Thunder Force II

Thunder Force II is a scrolling shooter first released in Japan in 1988 for the Sharp X68000 computer. The X68000 version of the game has slightly better visuals than its Genesis counterpart. For example, some of the top-view oriented stage backgrounds have parallax scrolling/transparency effects which the Genesis version lacks. On the other hand, sprites in the X68000 game are typically larger, but also usually less animated.