Uploaded July 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
A shmup that goes from "eh it's fine, nothing outstanding but it's fine" to "oooog why do I not have enough firepower for this garbage"
BBH Rating: 2 / 5
Chat Rating: 2 / 5
youtu.be/Vl0KO0j85c4
A shmup that goes from "eh it's fine, nothing outstanding but it's fine" to "oooog why do I not have enough firepower for this garbage"
BBH Rating: 2 / 5
Chat Rating: 2 / 5
youtu.be/Vl0KO0j85c4
![Arcade RetroAchievements - SFIII 4rd Strike romhack, session 1 [02-15-2026 stream]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/lb22RevyI70/mqdefault.jpg "Arcade RetroAchievements - SFIII 4rd Strike romhack, session 1 [02-15-2026 stream]
This romhack changes a lot of things around balance-wise, attempting to add new moves, making Gill playable and adding an extra version of Sean. Was it a hit with the 3rd Strike scene? As far as I can tell, not really. Theres a lot of weird changes and the jurys out on what the balance is like now. Was kinda fun to fuck around with at least. Unfortunately the set requires getting an S-rank win with every character and that feels like a lot of luck in hoping the CPU will let you meet all the weird arbitrary requirements for it.
This set is continued in the following VODs if you want to see the rest of this. Im probably leaving them as unlisted.
Document detailing all the 4rd Strike changes:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EGXvHFP1UeWxFW348FUQgtrjp-FSBXj_oap_V0BZBvQ/edit?tab=t.0")
![Genesis RetroAchievements - Thunder Force IV [02-19-2025 stream]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/oDvKqIrQddU/mqdefault.jpg "Genesis RetroAchievements - Thunder Force IV [02-19-2025 stream]
Id never actually properly finished Thunder Force IV (or Lightening Force as it was known in the US), so I figured it was time to give it another shot.
I didnt really like it that much! Obviously I knew it was going to be memorization-heavy but there are some really obnoxious gotcha moments. I also didnt like how tall a lot of stages were vertically because its a lot to keep track of. I just didnt seem to have much fun with it. I did end up 1CCing it eventually on Normal, but didnt really feel like bothering with the harder difficulties. Probably wont be coming back to this to try to get the rest of the cheevos on this one Im afraid.")
