems like Gate and Lords of Thunder, along with Sapphire for the PC Engine, and Hagane for the Super Famicom. Learn how interesting and diverse Technosoft was, leading to some of the best shooters of the generation, along with many other seminal releases from employees that once worked there. Their deep relationship with Sega and their mastery of the Genesis / Mega Drive hardware. From their earliest games on the PC-88, MSX and Sharp X68000, to the 16 bit console wars and the 32bit years of the Saturn and PS1, along with arcade games they also developed. Discover a Tecnosoft you thought you knew in a whole new light, with details never publicly revealed until now. A definitive history of Technosoft, their Shoot Em Ups, and so much more! #shootemups #thunderforce #megadrive CHAPTERS 00:00 - The UNTOLD Story 02:17 - Early Genius 04:58 - Thunder on the Mega Drive 07:19 - Thunder Force hits the Big Time! 10:47 - Stealing Thunder 12:54 - Lightening Strikes Again! 16:46 - Master of the Genre 19:54 - Next Generation 22:50 - Dark Days of Shmups 25:01 - Technosoft's Last Stand 28:51 - Sega goes GaGa? 33:23 - Dirty Secrets 39:19 - Legends Never Die Follow PrehistoGeek on Instagram for his awesome Technosoft collection and more: https://www.instagram.com/prehisto_ge... Most collection images in this video are courtesy of his PGTecnosoft page https://www.instagram.com/pgtecnosoft... Gameplay Clips and Reviews featured in this video: Blast Wind by FrankFrikiYT (also en Espanol) Blast Wind (Saturn) - ¡Completo y comentad... All Technosoft Shmups playthrough by STGCVLT (also en Espanol) CVLTO SEMANAL: TECNOSOFT Thunder Force IV Switch Review by Mark_MSX / The Electric Underground Thunder Force IV - Sega Ages Nintendo Swit... Some of the games shown in this video: Sega Genesis / Mega Drive Games: Thunder Force Thunder Force II Thunder Force III Thunder Force IV Thunder Force V Thunder Force VI Broken Thunder Elemental Master Herzog Zwei Sega Saturn Games: Thunder Force V (also on PS1) Hyper Duel - Sega Saturn and Arcade Blast Wind NEC PC Engine Games: Gate of Thunder - PC Engine SuperCD Lords of Thunder - PC Engine SuperCD Ginga Fukei Denstesu Sapphire - PC Engine Arcade Card Other Platforms: Plazma Line - FM7, MSX, PC-88 and others Feedback - MSX, PC-88 and others Hagane: The Final Conflict - Super Famicom Gran Turismo - PS1 Star Cruiser - Sharp X68000, Mega Drive and others ************************************************** Additional Footage Sources Thunder Force (PC-88) Thunder Force PC-88 Kurenai Plazma Line (プラズマライン) (SR version) for the... Plazma Line Highretrogamelord The Gamer's Experience - Ep. 001 - Wibarm Wibarm JCServant W Battle of the Ports - Star Cruiser (スタークルー... Star Cruiser Retro Core 1989 Thunder Force 2 SEGA Genesis Old Scho... Thunder Force 2 Media Pool 1990 [60fps] ThunderForce AC Nomiss ALL Thunder Force AC Replay Burners Video Thunder Spirits Minase SEGAAGES Herzog Zwei(Nintendo Switch) PvP ... Herzog Zwei T 884 Dune - The Grandfather of Real-Time Strategy Dune No Strings Prd Nekketsu Oyako [Saturn] by TechnoSoft [HD]... Nekketsu Oyako Saturn Memories THE BEST ARCADE IN AKIHABARA! Arcades in Akihabara KidShoryuken SEGAGAGA Intro - 60fps Widescreen upscaled... SegaGaga Intro Dreamcasters' Tube Thunder Force VI / 4K PS2 emulator PCSX2 /... Thunder Force VI Haidi Retro Gaming PC - Broken Thunder - Gameplay - 1080p60 Broken Thunder Sabre 470 Feedback / フィードバック - '3D' shooter for MSX2 Feedback MSX John Hassink [MSX2] Herzog - Longplay Herzog MSX2 The MSX Channel