Technosoft

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Technosoft (AKA Tecno Soft) was a Japanese video game developer that is best known for the Thunder Force series of shooters for the Mega Drive/Genesis. Their initial title was developed for the Japanese Sharp X1, with later ones for the Mega Drive/Genesis, Sony PlayStation, and Sega Saturn.

Other notable Tecno Soft games for the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis include Herzog Zwei, regarded as the world's first real time strategy game, the conversion of Turbo Grafx 16 game Devil's Crush, dubbed Dragon's Fury and released in North America by Tengen, and Elemental Master.

In 2001, the company was purchased by pachinko maker Twenty-one Company and was merged into its R&D division.

In 2006, the URL Tecnosoft.com was registered and updated. However, as of January 2008, no updates other than "We will restart soon! Please wait for a while." and "THUNDERFORCE is a registered trademark." have been added to the website.

Some Technosoft staff left to start game developer CAProduction in 1993.

[edit] Known releases

• Blast Wind; Sega Saturn
• D' ([diːdæʃ], pronounced 'Dee-dash'); MSX
• Dragon's Fury aka Devil's Crush/Devil Crash; Mega Drive/Genesis (port from PC Engine)
• Elemental Master; Mega Drive/Genesis
• Fantasic Pinball Kyutenkai; PlayStation, Sega Saturn
• Feedback; MSX
• My Garden; PlayStation
• Nagai Dankon; MSX
• Herzog; MSX
• Herzog Zwei; Mega Drive/Genesis
• Hyper Duel; Arcade game, Sega Saturn
• Hyper Reverthion; Sega Saturn
• Kaze no Oka Kouen Nite; PlayStation
• Kotetsu Reiki: Steeldom; PlayStation
• Kumi Mitachi Table Tour Cuts Set; Sega Saturn
• Kuttu Ketto; PlayStation
• Nekketsu Oyako; Sega Saturn, PlayStation
• Neorude; PlayStation
• Neorude 2; PlayStation
• Neorude: Kizamareta Monshou; PlayStation
• Omise de Tensyu; PlayStation
• Reverthion; PlayStation
• Steeldom; Sega Saturn
• Thunder Force; Sharp X1, NEC PC-8801, Fujitsu FM-7
• Thunder Force II; Sharp X68000, Mega Drive/Genesis
• Thunder Force III; Mega Drive/Genesis, Arcade
• Thunder Force IV; Mega Drive/Genesis
• Thunder Force V; Sega Saturn, PlayStation
• Thunder Force AC; Arcade game
• Thunder Force Gold Pack 1 includes TF II + III; Sega Saturn
• Thunder Force Gold Pack 2 includes TF AC + IV; Sega Saturn
• Thunder Spirits slightly varied port of TF AC; Super Nintendo Entertainment System