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Lightening Force: Quest for the Darkstar

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THE ESSENTIALS
System
Genesis
Year
1992
Genre
Action
Developer
Technosoft
Publisher
SEGA
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Lightening Force: Quest for the Darkstar on Sega Genesis / Mega Drive
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About Lightening Force: Quest for the Darkstar

Thunder Force IV, known in North America as Lightening Force: Quest for the Darkstar [sic], is a 1992 side-scrolling shoot 'em up video game developed and published by Technosoft for the Sega Genesis as the fourth installment of the Thunder Force series. The game was released in Japan on July 24, 1992, in North America in September 1992 and in Europe in December 1992.

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