Thunder Warrior

Thunder Warrior
Also known as: Gluk the Thunder Warrior (ES) Developers: TXC Corp Publishers: Micro Genius (AS), Gluk Video (ES) Platform: Unlicensed NES Released in EU: 1992 Released in AS: 1992 This game has a hidden level select. This game has regional differences.

Thunder Warrior stars a man with a green ponytail who can summon lightning. However, his platforming skills leave a lot to be desired.

Cheats

6 Extra Lives

During the TXC/Gluk Video logo, you can press Select up to 6 times to modify the amount of lives when starting the game or continuing from a Game Over.

Stage Select

After performing the previous cheat you can access any stage by pressing Left and Right at the Stage screen.

Regional Differences

When Gluk Video brought the game over to Spain, they decided to replace the game's protagonist with their own mascot.

Thunder Warrior	Gluk the Thunder Warrior

The copyright screen was changed entirely. Note that while the text on this screen is in Spanish, the rest of the game was left untranslated.

Thunder Warrior	Gluk the Thunder Warrior

In a somewhat lazy fashion, the title screen uses the same Gluk Video logo as the copyright screen. The title is now rendered in plain text at the bottom of the screen, with the player options moved up as a result.

Thunder Warrior	Gluk the Thunder Warrior

The player sprite was naturally replaced with Gluk. Changes to the color palette mean that some of the other sprites (such as the breakable blocks shown here) have been palette swapped. Player 2 uses the same palette as player 1's from Thunder Warrior in Gluk the Thunder Warrior, though in the former player 2 had blue hair and pants instead.

Thunder Warrior	Gluk the Thunder Warrior

The game over screen in Thunder Warrior had a static TV effect for the background, and some Chinese text above the "game over" message. These were removed in Gluk, resulting in a much more plain looking screen. The text was also moved up and spaced further apart.