Lords of Thunder 1993

Is it still worth playing?

Landis, a knight in the armor of his ancestor Drak, fights an evil god's dark generals across the land of Mistral, in this 1993 horizontally scrolling shooter for the TurboDuo. You pick one of seven stages at the start, and they scroll in several directions. He fires a constant volley, has a sword that is strong but stops his shooting, and uses bombs. Before each stage you choose one of four elemental armors, Earth, Wind, Fire or Water, which change his color and the difficulty. There are no checkpoints inside a stage, and a hit costs weapon energy rather than killing him at once. Enemies drop crystals, which you spend in a shop on bombs, power ups, shield deflectors, continues and an elixir that restores health. The soundtrack is rock. Choosing the order of the stages and which armor to wear still gives each run a plan.