GunForce
(also known as GunForce: Battle Fire Engulfed Terror Island) is a side-scrolling run and gun video game produced by Irem for arcades in 1991. The game was ported by Bits Studios and published by Irem for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System in 1992. The sequel, GunForce II, was originally known in Japan as Geo Storm.
GunForce
- Date
- 1992
- Publisher
- GunForce was published by Irem.
- Genre
- action game · shoot 'em up · science fiction video game
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(also known as GunForce: Battle Fire Engulfed Terror Island) is a side-scrolling run and gun video game produced by Irem for arcades in 1991. The game was ported by Bits Studios and published by Irem for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System in 1992. The sequel, GunForce II, was originally known in Japan as Geo Storm.
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Key facts
Key facts
• Title — GunForce • Developer — Irem Bits Studios (SNES) • Publisher — Irem • Series — GunForce • Platforms — Arcade, Super NES • Released — Arcade SNESNovember 1992 • Genre — Run and gun • Modes — Single-player, multiplayer • Arcade System — Irem M-92
Gameplay
Gameplay
• Illustration — Arcade screenshot The player is armed with a gun that fires rapid-fire bullets. Each direction it shoots can be fixed toward it so the player doesn't have to hold the joystick toward it. Players may find motorcycles to speed across enemy territory faster in addition to helicopters and cable cars. After scoring over any high score, whether they win or lose, players can enter their name into the high score list after the game over screen is "achieved". A strict time limit keeps the game going at a steady pace throughout; the consequence involves losing a life.
Plot
Plot
Parachuted out of a bomber, the player has landed into hostile territory to defeat the enemy who is threatening Mother Earth.
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GunForce is associated with Japan.
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Reception
In Japan, Game Machine listed GunForce on their July 1, 1991 issue as being the tenth most-successful table arcade unit of the month. In the September 1991 issue of Japanese publication Micom BASIC Magazine, the game was ranked on the number fifteen spot in popularity.
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- 1.Yanma. Super Soft Hot Information: Video Game! (ビデオゲーム) - ガンフォース. Micom BASIC Magazine. The Dempa Shimbunsha Corporation. 107. 255. May 1991.
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- 3.Nintendo. Super NES Games.
- 4.CBS Interactive. GunForce for Super Nintendo. GameRankings. 2019.
- 5.ASCII Corporation. NEW GAMES CROSS REVIEW: ガンフォース (SFC). Famitsu. 1992.
- 6.Sinfield, George. Now Playing - Gunforce (Super NES). Nintendo Power. Nintendo of America. 43. 107. December 1992.
- 7.Kun, Kaneda. Super Famicom Review - GunForce. Consoles +. M.E.R.7. 15. 96–98. December 1992.
- 8.Tokuma Shoten. 90年11月から'93年6月21日発売までの323本を収録!! Super Famicom All Catalog '93 8月情報号特別付録 - ガンフォース. Famimaga. 16. 10. August 1, 1993.
- 9.Huyghues-Lacour, Alain. Super Famicom: Hey Les Mecs! Y A Rambo! - Gunforce. Joypad. Yellow Media. 14. 122–123. November 1992.
- 10.Demoly, Jean-Marc. Console News - Super Famicom: Gunforce. Joystick. Sipress. 33. 198. December 1992.
- 11.Rowley, Carl. Reviewed! - SNES: GunForce. N-Force. Europress Impact. 6. 84. December 1992.
- 12.Computec. Super NES Review: Marios Magic - GunForce. 20. 89. February 1993.
- 13.Cook, John. Coin Ops: GunForce (Irem). Sinclair User. EMAP. 113. 43. August 1991.
- 14.SoftBank Creative. ザ・テストプレイ - ガンフォース. The Super Famicom. 3. 22. 19. 27 November 1992.
- 15.Davies, Jonathan. Import Review - Gunforce. Super Play. Future Publishing. 4. 41. February 1993.
- 16.Paragon Publishing. A-Z of Import Games - GunForce. Super Pro. 1. 95. December 1992.
- 17.Knauf, Andreas. Test: Ausgebrannt - Gunforce (Super Nintendo). Video Games. Future-Verlag. 12. 115. November 1992.
- 18.Wilson, David. Dosh Eaters: Gunforce (Irem/40p a go). Zero. Dennis Publishing. 19. 40. May 1991.
- 19.Amusement Press, Inc. Game Machine's Best Hit Games 25 - テーブル型TVゲーム機 (Table Videos). Game Machine. 406. 28. 1 July 1991.
- 20.Yamashita, Nobuyuki. Super Soft Hot Information: Video Game! (ビデオゲーム) - Hot 20. Micom BASIC Magazine. The Dempa Shimbunsha Corporation. 111. 257. September 1991.
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