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Technic Heroes
The official logo of the series, introduced in 1986.
Creator	Elkan Boukough Pasi Peure El TV Kadsre Television Network Toei Company
Studio(s)	El TV Kadsre (1976-present) Toei (1976-1989, 1996-present) Ryu Hamasaki Releasing (1976-1978, 1983, 1996-1998) Weiss Global Enterprises (1978-1984) Miramax (1984-1989) Universal Pictures (1989-1996)
Original work	Robotman
List of films	See below
Original run	1976-present

'Technic Heroes' (Japanese: テクニック英雄, Hepburn: Tekunikku Eiyū') is the name given to the long-running El Kadsreian tokusatsu franchise created and distributed by El TV Kadsre and the Toei Company along with Ryu Hamasaki Releasing. Technic Heroes spanned through films, television movies, television series, video games, board games and more and is the one of the film series with the most entries, having 63 films released in its total during its 41-year-long run. Technic Heroes is sponsored by Technic, an El Kadsreian energy drink.

It was planned from the late 1950s as Heroes of EKTV. When Technic and El TV Kadsre established their relationship, it was renamed to Technic Heroes in 1974 and the first film in the franchise, Robotman was released only in the Vlokozu Union in 1976 (Nova Orbis was the first film to be released internationally, it was released in the Vlokozu Union, the Soviet Union, and Brazil in 1978 and the rest of the world in 1979.) It's supposed to be El TV Kadsre's belated answer to Kamen Rider. A couple of years later, it became Super Sentai-themed franchise, with advanced armor.

Quest for the Masks is the most popular film in the Technic Heroes franchise, with the box office of $1,025,782,904 ($2,823,894,710 in 2018 dollars).

Overview

In almost every Technic Heroes film, television series and television film, the protagonist are the team of people and sometimes, a person, who transform into superheroes known as Technic heroes (or Toa in the Bionicle franchise) and gain super powers, advanced color-coded armor, signature weapons such as tools like a hammer, sword, claws and others and fighting skills, in order to battle a group of evil beings that threaten to take over El Kadsre and sometimes, the entire world.

History

Concept and development (1955-1976)

Elkan Boukough came up with the idea of Technic Heroes as early as 1955 while he was reading some pulp fiction magazines like Startling Stories. He contacted El Kadsreian Films (now El TV Kadsre Films) to request to make a movie about a robot as founded on Startling Stories. In 1957, the development of the which now known as the "1957 Robotman draft" was canceled and the film was never filmed likely because of the suits, at the time was extremely difficult to make.

In 1971, during the time El TV Kadsre was suffering the 10-year-long downturn, Elkan rediscovered the draft, where it laying here in his bedroom closet while he was moving to the new house. He decided to rework the entire film from scratch by redesigning the characters and rewrite the plot. He requested Ryu Hamasaki to write the film for him. Elkan wanted to make the film series of it. When he found that Technic, the energy drink came to El TV Kadsre and said that they wanted to sponsor Heroes of El TV Kadsre with their own drink of same name, Elkan, El TV Kadsre and Technic renamed the series from Heroes of El TV Kadsre to Technic Heroes.

The Initial Era (1976-1978)

In 1976, El TV Kadsre released the original Robotman movie. But it was only moderately successful. The Nova Orbis movie was first released internationally in 1978.

The Golden Era (1978-1987)

In 1981, Quest for the Masks, based on Bionicle comics was released. It was the critical acclaim and it saved El TV Kadsre's film industry.

In 1984, after the demise of Weiss Global Enterprises, El TV Kadsre hired Miramax Films to distribute Technic Heroes film after signing the 5-year deal.

The MCA Era (1987-1996)

In 1988, El TV Kadsre released Technic Heroes Extended Pack. In 1994, Technic Heroes' film series takes a-year-long hiatus. In 1996, El TV Kadsre and Toei rereleased the Technic Heroes movies in Platinum Edition formats.

On the same year, El TV Kadsre appointed Lego to license it to create the sub-toyline based on Technic Heroes movies, making Technic Heroes Lego's first licensed toyline.

The Dark Era (1996-2000)

In 1996, El TV Kadsre left the MCA because of the El TV Kexit campaign. On July 29 of the same year, due to the negative reception of the 1996 film Bionicle: The Next Generation, El TV Kadsre announced that Bionicle is officially canceled again which marked the start of the Dark Era.

In September 1996, Technic Heroes created Lana X, a female robot that sparks with butterflies, colors, and glitters. They working after 4 years of original creation. It was first released starting with a comic/manga in 1997, then with a TV show in 2000, and her film debut in 2003.

In 1997, El TV Kadsre launched the series of flash-animated webcasts on the Technic Heroes' official website, that was produced from 1997 to 2005. El TV Kadsre stated that the purpose of the webcasts is "to keep Technic Heroes alive".

The successful revival of Robotman dubbed as Robotman Y2K during Millennium.

In June 19, 1998, the online multiplayer RPG game, Technic Heroes World was launched on the web. It was an commercial sucess and at the end of 1998, over 500+ users were regestered.

The Millennial Era (2000-2010)

The first Lana X movie was released in 2003, it was critical acclaim and commercially successful. It marks the first female Technic heroine character Lana X.

The Silver Era (2010-present)

Fred Abrams is retired from writing and replaced by Matt Lee in 2011. In 2016, El TV Kadsre releases the new Hunterbots franchise.

Productions

Films

Era	No.	Film	Release Date	Director(s)	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Note(s)
Initial Era	1	Robotman	June 6, 1976	Elkan Boukough	Ryu Hamasaki	Florian Hill	First film in the Technic Heroes franchise
	2	Robotman 2	July 11, 1977
Golden Era	3	Nova Orbis	August 25, 1978	Pasi Peure		Takima Susima	Based on the arcade game of the same name, released in 1977.
	4	Throwbots	May 25, 1979	Florian Hill	Florian Hill	Melik Yilmaz	Also known as Slizer in Europe, Asia, and Oceania.
	5	Roborider	May 23, 1980		Sung Gim
	6	Quest for the Masks	May 12, 1981	Elkan Boukough		Melik Yilmaz and Lowley Roberts
	7	Quest for the Masks 2	June 11, 1982			Melik Yilmaz
	8	Quest for the Masks III: Mask of Light	April 27, 1983	Elkan Boukough and Pasi Peure		Takima Susima	These two films were released in the same year, marking the first time Technic Heroes has two films in the row.
	9	Nova Orbis 2: Return of the Team Miro	November 21, 1983		Sung Gim and Ryu Hamasaki
	10	Bionicle IV: Legends of Metru Nui	June 3, 1984		Sung Gim
	11	Bionicle V: Web of Shadows	May 19, 1985				Elkan's last directed film before his death in 1984.
	12	Bionicle VI: Island of Doom	May 15, 1986	Pasi Peure
MCA Era	13	Bionicle VII: Sea of Darkness	June 15, 1987
	14	Bionicle VIII: The Final Battle	June 1, 1988
	15	Bionicle IX: The Legend Reborn	July 21, 1989			Liam Benson	The first post-Vlokozu Technic Heroes film and the last original Bionicle Film.
	16	Hero Factory: Rise of the Rookies	May 30, 1990	Liam Benson
	17	Hero Factory II: Ordeal of Fire	April 14, 1991	Liam Benson and Pasi Peure
	18	Hero Factory III: Savage Planet	November 14, 1991
	19	Hero Factory IV: Breakout	May 20, 1992	Pasi Peure
	20	Hero Factory V: Brain Attack	May 27, 1993
	21	Hero Factory VI: Invasion From Below	June 28, 1994	Liam Benson
	22	Bionicle: The Next Generation	April 29, 1996	Pasi Peure	Sung Gim and Ryu Hamasaki	Lawrence Kasanoff and Ryu Hamasaki
Dark Era	23	Nova Orbis 3: Crackdown	December 10, 1996			John Stewart	Also known as Nova Orbis 2.5: Return of the Team Miro Part 2, the film was infamous for being in development hell for 13 years.
	24	Nova Orbis 4: Death Race	July 2, 1997
	25	Boost	November 5, 1997
	26	The Quest for the Masks	May 16, 1998	Liam Benson		Liam Benson	The first remake of Quest for the Masks
	27	Robotman 3: The Return	December 4, 1998	Pasi Peure		John Stewart
	28	Robotman 4: Fire and Ice	December 21, 1999		Sung Gim	Ted Gordon and John Stewart
Millennial Era	29	Robotman 5: X.O Centuries	July 28, 2000
	30	Robolights	September 9, 2001				Sung Gim's last film prior to leaving El TV Kadsre for a while, she returned to them for Countryballs: The Animated Series
	31	Robolights II: Lost World	May 14, 2002		Fred Abrams
	32	Boost 2: Powered Style	November 29, 2002
	33	Lana X: The Ladybot	July 13, 2003			Ted Gordon, Mario Fujitsu and John Stewart
	34	Lana X2: The Enhanced Earth	June 1, 2004
	35	Nova Orbis 5: Galaxy Run	October 5, 2004			John Stewart
	36	Boost 3: Revolution	May 20, 2005
	37	Robofly	April 23, 2006			Ted Gordon
	38	Lana X3: The Secret of Darkness	November 15, 2006
	39	Robofly II: Spheres	May 6, 2007
	40	Shukutan	December 13, 2007
	41	Robotman 6: Robust Revolution	June 11, 2008
	42	Shukutan 2	November 18, 2008
	43	Boost 4: Revival	April 23, 2009
	44	Lana X4: Tales of Kleni	December 11, 2009
Silver Era	45	Robofly III: Hexes	March 16, 2010
	46	Shukutan 3: Forest Combat	September 3, 2010				This is the last film written by Fred Abrams.
	47	Nova Orbis 6: Black Giant	April 8, 2011		Matt Lee
	48	Lana X5: Five Elements	October 21, 2011
	49	Solyeforce	March 9, 2012			Lanny Stone
	50	Robofly IV: Cubes	August 31, 2012
	51	Shukutan 4	May 17, 2013
	52	Battlecolypse	October 18, 2013
	53	Boost 5: The Final Chapter	February 14, 2014				These three films were released in the same year, marking the first time Technic Heroes has three films in the row.
	54	Lana X6: Rise of the Shadows	June 20, 2014
	55	Cyberbot	October 31, 2014
	56	Robotman 7: Fighting Force	May 15, 2015
	57	Megacyphor	October 23, 2015		Tom Adams
	58	Solyeforce 2: Dawn of the Trials	February 5, 2016		Matt Lee	Ted Gordon
	59	Shukutan 5: Journey of the Black Sword	May 20, 2016
	60	Hunterbots: The Beginning	September 30, 2016
	61	Robotman 8: Dawn of Freedom	February 24, 2017
	62	Lana X7: The Phalers	August 11, 2017
	63	Hunterbots: Invasion of the Wezlers	December 1, 2017
	64	Hypersquad	March 2, 2018
	65	Robofly V: Wrath of the Mercy	June 29, 2018
	66	Hunterbots: Revenge of the Island	November 9, 2018
	67	Moralers	February 22, 2019
	68	Lana X8: Down to Crack	July 12, 2019
	69	Hunterbots: Origin of Kulas	November 15, 2019
	70	Praedo	February 21, 2020
	71	Hunterbots: Dawn of Combat	July 10, 2020
	72	Nova Orbis 7	October 16, 2020
	73	Bionicle	May 13, 2021				The second remake of Quest for the Masks
	74	Untitled Lana X Film	October 29, 2021
	75	Untitled Technic Heroes Film #1	March 24, 2022
	76	Untitled Technic Heroes Film #2	August 21, 2022
	77	Untitled Technic Heroes Film #3	November 12, 2022
	78	Untitled Technic Heroes Film #4	February 26, 2023

Telefilms

Era	No.	Telefilm	Original air date	Original channel	Note(s)
Golden Era	1	Nova Orbis vs. Robotman	October 21, 1978	El TV Kadsre 1
	2	Nova Orbis Holiday Special	December 23, 1978		First and only Christmas special
	3	Valerian	July 2, 1980
	4	Jack Stone	February 6, 1981
	5	Nightflyers	January 23, 1982	El TV Kadsre 2	First Technic Heroes television film to be rated R15+ other than PG or M
	6	Bionicle presents: Toa Metru vs. Toa Nuva	June 25, 1984	El TV Kadsre 1
	7	J-MIBS: Japanese Men in Black Suits	May 17, 1986		Spin-off television movie of Bionicle VI: Island of Doom.
	8	Post-Jay	December 20, 1986	El TV Kadsre 3	Served as the continuation of J-MIBS: Japanese Men in Black Suits.
MCA Era	9	Pandora's Star	November 29, 1987	El TV Kadsre 1	Second Technic Heroes television film to be rated R15+ other than PG or M
	10	Bionicle X: The Journey's End	May 13, 1990
	11	Bionicle vs. Hero Factory	June 6, 1992
	12	Ultra Agents: The Beginning	March 12, 1994
Dark Era	13	Journey to Caelum: The Nova Orbis Story	November 10, 1996
	14	The Return of Robotman	December 27, 1997
	15	The Return of Robotman: Part 2	January 3, 1998
	16	Twokayobots	December 26, 1999
Millennial Era	17	Wagobots	July 22, 2000
	18	Rothreeze	June 6, 2006
	19	Lana X: Ladybot Supercolors	October 21, 2006
	20	Shukutan vs. Robofly	January 26, 2008

• Lana X vs Team Virake (2010)
• Ultra Lana X: Part 1 (2013)
• Ultra Lana X Part 2 (2014)
• Ultra Lana X: Part 3 (2016)

TV series

Era	Show	First episode date	Final episode date	Seasons	Episodes	Notes
Golden Era	Fantastic Journies	December 21, 1980	March 18, 1986	5	273
	Galidor	January 9, 1982	September 25, 1982	2	26	Co-produced by Central Independent Television (now ITV Central)
	Robotman	February 12, 1984	January 8, 1989	4	256
	Giant XLR	September 12, 1984	September 25, 1985	2	54
	X10	October 2, 1985	December 10, 1986	2	62
	Big Triangle	May 31, 1986	December 13, 1989	4	186
	Caught in the Act	February 9, 1987	July 8, 1991	3	230
MCA Era	Odysseio's Pawn	September 14, 1988	October 7, 1992	5	212
	Instinct	July 28, 1989	January 26, 1990	2	26
	Passions of Love	August 17, 1989	April 4, 2002	10	659
	Blood of Crack	October 31, 1989	December 24, 1991	2	112
	Superaction!	September 2, 1989	October 26, 1997	7	477
	Atlantis	October 12, 1990	April 12, 1991	1	26
	Pharaoh's Quest	December 19, 1990	June 19, 1991	1	26
	Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu	January 14, 1991	November 15, 1998	8
	Master Builder's Academy	March 15, 1991	October 29, 1993	3	137
	Monster Fighters	September 6, 1992	March 7, 1993	1	26
	Legends of Chima	January 6, 1993	November 22, 1994	3	41
	Nexo Knights	December 29, 1995	February 6, 1998	4	110
Dark Era	Beyond Explorers	August 23, 1997	February 7, 2004	7	337
	Midgygiant	February 13, 1998	November 9, 2001	4	195
	Olka-Olka	February 12, 1999	October 20, 2005	3	348	Co-produced by VTVEN
Millennial Era	Lana X	July 10, 2000	September 13, 2003	3	178
	Syphologac	May 17, 2001	December 13, 2006	5	343
	Caxtroid	November 16, 2001	September 1, 2006	5	250
	Megaloxel	January 14, 2002	September 13, 2004	2	139
	Phantom Bolt	July 6, 2002	October 13, 2007	5	275
	Shukutan	September 21, 2003	December 3, 2006	3	167
	Troloxoder	December 29, 2003	March 28, 2011	5	378
	Genyzel	July 18, 2004	January 16, 2005	1	26
	Galabot	October 22, 2004	August 29, 2008	4	201
	Forces of Creative	November 27, 2004	November 29, 2008	5	209
	Black Austom	February 7, 2005	June 26, 2009	3	228
	Black Thunder	February 9, 2005	June 21, 2009	3	227
	Scoxolorion	April 13, 2006	October 20, 2011	5	288
	Midgolosalo	September 8, 2006	February 1, 2008	2	73
	Guladeracolo	January 21, 2007	March 15, 2009	2	112
	Casolotabots	July 18, 2007	December 8, 2010	4	177
	Flixals	February 8, 2008	September 29, 2012	5	233
	Sladywerzer	September 12, 2008	April 29, 2011	3	137
	Big Refreshment	November 22, 2008	October 13, 2012	4	203
	Midgygo	January 21, 2009	June 5, 2013	5	228
	Shugander	September 8, 2009	November 15, 2011	2	114
Silver Era	Abyselomo: Legend of Mazdom	January 14, 2010	August 28, 2014	4	241
	Parallaxbots	September 12, 2010	April 21, 2013	3	136
	Losaxed	June 3, 2011	December 19, 2011	2	26
	The Giant of One	December 26, 2011	August 8, 2016	5	241
	Planaxodors	October 6, 2012	October 21, 2016	4	207
	Wondomodo	December 20, 2012	Incumbent	5	230
	Awesome Super Tales	December 30, 2012	Incumbent	5	229
	Gyloxobor	February 21, 2013	August 27, 2015	2	131
	Galaxodomo	April 4, 2013	May 26, 2016	3	164
	Juslomtal	January 5, 2014	Incumbent	3	176
	Squadralalo	September 18, 2014	March 19, 2015	2	26
	Tiloamoder	February 6, 2015	Incumbent	2	120
	Huderolo	July 21, 2015	January 19, 2016	2	26
	Robotman vs. Technic Heroes	June 6, 2016	Incumbent	2	49
	Lifebogorots	October 28, 2016	Incumbent	2	30
	Uncreatobots	July 7, 2017	Incumbent	1	6
	Technic Heroes Origins	December 6, 2017	Incumbent

Crossovers with other franchises

Era	No.	Film	Crossover with	Release date	Note(s)
MCA Era	1	Neo-Shifters vs. Bionicle	Neo-Shifters	November 12, 1990 (on El TV Kadsre 1 and RGN)

Video games

Title	Release date	Developer	Platform(s)	Notes
Nova Orbis: The Arcade Game	February 14, 1977	Edacra, Atari	Arcade, Nirtome II, Atari 2600, TS-OS 3	First Technic Heroes game.
Robotman	June 23, 1977	Edacra, Atari	Nitrome II, Atari 2600, TS-OS 3
Bionicle	January 12, 1981	Edacra	Arcade, Atari 2600, Nitrome II, Tournament 1100, Intellivision
Bionicle: Atticmedia	April 28, 1981	Latikuu	TS-OS 5	TS-OS 5 Exclusive
Fantastic Journies: The Adventure Begins	June 1, 1981	Edacra	Atari 2600, Nitrome II, Tournament 1100, Intellivision, EK-DOS
Galidor: The Defenders of the Outer Dimension	March 1, 1982	Edacra	Atari 2600, Nitrome II, Tournament 1100, Intellivision
Quest for the Masks 2	May 20, 1982	Edacra	Atari 2600, Nitrome II, Tournament 1100, Intellivision
The Battle for Mata Nui	September 10, 1982	Latikuu	TS-OS 5, EK-DOS
BIONICLE: Matoran Adventures	October 29, 1982	Electronic Arts	MS-DOS, EK-DOS, Commodore 64
Quest for Masks III promotional minigames	April 1, 1983	Latikuu	TS-OS 6	TS-OS 6 Exclusive
Quest for the Masks III: Mask of Light	April 7, 1983	Edacra	Atari 2600, Atari 5200, Nitrome II, Tournament 1100, Intellivision, Colecovision, TS-OS 6, EK-DOS, MS-DOS, Commodore 64
Nova Orbis II	September 30, 1983	Edacra, Atari	Arcade, Atari 2600, Atari 5200, Nitrome II, Tournament 1100, Intellivision, Colecovision, TS-OS 6, EK-DOS, MS-DOS, Commodore 64
Stop the Morbuzakh!	April 23, 1984	Latikuu	TS-OS 6, Vortex System 1
Bionicle VI: Legends of Metru Nui	May 1, 1984	Edacra	Atari 2600, Nitrome II, Colecovision, TS-OS 6, EK-DOS, MS-DOS, Commodore 64
Bionicle: Colgate	May 27, 1984	Seymour Games	TS-OS 6, Vortex System 1, ZX Spectrum, MS-DOS, EK-DOS
Fantastic Journies: Choose Your Own Adventure	July 10, 1984	Edacra	TS-OS 6, Vortex System 1, ZX Spectrum, MS-DOS, EK-DOS, Commodore 64
Bionicle: The Voyage of Fear	September 23, 1984	Seymour Games	TS-OS 6	TS-OS 6 Exclusive
Bionicle: The Maze of Shadows	January 9, 1985	Seymour Games	TS-OS 6	TS-OS 6 Exclusive
Bionicle V: Web of Shadows	April 29, 1985	Edacra	Atari 2600, Nitrome II, Nitrome Enjoyment System, TS-OS 6, EK-DOS, MS-DOS, Commodore 64
Bionicle: Battle Zone	July 20, 1985	Latikuu	TS-UGOS	TS-UGOS E1 Exclusive
Hordika Spinner Challenge	August 13, 1985	Latikuu	TS-OS 6, TS-UGOS
Draw a Piraka	December 16, 1985	Latikuu	TS-UGOS	Available for download via Theorynet
Piraka Attack	January 20, 1986	Latikuu	TS-UGOS E2	Available for download via Theorynet
Matoran Escape	February 1, 1986	Latikuu	TS-UGOS E2	Available for download via Theorynet
X10: Protector of Earth	April 14, 1986	Edacra	Atari 2600, Atari 7800, Nitrome II, Nitrome Enjoyment System, TS-OS 6, TS-UGOS E2, EK-DOS, MS-DOS, Commodore 64
Bionicle VI: Island of Doom	May 1, 1986	Edacra, LJN	Atari 2600, Atari 7800, Nitrome II, Nitrome Enjoyment System, Nitrome Handtrome, Theorysonic Hyper-System, TS-OS 6, TS-UGOS E2, EK-DOS, MS-DOS, Commodore 64, Nintendo Entertainment System	Released on Nintendo Entertainment System in 1987
Bionicle: Inika Assault	June 20, 1986	Seymour Games, Theorysonic Studios	Arcade, TS-OS 6, TS-UGOS E2, MS-DOS, EK-DOS, Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum
Sydney Adventure	July 29, 1986	Latikuu	TS-UGOS E2	Available for online play or download via Theorynet
Sydney Investigation	July 29, 1986	Latikuu	TS-UGOS E2	Available for online play or download via Theorynet
Bionicle: Sydney Online Game	September 1, 1986	Theorysonic Studios, Latikuu	TS-UGOS E2	Available for online play or download via Theorynet
Creeps from the Deep	January 1, 1987	Latikuu	TS-UGOS E2	Available for online play or download via Theorynet
Barraki Platform Game	January 20, 1987	Latikuu	TS-UGOS E2	Available for online play or download via Theorynet
BIONICLE: Sea Survival	March 10, 1987	Latikuu	TS-OS 6	TS-OS 6 Exclusive
Big Triangle: The Game	April 17, 1987	Edacra, Theorysonic Studios	Atari 2600, Atari 7800, Nitrome II, Nitrome Enjoyment System, Nitrome Handtrome, Theorysonic Hyper-System, TS-OS 6, TS-UGOS E2, EK-DOS, MS-DOS, Commodore 64, Nintendo Entertainment System
BIONICLE Mahri: Hewkii	May 1, 1987	Latikuu	TS-UGOS E2	Available for online play or download via Theorynet
Bionicle VI: Sea of Darkness	May 29, 1987	Edacra, LJN	Atari 2600, Atari 7800, Nitrome II, Nitrome Enjoyment System, Nitrome Handtrome, Theorysonic Hyper-System, TS-OS 6, TS-UGOS E2, EK-DOS, MS-DOS, Commodore 64, Nintendo Entertainment System
Command Toa Jaller	June 15, 1987	Theorysonic Studios	TS-UGOS 2	TS-UGOS 2 Exclusive
Command Toa Matoro	July 15, 1987	Theorysonic Studios	TS-UGOS 2	TS-UGOS 2 Exclusive
Command Toa Hahli	August 15, 1987	Theorysonic Studios	TS-UGOS 2	TS-UGOS 2 Exclusive
Command Toa Kongu	September 15, 1987	Theorysonic Studios	TS-UGOS 2	TS-UGOS 2 Exclusive
Command Toa Hewkii	October 15, 1987	Theorysonic Studios	TS-UGOS 2	TS-UGOS 2 Exclusive
Command Toa Nuparu	November 15, 1987	Theorysonic Studios	TS-UGOS 2	TS-UGOS 2 Exclusive
Command the Toa Mahri: The Final Challenge	December 15, 1987	Theorysonic Studios	TS-UGOS 2	TS-UGOS 2 Exclusive
Battle for Power	January 10, 1988	Latikuu	TS-UGOS	Available for online play or download via Theorynet
Caught in the Act: The Game	March 30, 1988	Electronic Arts, Theorysonic Studios	Atari 2600, Atari 7800, Nitrome II, Nitrome Enjoyment System, Nitrome Handtrome, Theorysonic Hyper-System, TS-OS 6, TS-UGOS, EK-DOS, MS-DOS, Commodore 64, Nintendo Entertainment System
Bionicle VIII: The Final Battle	May 1, 1988	Edacra, LJN	Atari 2600, Atari 7800, Nitrome II, Nitrome Enjoyment System, Nitrome Handtrome, Theorysonic Hyper-System, TS-OS 6, TS-UGOS, EK-DOS, MS-DOS, Commodore 64, Nintendo Entertainment System
Battle for Power: Reveal the Secrets	June 10, 1988	Latikuu	TS-UGOS	Available for online play or download via Theorynet
Mistika: Swamp of Secrets	September 23, 1988	Edacra	Nitrome Handtrome, Theorysonic Blue King
Bionicle: Glatorian Arena	January 3, 1989	Theorysonic Studios	TS-UGOS	Available for online play or download via Theorynet
Sands of Time	March 10, 1989	Latikuu	TS-UGOS	Available for online play or download via Theorynet
Bionicle: Glatoirian Arena 2	June 10, 1989	Theorysonic Studios	TS-UGOS 3	TS-UGOS 3 Exclusive, first Technic Heroes game to be made in Driller Engine.
Bionicle IX: The Legend Reborn	July 1, 1989	Edacra, LJN	Atari 2600, Atari 7800, Nitrome II, Nitrome Enjoyment System, Nitrome 32, Nitrome Handtrome, Theorysonic Hyper-System, Theorysonic Blue King, TS-OS 6, TS-UGOS, EK-DOS, MS-DOS, Commodore 64, Nintendo Entertainment System
Bionicle: The Glatorian Arena	October 13, 1989	Electronic Arts	Arcade, Atari 2600, Atari 7800, Atari Lynx, Nitrome II, Nitrome Enjoyment System, Nitrome 32, Nitrome Handtrome, Theorysonic Hyper-System, Theorysonic Blue King, TS-OS 6, TS-UGOS, EK-DOS, MS-DOS, Commodore 64, Sega Genesis, Nintendo Entertainment System, Game Boy	Also known as Bionicle: Glatorian Arena 3
Bionicle: Agori Defender	March 10, 1990	Latikuu	TS-UGOS, Vortex System	Available for online play or download via internet and the last original Bionicle game.
Hero Factory: The Game	May 1, 1990	Edacra, Electronic Arts, LJN	Atari 2600, Atari 7800, Atari Lynx, Nitrome II, Nitrome Enjoyment System, Nitrome 32, Nitrome Handtrome, Theorysonic Hyper-System, Theorysonic Blue King, TS-UGOS, MS-DOS, Commodore 64, Sega Genesis, Nintendo Entertainment System, Game Boy
Mission: Von Nebula	July 20, 1990	Latikuu	TS-UGOS, Vortex System	Available for online play or download via the internet.
Atlantis: The Video Game	November 16, 1990	Edacra, Electronic Arts	Atari 2600, Atari 7800, Atari Lynx, Nitrome II, Nitrome Enjoyment System, Nitrome 32, Nitrome Handtrome, Theorysonic Hyper-System, Theorysonic Blue King, TS-UGOS, MS-DOS, Commodore 64, Sega Genesis, Nintendo Entertainment System, Game Boy
Creep Crushers	January 11, 1991	Latikuu	TS-UGOS, Vortex System	Available for online play or download via the internet.
Mission: Ordeal of Fire	March 10, 1991	Latikuu	TS-UGOS, Vortex System	Available for online play or download via the internet.
Mission: Savage Planet	October 16, 1991	Latikuu	TS-UGOS, Vortex System	Available for online play or download via the internet.
Hero Factory II & III: The Video Game	December 19, 1991	Edacra, Electronic Arts, LJN	Atari Lynx, Nitrome II, Nitrome Enjoyment System, Nitrome 32, Nitrome Handtrome, Theorysonic Hyper-System, Theorysonic Codear, Theorysonic Blue King, TS-UGOS, MS-DOS, Sega Genesis, Nintendo Entertainment System, Game Boy
Mission: Breakout	March 1, 1992	Latikuu	TS-UGOS, Vortex System	Available for online play or download via the internet.
Hero Factory IV: The Video Game	May 1, 1992	Edacra, Electronic Arts, LJN	Atari Lynx, Nitrome II, Nitrome Enjoyment System, Nitrome 32, Nitrome Handtrome, Theorysonic Codear, Theorysonic Blue King, TS-UGOS, MS-DOS, Microsoft Windows, Sega Genesis, Nintendo Entertainment System, SNES, Game Boy
Mission: Brain Attack	January 30, 1993	Latikuu	TS-UGOS, Vortex System	Available for online play or download via the internet.
Hero Factory V: The Video Game	April 20, 1993	Edacra, Electronic Arts, LJN	Atari Lynx, Nitrome Enjoyment System, Nitrome 32, Nitrome Handtrome, Theorysonic Codear, Theorysonic Blue King, TS-UGOS, MS-DOS, Microsoft Windows, Sega Genesis, Nintendo Entertainment System, SNES, Game Boy
Legends of Chima: Laval's Journey	July 12, 1993	Edacra, Electronic Arts, LJN	Atari Lynx, Nitrome Enjoyment System, Nitrome 32, Nitrome Handtrome, Theorysonic Codear, Theorysonic Blue King, TS-UGOS, MS-DOS, Microsoft Windows, Sega Genesis, SNES, Game Boy
Legends of Chima: Speedorz	September 25, 1993	Edacra, Electronic Arts, LJN	Atari Lynx, Nitrome Enjoyment System, Nitrome 32, Nitrome Handtrome, Theorysonic Codear, Theorysonic Blue King, TS-UGOS, MS-DOS, Microsoft Windows, Sega Genesis, SNES, Game Boy
Mission: Invasion from Below	February 1, 1994	Latikuu	TS-UGOS, Vortex System	Available for online play or download via the internet.
Hero Factory VI: The Video Game	June 1, 1994	Edacra, Electronic Arts, LJN	Atari Lynx, Atari Jaguar, Nitrome Enjoyment System, Nitrome 32, Nitrome Handtrome, Theorysonic Codear, Theorysonic 3DO, Theorysonic Blue King, TS-UGOS, MS-DOS, Microsoft Windows, Sega Genesis, SNES, Game Boy
Ninjago: Nindroids	September 22, 1994	Edacra, Electronic Arts, LJN	Atari Lynx, Atari Jaguar, Nitrome Enjoyment System, Nitrome 32, Nitrome Handtrome, Theorysonic Codear, Theorysonic 3DO, Theorysonic Blue King, TS-UGOS, MS-DOS, Microsoft Windows, Sega Genesis, SNES, Game Boy
Legends of Chima: Tribe Fighters	June 20, 1995	Edacra, Electronic Arts	Atari Lynx, Atari Jaguar, Nitrome Enjoyment System, Nitrome 32, Nitrome Handtrome, Theorysonic Codear, Theorysonic 3DO, Theorysonic Blue King, TS-UGOS, MS-DOS, Microsoft Windows, Sega Genesis, SNES, Game Boy
Ninjago: Shadow of Ronin	October 13, 1995	Edacra, Electronic Arts	Atari Lynx, Atari Jaguar, Nitrome Enjoyment System, Nitrome 32, Nitrome Handtrome, Theorysonic Codear, Theorysonic 3DO, Theorysonic Blue King, TS-UGOS, MS-DOS, Microsoft Windows, Sega Genesis, SNES, Game Boy
Bionicle: Mask of Control	March 20, 1996	Seymour Games	TS-UGOS, Microsoft Windows
Bionicle: The Next Generation	April 1, 1996	Edacra	Nitrome 32, Nitrome Handtrome, Nitrome Unity, PlayStation, Theorysonic Codear, Theorysonic Sphere Box, Theorysonic Blue King, Theorysonic Blue King Color, TS-UGOS, VR Buddy, Microsoft Windows, Sega Genesis, Sega Saturn, SNES, Nintendo 64, Game Boy	Released on Nintendo 64 in 1997 as Bionicle 64
New Bionicle Shooter	1997	Edacra	Arcade	First maniac shooter game.
Boost: The Video Game	1997
Technic Smash!	August 8, 1998	Cave, Latikuu	PlayStation, Nitrome Unity, Theorysonic Sphere Box, Sega Saturn, Nintendo 64
New Robotman Arcade Game	1999		Arcade
Technic Smash! TS-UGOS Edition	October 21, 2000	Cave	TS-UGOS
Capcom vs. Technic Heroes	2001	Capcom	Arcade	Crossover between Street Fighter and Technic Heroes.
Technic Smash! 2	January 21, 2002	Cave, Latikuu	PlayStation, PlayStation 2, Xbox, Nitrome Unity, Nitrome Unity 128, Theorysonic Sphere Box, Theorysonic Chaos, Theorysonic Pyramid, Nintendo GameCube, TS-UGOS, Microsoft Windows
Lana X: The Video Game	2003	Cave
Technic Smash! 3	February 21, 2004	Cave	PlayStation 2, Xbox, Nitrome Unity 128, Nitrome Unity 256, Theorysonic Pyramid, Nintendo GameCube, TS-UGOS, Microsoft Windows, Mac OS
Lana X: Ladybot Heroes	2005	Cave
Technic Drillimation Battle!	2008	Seymour Games, Drillimation Studios, Bandai Namco Entertainment	Microsoft Windows, Mac OS, TS-UGOS, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Nintendo Wii	Crossover between The Drillimation Series and Technic Heroes.
Technic Smash! 4	July 25, 2009	Cave	PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Nitrome Unity 256, Nitrome Unity 512, Nintendo Wii, TS-UGOS, Microsoft Windows, Mac OS
Lana X Wingshooter	2011	Cave
Lana X Wingshooter 2	2013	Cave
Lana X Wingshooter 3	2016	Cave
Hunterbots: The Arcade Game	2016		Arcade

Music

The music for the films is generally composed by Ryota Yamada, who plays a large role in composing the films' soundtracks. The music is recorded by the Technic Band, which is comprised of just a few people, rather than a massive orchestra. A lot of the Technic Heroes songs are mainly grand orchestra and electronica, as well as rock and heavy metal.

Some of the series' well-known songs are Technic Fight!, which plays during fight scenes in the films. Some of these songs also appear in some of Cave's Technic Heroes-themed maniac shooters, such as the Donpachi series and others.

Reception

Technic Heroes received very positive reviews from critics. It was praised for its costume designs. It is one of El TV Kadsre's biggest successful franchises.

References in popular culture

See Technic Heroes in popular culture

See also

• List of unproduced Technic Heroes television series, telefilms and films