Thunder Cross II (サンダークロスII Sandā Kurosu II) is a horizontally scrolling shoot'em up arcade game released by Konami in 1991 and it's the direct sequel of Thunder Cross.

Thunder Crossis a Gradius-style shoot 'em up.

Other machines made by Konami during the time period Thunder Cross was produced include '88 Games, Akumajou Dracula, Chequered Flag, Contra (PlayChoice), Crazy Cop, Hyper Crash, Vs. It takes place in the same universe as the Gradius series. Basically, Konami took the enemy designs and patterns of Gradius, changed up the graphical style a bit, altered the power-up system, and created Thunder Cross. Thunder Cross II is an improved, solid shooter, even if things are again borrowed from Gradius.

Konami released 432 different machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1978. These pods can be manually repositioned by the player, and can be temporarily upgraded with powerful, limited-use weapons. You’ll recognize a lot of same bad guys, who fly in the same waves, and leave behind power-ups if all of them are killed. The most unique feature is the adaptability of the player's "Option" pods. Thunder Cross is a shoot 'em up series by Konami. Thunder Cross Description Thunder Cross was produced by Konami in 1988.