Gun Force 2

Marc · Post by **Marc** » Sat Mar 12, 2005 11:16 am

Browsing through Mame on the 'ol Xbox earlier this week, and found the above title. Remember Gun Force 1 being decent enough in the arcade and naff on the SNES, but this... surely, surely the staff behind this also had something to do with Metal Slug? As well as being a great game, it's just so similar in places that the two have to be connected. Don't they? or is it merely a VERY competent rip-off?

99pence · Post by **99pence** » Sat Mar 12, 2005 11:54 am

It is such a good rip off it managed to get released 2 years before Metal Slug.

I think the Geo Storm/ In the Hunt lot are the same people who made Metal Slug. Or at least they knew each other. Family friends.

Neo Geo is the ultimate clone machine.

R-Type
Final Fight
Mercs
Contra
Twinbee
Zaxxon
Street Fighter 2

Some of them are such blatent rip offs.

Cutting edge of clone technology.

Ord · Post by **Ord** » Sat Mar 12, 2005 12:21 pm

Yes some of the people behind Gunforce II & In The Hunt went on to form Nazca the creators of Metal Slug.

LoneSage · Post by **LoneSage** » Sun Mar 13, 2005 6:04 am

I really hate Gunforce on the SNES, one of the worst run 'n gunners I've ever played.

I've heard awesome things about its sequel, and I can affirm that members that worked on Gunforce 2 went on to develop Metal Slug.

Post by **system11** » Sun Mar 13, 2005 3:00 pm

99pence wrote:It is such a good rip off it managed to get released 2 years before Metal Slug.

Well that certainly put a smile on my face. Nice one

Davey · Post by **Davey** » Sun Mar 13, 2005 6:39 pm

LoneSage wrote:I really hate Gunforce on the SNES, one of the worst run 'n gunners I've ever played.

I've heard awesome things about its sequel, and I can affirm that members that worked on Gunforce 2 went on to develop Metal Slug.

Yes, the original blows, but the sequel is a lot different. You'd never guess it was a sequel of Gunforce if it weren't for the namesake.

Marc · Post by **Marc** » Mon Mar 14, 2005 12:30 pm

It is such a good rip off it managed to get released 2 years before Metal Slug.

Yeah, shoul've checked than first, stupid boy

Forgotten about In The Hunt. Not played that for years, might have to go trak it down now.

Yes, the original blows, but the sequel is a lot different. You'd never guess it was a sequel of Gunforce if it weren't for the namesake.

Definitely, don't let the first game put you off, this is ten times the game that was.

Blue Lander · Post by **Blue Lander** » Mon Mar 14, 2005 3:12 pm

Bleh, Gunforce 1 was such a horrible game. I bought the PCB, not knowing how much it blows. What a waste of money.

landshark · Post by **landshark** » Mon Mar 14, 2005 5:14 pm

That's odd. I love Gunforce 1 (arcade), but dislike part 2.

Blue Lander · Post by **Blue Lander** » Mon Mar 14, 2005 7:00 pm

I was going to attempt to convert my Gunforce PCB to R-Type Leo, but I'd be happy to sell it to you for a reasonable price.

Post by **system11** » Mon Mar 14, 2005 8:08 pm

You can't - theres a security chip in the sound section - you'd get the right sound effects but the wrong music.

landshark · Post by **landshark** » Mon Mar 14, 2005 8:41 pm

Blue Lander wrote:I was going to attempt to convert my Gunforce PCB to R-Type Leo, but I'd be happy to sell it to you for a reasonable price.

Wouldn't do me much good as I have no way to play PCBs

Blue Lander · Post by **Blue Lander** » Mon Mar 14, 2005 9:42 pm

bloodflowers wrote:You can't - theres a security chip in the sound section - you'd get the right sound effects but the wrong music.

I know, but I don't mind if there's no music. The only reason I'm probably not going to do it is because buying that many blank EPROMs is expensive.

Post by **system11** » Mon Mar 14, 2005 11:16 pm

For the price of a Leo PCB vs what you can sell a Gunforce for to pay for it, it's definitely not worth your while spoiling a board

Blue Lander · Post by **Blue Lander** » Tue Mar 15, 2005 12:08 am

Well, I have no clue what the Gunforce board is worth because I bought it broken for next to nothing and fixed it. I already agreed to sell it to a forum member for 50 bucks, though, so it's not my problem anymore