The Mega Drive port of arcade rail shooter Galaxy Force II, ambitious but held back by the hardware. Lovely for Sega fans, below the arcade.
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Category
Rail Shooter1 player7+
Description
A Galaxy Force spaceship pilot battles enemy armies in this Sega Mega Drive rail shooter. Published by Sega, released in the United States in September 1990. Rail shooter with Galaxy Force II in third-person view, varied planet missions and imposing bosses.
Galaxy Force II review
4/5
Art direction
★★★★★
"Striking"
4/5
Music
★★★★★
"Excellent"
1/5
Story
★★★★★
"Anecdotal"
Gameplay
"Solid"
Fun
"From the very first seconds"
Diving behind a fighter at full throttle, slaloming between gigantic structures and spraying the screen with locked-on fire: this rail shooter bets everything on the sense of speed and depth. The spectacular staging and the frantic pace leave no respite. Exhilarating and immersive, it conveys the scale of the original arcade machine.
Addictiveness
"Engaging"
Difficulty
"Balanced"
Lifespan
"Short"
Technical info
💾0,41 MB📅01/09/1990
Published by Sega
Galaxy Force II (Mega Drive) price, value & rarity
An adaptation of Sega's space rail shooter, Galaxy Force II propels the player aboard a ship to cross tunnels and planetary surfaces at high speed, dodging and blasting swarms of enemies. The sense of speed and the spectacular pseudo 3D of the cabinet are inevitably reduced on Mega Drive, but the intensity and snappiness survive. For a fan of retro rail shooters or someone curious about Sega's super scalers, the title keeps a raw arcade pleasure, to enjoy as an ambitious conversion.
