Galaxy Force II

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Galaxy Force II

System(s): Sega Y Board, Sega Mega Drive, Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, FM Towns Marty, Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum, Virtual Console, Steam

Publisher: Sega,

CRI (JP), Sega (US/EU),

CRI,

Activision

Developer: Sega AM2,

CRI

Software Studio, Probe, Mak Computer Grafix

Genre: Shoot-'em-Up

Release	Date	RRP	Code

ESRB

Sega

PEGI

OFLC

CERO
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Galaxy Force II (ギャラクシーフォースII) is a 1988 arcade game developed by Sega AM2. It is a sequel to Galaxy Force, though the differences between the two games minimal. It is a third person on-the-rails shoot 'em up, where the player controls a spaceship traveling across various planets destroying enemies. Like all Sega Y Board games, it is heavily reliant on sprite scaling and rotations.

Gameplay

Besides a change in title screen, there are few differences between Galaxy Force and Galaxy Force II. Galaxy Force II adds two extra levels and addresses a number of bugs (and allows you to pick a starting location), but is otherwise identical.

Levels

	Scene A/Level 1: Junos

	Scene B/Level 2: Velteor

	Scene C/Level 3: Malkland

	Scene D/Level 4: Orthea

	Scene E/Level 5: Ashutar

	Scene F/Level 6: Hyperspace
	Hyperspace can only be accessed once the previous five levels are complete. In the arcade version of Galaxy Force II, if you die on this level, the game is over — on previous levels you have the option to continue (except in the Japanese version), but this one will send you back to the title screen regardless of how many credits you have.

History

Legacy

Galaxy Force II was ported to the Sega Mega Drive in 1989, and a selection of computers including the Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum. Due to the inferior hardware of these systems, large cutbacks were made regarding detail and the reception has hence been mixed. There was a more respectable port to the FM Towns Marty in Japan however, which kept the sprite scaling, and there was a re-release for the Sega Saturn under the Sega Ages label. Many of the computer releases mis-label the packaging as "Galaxy Force" rather than "Galaxy Force II", but the in-game title screens retain the numbering. A port to NEC's SuperGrafx was also in development and shown in magazines, but never completed.

The arcade game has since been re-released in Japan as part of the PlayStation 2's Sega Ages 2500 series. More recently, the Mega Drive version of the game was brought to the Wii's Virtual Console service.

Production Credits

Y Board Version

Designer: 8940 Kon, Lovely Mas, Itten, Kajinomoto
Planner: Takoyaki Tomo
Programmer: Justice 10 Joe (Project Leader), Nanno Kawa, Radical Yoko, Bad Boy 3284
Musician: Funky Q Chan, Nami-Nami
Special Thanks: Sea Monkey Kawa, 100 Kg Miya, Stepan Hon, Pochi
Special No Thanks: Ippo Ogapi

Mega Drive Version

Producer: Tomoyuki Shimizu
Director: Masayoshi Iwai
Programmer: Tohru Kujirai
Enemy Algorithm and Map: Shuichi Ikegami
Sound Data: Yoshitoku Sunahara
Data and Tool: Yukihiro Ishida
Map Construction - Stage 5 -: Hajime Ikebe
S.E. Music: M.Hikichi - Cube -
Color Coordinator: Jiro Kurematsu
Sales Dept.: Norio Miyashita, Taizan Suzuki, Hideaki Sasaki, Taketoshi Endo, Mari Ogasawara
Public Relations Dept.: Keisuke Chiwata, Noriaki Hirai

Amiga Version

Manufactured under license from Sega Enterprises Ltd. Japan
Galaxy Force & Sega are trademarks of Sega Enterprises Ltd.
Code by Bill Allen.
Graphics by Kevin Bulmer.
Music by Uncle Art.
A Software Studios Production.

Commodore 64 Version

Programming by Neil Coxhead
Additional Coding by Probe Software Ltd.
Graphics by Mak Computer Grafix
Music by Martin Walker
A Software Studio Production