Steel Gunner 2

Steel Gunner 2[lower-alpha 1] is a 1992 first-person shooter game developed and released by Namco for arcades.[1] It is the sequel to Steel Gunner, which had been released in 1990. It was also sold as a conversion kit for Taito's Operation Thunderbolt (1988).[2]

Steel Gunner 2
Advertising flyer
Developer(s)Namco
Publisher(s)Namco
SeriesSteel Gunner
Platform(s)Arcade
Release
March 1992
    • JP: March 1992
    • NA: April 1992
Genre(s)First-person shooter
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

Gameplay
The player gunning down groups of enemies in the third level.

Steel Gunner is a first-person shooter video game.[3] Its plot involves a terrorist group named Vanguard attacking the town of Neo Arc City, New Jersey using its army of cyborgs and robots. The Neo Arc City Police request the aid of Garcia and Cliff, police officers that pilot robotic suits known as Gargoyles, to destroy Vanguard and protect Neo Arc City.[4]

The players must take control of the Neo Arc policemen, Garcia and Cliff, but this time they are on a mission to destroy the evil army of Vanguard who are attacking the city. Some of the enemies from the original game make comebacks, but have undergone a makeover since the first time Neo Arc saw them, in 1990 - and several new enemies have also been introduced as well.[3] Again, the players can shoot anything on the screen, including background objects, and even innocent bystanders (of which there are only eight types now as opposed to ten); if they should do the latter it will cause them to lose energy as if they got hit by an enemy.

Reception

In Japan, Game Machine listed Steel Gunner 2 in their April 15, 1992 issue as being the eighth most-popular upright arcade game at the time.[7] In North America, RePlay reported the game to be the seventh most-popular arcade game at the time.[8]


Notes
  1. Japanese: スティールガンナー２, Hepburn: Sutīru Gannā Tsū

References
  1. Akagi, Masumi (October 13, 2006). アーケードTVゲームリスト国内•海外編(1971-2005) (First ed.). Japan: Amusement News Agency. p. 53. ISBN 978-4990251215. Retrieved August 16, 2019.
  2. "ACME '92 - Video Games". Vol. 18, no. 5. Play Meter. April 1992. p. 46. Retrieved February 12, 2021.
  3. Zverloff, Nick (December 5, 2013). "Steel Gunner 2". Hardcore Gaming 101. Archived from the original on January 28, 2021. Retrieved February 12, 2021.
  4. "Arcade New Game - Steel Gunner 2" (in Japanese). No. 45. Namco. Namco Community Magazine NG. February 1992. pp. 3–6. Retrieved February 13, 2021.
  5. "'92 AOU ショー クロスレビュー — スティールガンナー２ (ナムコ)". Gamest (in Japanese). No. 71. Shinseisha. May 1992. p. 23.
  6. Overman, Jim (April 1992). "An operator's video picks of the show". Play Meter. Vol. 18, no. 5. p. 52.
  7. "Game Machine's Best Hit Games 25 — アップライト, コックピット型TVゲーム機 (Upright/Cockpit Videos)". Game Machine (in Japanese). No. 424. Amusement Press. 15 April 1992. p. 25.
  8. "The Player's Choice - Top Games Now in Operation, Based on Earnings-Opinion Poll of Operators: Best Video Software". RePlay. Vol. 17, no. 9. RePlay Publishing, Inc. June 1992. p. 4.
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