Out of the blue, memories of playing Thexder pop into my head.


Out of the blue, memories of playing Thexder pop into my head.

No Atari or Nintendo at my house.

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  1. Casey G.February 12, 2015 at 8:57 AM

    Better tag Paul V. for mecha.

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  2. Benjamin BaughFebruary 12, 2015 at 8:58 AM

    Ah Thexder, the first game I absolutely sucked at.  But not the last!

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  3. Casey G.February 12, 2015 at 8:58 AM

    It was hard.

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  4. Paul VermerenFebruary 12, 2015 at 8:58 AM

    I've never heard of this. Probably because there was never a PC at my house.

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  5. Paul VermerenFebruary 12, 2015 at 8:59 AM

    But the mecha looks like a clunky ripoff of a Valkyrie from Macross.

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  6. Casey G.February 12, 2015 at 9:00 AM

    The sequel has even better art:
    http://goo.gl/OfuIs4

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  7. Casey G.February 12, 2015 at 9:01 AM

    That's because it was, Paul V.. I liked it because it was like Jetfire from Transformers.

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  8. Paul VermerenFebruary 12, 2015 at 9:03 AM

    Oddly enough, I've heard of FIRE HAWK.

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  9. Christopher WoodFebruary 12, 2015 at 9:10 AM

    They were both hard, or I was terrible. Thexder was one of my first games.

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  10. Paul BeakleyFebruary 12, 2015 at 9:20 AM

    Holy shit mcga graphics.

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  11. Brian NewmanFebruary 12, 2015 at 9:26 AM

    Is that a crotch siren?

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  12. Christopher WoodFebruary 12, 2015 at 9:27 AM

    You turn into a jet. That's your crotch-nose-cone.

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  13. Casey G.February 12, 2015 at 9:53 AM

    It shoots lasers when you're a plane. Crotch lasers.

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  14. Larry LadeFebruary 12, 2015 at 11:33 AM

    I remember this as the game where you turned into an airplane and crashed.

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