Thunder cross arcade game

Basically, Konami took the enemy designs and patterns of Gradius , changed up the graphical style a bit, altered the power-up system, and created Thunder Cross. Some will also drop Option orbs, which create a little invincible pod to double, triple, or quadruple your firepower. The Flamethrower is particularly fun, since it creates four steady streams of fire that flow upwards and downwards slightly with movement.

Unlike the original Gradius games, the Options fly in a vertical formation, and can be positioned closer or farther from your ship by holding down the secondary button. This type of Option clustering was later reintroduced into the Gradius series in Gradius III , which was released a year later.

Emon-5 from Otomedius and Arnval from Otomedius Gorgeous also use this weapon set. Of course, there are some pretty significant differences from Gradius too. The background designs, while occasionally utilizing similar styles — especially apparent in the final stage — are often drastically different, taking place above other typical shooter landscapes like cities. Most levels also includes several layers of multiplane background scrolling, which was an impressive effect for the time.

To ensure that all the games you download here work as they are supposed , use them only with the recommended versions of MAME available directly from our website under the 'emulators' tab. I always check the game files myself before I put them on the website, to see whether they work or not.

The basic idea behind this project is to provide people both with a working emulator and games they can run on it at the same time. Unlike some other sites that offer you hundreds of games but none of them really work, I can guarantee you that all the games presented here work like a charm. All you have to do is to use the correct version of MAME emulator, both of which are also available on our website. And since I spent my free time on this website, bringing you all these fully functional games, so that you too can have some retro themed fun, any comments will be much appreciated.