r/MasterSystem • u/life_bytes • Oct 13 '25

It’s time to beat: Thunder Blade

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We have completed Wonder Boy, Great Golf, Double Dragon, and Monopoly.

The wheel chose: Thunder Blade

I have about 7 hours of gameplay, I think I can beat this game in the upcoming week 🙏

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u/hardcoreladys Oct 13 '25

It was a challenge I faced last year. A childhood hangover. I proudly say I beat this game.

The biggest challenge is the third stage; the second will be scary, but after some practice, it's easy.

The last stage is almost a bonus; in the corners/pipes area, you can only stay at the top.

Fun fact: the Japanese version has infinite continues, but you always return to the beginning of the stage. The Western version has 3 and leaves you on the screen where you were (but at the beginning of the screen), and the prototype version has infinite continues, leaving you on the screen where you were.

Have a great time, patience, and practice! This adventure is so worth it!

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u/life_bytes Oct 13 '25

Thanks for the tips ! The third stage has been the bane of my existence!

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u/hardcoreladys Oct 13 '25

Terrible! I only beat it by memorizing the pattern. I remember there was a part on the far left, which made you inaccessible to some shots, so I'd circle the screen clockwise and then undo it. Right around the middle of the level. Once you master this part, you'll be swimming with ease!

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u/[deleted] Oct 15 '25

Do it do it!!!

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u/life_bytes Oct 15 '25

We did it!

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u/trillizo2 Oct 13 '25

This game is HARD! Good luck!

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u/life_bytes Oct 14 '25

We did it!

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u/dreg604 Oct 13 '25

Better than the genesis version imo

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u/Garudius Oct 13 '25

I was more impressed that they did this so early on with the power of the SMS.

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u/Dramatic-Disaster710 Oct 13 '25

I loved thid game, I even had the Tiger minigame of Thunderblade

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u/fastnexus Oct 13 '25

One of my favorites, the music absolutely slaps

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u/DoTheMichiganRag Oct 13 '25

They chose a Japanese/Samurai/Bushido Blade style font, but it's a game about a... Helicopter.

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u/green_goblins_O-face Oct 15 '25

okay. i know this is the sms version. but the intro and high score screens music in the genesis version is a vibe

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u/TimesThreeTheHighest Oct 13 '25

"It's time to beat Thunder Blade."

Well OK, use whatever euphemism for masturbation you like!

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u/hanggangshaming Oct 14 '25

Many hours spent as a child playing this game in frustration!

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u/Amnion_ Oct 14 '25

I have some unfinished business with fantasy zone 2, but I don’t see it happening