Gunforce II and Metal Slug feature a very similar graphical design, right down to small details such as explosions and shrapnel.

Many of the sound effects used in Gunforce II were reused in Metal Slug, such as weapon samples and enemy voices.Some of the music in this game are remixed tracks from Air Duel, another Irem game.Along the way the player will also find female hostages which can be rescued, though they only serve to add to the player's score at the end of a stage. However, most of them don't provide protection for the player. Scattered along the stages are many vehicles, eleven in total, which the player can ride and use against the enemy forces. You can pick up special weapons with limited ammo, which will replace one of the guns. The character uses two guns at the same time, which fire at different angles each. Gunforce II plays much like other run and guns, where you control your character and must move through the stage while shooting down enemies. This game was created by the same staff which would later form Nazca and is considered the spiritual predecessor to the Metal Slug series. Listen to Metal Slug 5 (Original Soundtrack) by SNK SOUND TEAM on Apple Music. However, the new explosions actually causes the sound effects to crackle (which scared me, since thats a first for a Slug game). The main difference is the enhanced music – the audio in the original game was streamed at a low bit rate to conserve cartridge space.Gunforce II ( Geo Storm in Japan) is a run and gun video game developed and published by Irem Corporation in 1994 for arcades. The sound effects still do not falter the games atmosphere, and again more soundbytes were added, such as a few more MP3-quality noises, such as explosions and such.

Once again, there are no additional modes other than the trophy room and level select options. Much like its predecessor, this also received standalone releases for the PlayStation 2 and Xbox in Japan and Europe, and was bundled together along with Metal Slug 4 in the USA. (It could be intentional, but the Flame shot is awesome, so why omit it?) Weirdly, the Flame shot is also absent from the game but present in the code, indicating that someone just plain forgot to include it somewhere. However, he never actually appears anywhere. The poster also has two characters in a car that never appear – one of them was meant to be a rescued prison with a pompadour named Achilles, who joins alongside you similar to Hyakutaro. Some hackers have discovered extra graphics in the ROM, including a whole other boss that looks like a gigantic stone turtle, and the demasked cult leader riding on a pillar, leading one to believe that a bunch of stuff was cut during development – even more than usual, anyway. Overall, it’s a decent game, but still pretty uninspired in parts, and some of the boss patterns are still too dense to avoid regularly. With the final boss, Metal Slug 5 ventures into supernatural territory with a gigantic demon that has some absolutely gorgeous animation, even though it seems to come out of nowhere and is never really explained. Other new slugs include the Slug Gunner, which can punch enemies with a spiked cannon, and the Car Slug. There are some cool parts later in the game, including the Spider Slug, a four legged machine with an orb in the middle, which has both a vulcan cannon and a really cool harpoon. There’s plenty of recycled stuff, though it’s not as conspicuous as in the fourth game. There are only five stages, and while there are a couple of branches, it’s not nearly as expansive as Metal Slug 3. This might not seem too bad, and it’s used for a few obstacles in some areas, but for those accustomed to the controls over the other game, it’s way too easy to slide accidentally to your death when you actually wanted to jump. The only real frustrating change is that you slide by holding down and pressing jump. The music is once again composed by Toshikazu Tanaka, featuring more rocking guitars and some nice spaghetti-western influenced music. Trevor and Nadia have been given the boot, and Tarma and Eri have returned. They end up taking over the Ptolemaic Army, adding legions of soldiers to their hordes, though they all look different than the old Morden enemies, and they don’t quite have the same charm. The main foe this time is an island native who discovers a mysterious artifact, which possesses him and sends him out of control, leading him to start a cult of madmen. This time it’s substantially better compared to Metal Slug 4, featuring plenty of cool new levels and bad guys. After Metal Slug 4, the next installment headed back to SNK Playmore.

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