Lords Of Thunder BETA - SEGACD

I just received this, a nice and shiny MEGA CD-R gold disc. This one is Lord Of Thunder from Hudson Soft, a port of Winds Of Thunder on the PC Engine made by Hudson Soft and Red. Winds of Thunder is a solid and challenging shooter and the SEGA CD version inherit a lot of its qualities with a few changes like a remixed soundtrack (that you may love or hate compared to the original PCE version.) slightly inferior graphics compared to the PCE… (For a full comparison between the versions check this article from PC Engine FX.)

I have yet to see any differences between the final release and this beta, the first level seems to be on par with the final product but I haven’t had much time to play through the whole game. The seller told me this disc originates from a now defunct US Magazine. The files written on the CD are dated from 20/12/1994 but on the final release they are dated from June 1995, the soundtrack is the same as on the final game but according to my hex editor the final and beta data part differ. I will do more digging on this and update this post if anything exciting comes up. For now a couple of nice picture of the item, enjoy:

For those who don’t know Lords Of Thunder, here is a little video covering the game (made by Nintega):