History VideoGame / ThunderCross

The planet Haniamu IV is under attack from a relentless, unknown military force known only as Black Inpulse. Humanity sends the Blue Thunder M-45 and its earlier make the Red Thunder M-24 to take care of them.

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: The villains are called the Black I'''n'''pulse, not the Black Impulse.

Both ''Thunder Cross'' and ''Thunder Cross II'' take place in the same universe as the ''VideoGame/{{Gradius}}'' series. The planet Haniamu IV is under attack from a relentless, unknown military force known only as Black Inpulse. Humanity sends the Blue Thunder M-45 and its earlier make the Red Thunder M-24 to take care of them.

* SharedUniverse: Thunder Cross takes place in the same universe as Gradius.

Not to be confused with the ''ThunderForce'' shooter series. And ''definitely'' not to be confused with the alternative name for the [[UsefulNotes/NaziGermany swastika]].

!! ''Thunder Cross'' and its sequel provides the following examples:

* AttackDrone: The Options. They stay at the sides of your ship, although you can control the distance between options (in the Japanese/European version of 1, and in II)

* BattleshipRaid: Stage 4 of the first game, and Stage 5 of II.
* ContinuingIsPainful: And how. You lose ALL your powerups when you die! It does reset the DynamicDifficulty, though.
* CorridorCubbyholeRun: Stage 6 of ''II'' has your character [[http://hardcoregaming101.net/konamishooters/thundercross2-4.png move through an asteroid field]] while the boss fires a WaveMotionGun from offscreen. In order to avoid the laser easily, you have to hide behind the asteroids that block it.
* DifficultyByRegion: The US version of ''Thunder Cross'' gave your character {{Smart Bomb}}s in exchange for the special weapons and the ability to control your options.

* FireBreathingWeapon: The flame weapon from both games. In 1, it was a continuous medium-range stream of flame, in II, your Options shot out phoenixes that pierced enemies.
* GratuitousEnglish: The second game has boss names like "Brookrans, Works", "Laze, Zoguylum", and "Sproutes, Layber".

* PointOfNoContinues: The final level.
* ReactorBoss: "Brookrans, Works" from ''II'' is the core of a large battleship.

* ReflectingLaser: The FinalBoss of ''II''.
* ReptilesAreAbhorrent: In ''II'', the Black Inpulse have two repilian bosses (Ragamuffin the robotic naga and Dinosaur Junior the robot chameleon).

* SnakePeople: Ragamuffin from ''II'' is a robotic Naga with a shield, rocket launcher, and a [[BewareMyStingerTail stinger tail]].

''Thunder Cross'' is a horizontally scrolling shoot 'em up arcade game released in arcades by {{Konami}} in 1988. Thunder Cross used a "layered scrolling" background, a new 2D graphics technique at the time. A sequel, ''Thunder Cross II'' was released in 1991.

Not to be confused with the ''ThunderForce'' shooter series. And ''definitely'' not to be confused with the alternative name for the [[NaziGermany swastika]].

Both ''Thunder Cross'' and ''Thunder Cross II'' take place in the same universe as the ''{{Gradius}}'' series. The planet Haniamu IV is under attack from a relentless, unknown military force known only as Black Inpulse. Humanity sends the Blue Thunder M-45 and its earlier make the Red Thunder M-24 to take care of them.

* {{Expy}}: Some of the bosses in the series are similar to those in ''{{Gradius}}''.

* KillItWithFire: The flame weapon from both games. In 1, it was a continuous medium-range stream of flame, in II, your Options shot out phoenixes that pierced enemies.

* SpellMuNameWithAnS: The villains are called the Black I'''n'''pulse, not the Black Impulse.

Both ''Thunder Cross'' and ''Thunder Cross II'' take place in the same universe as the ''{{Gradius}}'' series. The planet Haniamu IV is under attack from a relentless, unknown military force known only as Black Impulse. Humanity sends the Blue Thunder M-45 and its earlier make the Red Thunder M-24 to take care of them.

* Expy: Some of the bosses in the series are similar to those in ''{{Gradius}}''.

* RecurringBossTemplate: Eggeroid, which appears as the first boss in both games. In the first game, you could attack its weak point directly, in the second, you had to attack its tail first.
* ReptilesAreAbhorrent: In ''II'', the Black Impulse have two repilian bosses (Ragamuffin the robotic naga and Dinosaur Junior the robot chameleon).

* DifficultyByRegion: The US version of ''Thunder Cross'' gave your character {{Smart Bomb}}s in exchange for the ability to control your options.

Not to be confused with the ''ThunderForce'' shooter series. Or the alternative name for the swastika.

* DifficultyByRegion: The US version of ''Thunder Cross'' gave your character SmartBombs in exchange for the ability to control your options.