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[edit] Repeating Levels?
Is it true that - at least in the MS-DOS version - the levels would repeat once the last one had been completed? I recall using a cheat program to gain unlimited health and experiencing a never-ending loop of levels, but a friend swears he beat the game and that there was an ending.
My guess is that my friend was thinking of Firehawk, as I also cheated to beat the MS-DOS version of that game and remember an ending.
Some other trivia I've gathered over the years:
- The PC version of Thexder supports only PC Speaker or Tandy sound. Tandy sound is superior, but the graphics are inferior to the hi-res EGA mode.
- Sierra seems to have re-arranged the music from the MS-DOS version of Firehawk, as the music sounds different from the original MSX versions that I've heard. This was probably a side-effect of having to port to different sound hardware (e.g. from whatever the MSX uses, to the Yamaha OPL3 in the Adlib/Soundblaster, as well as the Roland MT-32 MIDI synth).
- The MSX version of Firehawk has an intro story sequence which is not present in the MS-DOS port. However, I recall that Sierra made up for this by including a comic book (or perhaps it was in the manual?) version of the intro story with the MS-DOS version. I don't know if the story is the same, but the comic book version ties the two games (Thexder and Firehawk) together and provides a back-story for both.
Thexder was the first Sierra game I ever owned :) Firehawk was the first game I played on my first sound card, an 8-bit ISA SoundBlaster 2.0. --HunterZ 22:43, 17 May 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Moonlight Sonata?
I used to play the Apple ][ version when I was a kid, and I believe the main title music was the first movement of the Moonlight Sonata by Beethoven. is this right? If so, it might deserve a mention. I've wondered if I can get a recording of the theme from Thexder. I think it was sped up a little. --Howdybob 00:53, 23 August 2007 (UTC)
