Gun Force II Longplay (Arcade) [60 FPS]

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Developed and published by Irem in 1994
Before Metal Slug, there was Gun Force II.
This shooter bears an uncanny resemblances to the classic Neo Geo series of games, and no wonder: many of the team who worked on Gun Force II would later leave Irem to form Nazca.
The core gameplay template is very similar in that it features frantic shooting action, pilot-able vehicles, as well some of the best 2D artwork seen in a video game.
Unlike Metal Slug, however, players can climb ladders and hang from obstacles in a manner not dissimilar to some of the later Contra games. While it does add an extra dimension to the combat, it does make the controls more fiddly than they should be.
Even so, it's an amazing game to look at, as well as one that's pretty decent to play!
TAS recording.
#gunforce2
#arcadegames
#retrogaming

[@ducktail4068]

Guys THIS GAME CAME FIRST. It's devs went on to make metal slug. That's why you recognize metal slug in this game, but in reality, this game is recognizable in metal slug.

[@WaywardRobot]

6:58 same beat as Marine Diver from Metal Slug 3.

[@mistersebaa6245]

We have to be thankful for this game that we have metal slug afterwards

[@AmirulHairil07]

Metal slug *CYBERPUNK EDITION*

[@Bilal-fr4ox]

😀😀

[@enki8700]

Cybershit

[@AmirulHairil07]

@@enki8700 lmao

[@oniinhuman376]

Better than cyberbug

[@Bilal-fr4ox]

@@oniinhuman376 😄😄

[@houyo]

25:00 "Sir, the man who single handedly destroyed nearly our entire army is flying at us in a tiny hovercraft!" "FIRE EVERY MISSILE WE HAVE!"

[@RichterBelmont2235]

That enemy death sound is totally Metal Slug, just with a slightly different pitch.

[@vaderbomb91]

The devs of this game went on to make Metal Slug.

[@TheRaziel07]

Same company...gun force is the former franchise

[@aaendi6661]

Bleh

[@vincenzovieri3743]

because the devs are the metal slug devs. they would create the metal slug series after this game, so the metal slug sound is not metal slug it's gun force 2.

[@worsethanhitlerpt.2539]

And the POWs are now sexy chicks

[@Macrochenia]

Hmm, a game where you're a muscular dude who's wielding a machine gun in each hand to rescue cheerleaders from aliens. It's so 90s.

[@donovandabosok5740]

Duke Nukem 3D?

[@Tony-1971]

This was the standard back in the 80's and 90's. Today it would be a female with green hair, shaved on the sides, and a males body, rescuing her ethnically diverse girlfriend while shooting hordes of toxic men.

[@thecandlemaker1329]

80's, you wanted to say? The 90's were all about darkness, edginess, teen angst and complete assholes as heroes.

[@Macrochenia]

@@thecandlemaker1329 In comic books, sure. Not so much in video games.

[@thecandlemaker1329]

@@Macrochenia And in music. And in movies. In fact, I don't even read comic books.

[@CRACKSMOKY]

The OST of this game was the base for almost the entire metal slug saga OST.

[@apocalypse930]

And the OST for this game are all but remixes for trackes from an even earlier game - Air Duel, also made by this same team.

[@solarflare9078]

Irem: The company that did not give a fuck about even arcade hardware limitations.

[@LokiThePug]

The irony that these guys went and did one of the most memorable games is uncanny

[@gabrielloko30000]

The music on your emulation looks a lot diferent and slower And by the way, this game still brings joy to my soul, just like Metal Slug!

[@RennielRenzCelis]

Enemy Death Sound looks like Metal Slug.........

[@medianxx4687]

Because these are the same people who made metal slug and this one came before

[@darrenclements6028]

Gun force 2 is legendary with Spectacular graphics and ABSOLUTELY AWESOME gameplay

[@tinylittlemachine]

This game is awesome, i can definitely see its influence in Metal slug. I personally prefer Metal slug for the amazing animation and just overall feeling more refined, but i still heavily respect this game for its wonderful art style and fun gameplay, as well as In the Hunt

[@1233-d6z]

This game rocked like hell

[@bashirjohnson4120]

This need to come to consoles

[@TBtheking405216]

It is in 2024

[@松下直樹-z2i]

メタルスラッグとコントラを合わせたようなゲームですね なんか爽快感あります

[@bielaggs]

As much as I like how this game looks I'm glad they went with a more cartoony, less realistic approach to the Metal Slug franchise

[@nikolairagnarov9979]

Early life of Fernardo Alonso xD I almost see as "ALO",honestly xD

[@sergiodarget1958]

This is a very but a very action game 😍

[@stephenhall2980]

Indeed,it is very very.

[@CRACKSMOKY]

In the hunt its technicaly gunforce 3?

[@apocalypse930]

In the Hunt is earlier than this

[@GoosyTheMexicanGoose]

I will never understand why they removed the diagonal shooting in Metal Slug. It would've been even more entertaining and memorable. That's why I think Contra is better.

[@derlegendaremario4034]

Looks like the same creator of METAL SLUG ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@jasonmartinez5116]

Yep same team that made this went on to make Metal Slug

[@christidavis7295]

Gun Force II Longplay (Arcade) [60 FPS]

[@TjmDr]

04:55 I love this aniamtion sequel

[@zeXma20XD6]

Rawket Lawnchair!!!

[@dastanbastan9621]

Yeah, it's a great run'n'gun, but I really don't understand why they went with such a choppy looking animation for main character in a 1994 game on a powerful arcade hardware? Was it just an awkward way to reduce slowdowns? I would honestly prefer better animation with less action on the screen, if that was the case, after all it's already showing way, way more than SNES and even Genesis ever did, so even if it all was a bit toned down it would still be a far more action packed experience than anything on consoles. But aside from animation it does looks very good, no doubt.

[@franciscocruz8112]

El padre de metal slug

[@GiulioMa]

Does the original arcade slowdown?

[@masterlee1988]

Yes, it has quite a bit of slowdown on a real pcb.

[@tommyumbrella]

You can tell it is cause it looks abit like re-polished contra

[@elgatonativodigital3954]

The influence of Metal Slug is clearly noticeable

[@apocalypse930]

You mean this game's influence ON Metal Slug

[@bossplayagaming5254]

I liked this more than metal slug more realistic

[@POEoeta]

Fantastico

[@jamescaulfield6632]

Well if anything it has a really cool final Boss and that part where you turned into like a Gundam was really cool wish there was more of that well you can see it totally ripped off metal slug but still a great looking game

[@mistery8363]

bro this game: 1) Was made by the same team that made metal slug 2) Came out before metal slug

[@jamescaulfield6632]

Yeah well I didn't know that but if there's ever a job for a gaming custodian maybe you two can get a job lol maybe I should have looked at the dates I just know that they were a lot of similar things and considering I never heard of this game I just figured shame on me lol

[@mistery8363]

@@jamescaulfield6632 if that ever becomes a real job sign me the FUCK UP

[@jamescaulfield6632]

And as far as games ripping off games that's what makes the video game industry go around technically every first person shooter on planet is a Wolfenstein clone although not the first it was the first to do it right and then we got doom and so forth and so on I mean platforming can be contributed to donkey Kong I mean look what souls did and now everything has to be rogue like so yeah that's what makes the video game industry go around

[@TheJinMinHo]

metal slug - legacy

[@tommyumbrella]

Wicked

[@wowalamoiz9489]

Pretty good, but it's obvious the level design is nowhere near as polished as the first Metal Slug

[@kiriuxeosa8716]

Needs more guns

[@axelwulf6220]

This seems a lot like Metal Slug

[@apocalypse930]

Both games are developed by the same people, and Gun Force 2 came earlier.

[@michaeltigbao6744]

wooooooooow amazing gaming 2 world colide contra alien wars ans melal slug :D

[@mgabiel]

1980 juegos corriendo a 60fps 2020 ps4 pro y xbox one x juegos corriendo a 30fps ...

[@ルカ雄大]

Metal slug？！

[@swolie]

They don't make sprites like they used to.

[@jeancadet5862]

One man army

[@مراجعةكلاسيكية]

يمكن تسميتها حاليا metal slug 00

[@danielwilson7567]

Just anoter HardCorps.

[@h3nk3r39]

Ecchi metal slug.

[@alkohallick2901]

I take it it's set to invincibility.

[@AL82RetrogamingLongplays]

Nope - touching enemies doesn't kill you, although they do damage any vehicle your in (which is why they blow up occasionally)

[@rfgelcanaldelasfuerzasarma1406]

VAYA, COPIA DE METAL SLUG

[@Alex-qk7wk]

São da mesma empresa

[@MarceloMaldonado79]

Não. Metal slug que é uma cópia desse jogo. Ele foi feito pela mesma empresa antes de metal slug.

[@martinefrensoquigomez7835]

No bro, es del mismo equipo nada mas que para otra compañia

[@zawatskidolarhyde8820]

WTF U Ck is Gun Force ???

[@alexagt7317]

Metal slug rip off

[@xxheavyswagxx]

bruh, gun force birth of metal slug

[@vaderbomb91]

Actually, this came before Metal Slug, and the same dev team that made this went on to make Metal Slug.

[@meluartgalindo2696]

@@vaderbomb91 it would be interesting af if the enemies and characters of gun force was in msa

[@jasonmartinez5116]

​​@@meluartgalindo2696The Kraken from Metal Slug 7/XX is inspired from or taken straight out of In The Hunt's second boss so you're close

[@aluno4335]

Metal Slug Zero

[@chekl1982]

Metal Slug before metal slug. 👍

[@extremepop324]

The detail is absolutely insane!!! Man, most modern video games absolutely suck compared to this. The care and love in each sprite frame is why lots of this 90s art is ageless.. it has love and care, it's beautiful.

[@tqtgshscf]

Damn right.....

[@thecandlemaker1329]

Owlboy looks as good as this.

[@ruekurei88]

@@thecandlemaker1329 NOPE. Lacks the sprite variety and detail, as well as these sprites are pretty large as well(beyond bosses) with really detailed backgrounds. Animation is also several steps above Owlboy. Owlboy does look good tho.

[@madson-web]

@@thecandlemaker1329 It is really really good but not even close in terms of animation and overall detail.

[@GungKrisna12]

Maybe you might want to say that PS1 3D era is a decline in art, right?

[@lordraptor5042]

This game has metal slug art style, but these devs took notes from classic Contra games too. Many of these enemies are inspired or damn near the same type with new uniforms on.

[@TheRaziel07]

Gun force is before metal slug and both have the same devs

[@lordraptor5042]

@@TheRaziel07 interesting

[@mikaelandersson1288]

@@TheRaziel07 Gun Force (1) were more like Super Contra while Gun Force II is more like a predecessor to Metal Slug.

[@LordPaddle]

This is probably my favorite arcade run and gun from the nineties, and the last arcade game by Irem before some of the developers go to Nazca and make "Metal Slug" two years later. It's just a pitty that the game has no ending and is endless loop, like in 80's arcade game. But what a great ride of fun and action !!! Over the top !!! I love it ! :)

[@JV-ll1cu]

No any ending cutscene? I was little bit disappointed.

[@Dethmeister]

The artwork is great but the screen gets so cluttered. I guess that's true of most arcade games.

[@AL82RetrogamingLongplays]

Yep - they want it to look awesome, but they also want you to die and insert more coins; 2 birds with 1 stone 😉

[@CelsoMarxx]

É nítido que o Metal Slug é Plágio desse jogo...

[@Daniel_UI.]

Same developers

[@Gencoil]

"Guys, I have an idea! What if we took this concept, made it goofier, cartoony and set in a retrofuturistic world?"

[@mistercharalcorporation496]

GunForce 2 es el sucesor espiritual de Metal Slug. Metal Slug no es el sucesor espiritual de GunForce 2.

[@jamesiewalters2360]

So, for reasons that may be obvious, i'm rather curious about the final boss; anyone got any details past the two obvious ones?

[@cannonfodder4000]

Hehe you like her too? her name is Chi Un-D, she has a page on the Metal Slug wiki!

[@jamesiewalters2360]

@@cannonfodder4000 she does? Huh.

[@cannonfodder4000]

@@jamesiewalters2360 i spoke with the creators of metal slug to find out her name lol if you're looking for fanarts theres not much ofc, the game being so obsecure. but if you're interested i draw her sometimes on my t-witter Canni_can

[@funkabomb]

Fun Fact: The female POW who shouts "Oh~♡" is voiced by the composer HIYA!

[@cannonfodder4000]

Wait really?? Where did you discover this, did Hiya mention this somewhere? I wonder if Hiya also voiced the final boss, do you know?

[@funkabomb]

@@cannonfodder4000 It's on his Note website. I can't give links here, but you can find one on vgmdb if you look around the discussion section.

[@cannonfodder4000]

@@funkabomb thanks so much! also i checked, but yeah hiya didnt voice the final boss lol

[@ultraozy4085]

where can i get this game please

[@steveairport]

This reminds me of another game, not sure which one...

[@Ocidad]

Tetris?

[@moviemania1137]

Pac-man??

[@StriderVM]

Contra. =P

[@meluartgalindo2696]

Metal slug?

[@steveairport]

@@meluartgalindo2696 No, Vidk got it right 😆

[@luisgalaxystone1838]

The father of metal slug

[@ckdyd]

nice, does it comes on steam?

[@masterlee1988]

It's not on Steam.

[@2vs40]

Do you happen to...Metal slug????

[@아-f4s1w]

The threat posed by the bosses of the game, consisting of only dots and line graphics, makes your hands and feet tremble throughout the game. I'd like to see the initial initiatives and setup of those bosses, but it's such an old game that there's no way to watch it

[@semprulgamer]

To metal slug developer please remake this game

[@Imgema]

This game looks amazing, even better than Metal Slug IMO, but it needs the emulated CPU to be overclocked a bit.

[@shaocaholica]

Same dev team made this and metal slug. Metal slug came after this.

[@abc2390986]

The only problem with these early Iren games is unlike Metal Slug they are just too effing hard. Gun Force and In the Hunt are just harder than any metal slug games to the point that they are not too fun to play.

[@이준호-k8q]

Metal slug s.e

[@retropixel1272]

Seriously?! This game doesn't give you an ending?!

[@cannonfodder4000]

They didnt have time, it was a small team with a troubled production sadly

[@martinefrensoquigomez7835]

​@@cannonfodder4000 fortunately their best known game has an ending!! It's even better with two players, it even has a little song!

[@cannonfodder4000]

metal slug?@@martinefrensoquigomez7835