VC in Brief: Galaxy Force II (Sega Genesis)

by David Hinkle { May 11th 2009 at 5:00PM }

Galaxy Force II (Sega Genesis, 1 player, 800 Wii Points)
We say: Unique shmup that genre fans will enjoy
Yes, we know, it's tough to be excited about Virtual Console offerings when every other week's goodies are shmups. Galaxy Force II, however, is a pretty unique one and well worth your time (and, perhaps, your money). See what we're talking about in the video above, and be sure to catch up with past installments through our VC in Brief tag.

Gallery: Galaxy Force 2 (Sega Genesis)

Every week, we like to check out what's new on the Virtual Console. We offer these videos as a sort of taste to help you decide whether or not you would want the game in question. We also toss in our own two cents because we're pushy jerks.

Tags: galaxy-force-2, galaxy-force-ii, sega, sega-genesis, shmup, vc-in-brief, virtual-console

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

PSU Fan @ May 11th 2009 5:27PM

What happened to the Oregon Trail DSiware post? It showed up on my toolbar but the story has disappeared. Did someone jump the gun on posting it?

Roto13 @ May 11th 2009 7:04PM

That wasn't supposed to be revealed until June 2nd, apparently.

Kogen @ May 11th 2009 5:29PM

What happened to VC's arcade section? This would be better that way.

Arex @ May 11th 2009 6:41PM

Agreed. These offerings would be much more compelling if they were the arcade originals.

Console versions were okay back in the day because that's the best our hardware could muster. But these days, there's no reason we can't have perfectly emulated arcade originals of these games playing on our consoles. I'd definitely be willing to pay a buck or three more for the arcade version of a game instead of the significantly watered down console version.

I don't need an updated version a la SSF2THDR (yes, those are nice, too), but at the very least the arcade original would be nice! One game in particular I would like to see is the arcade version of Contra. I played that game to death at a local liquor store before I eventually got the vastly inferior (although still enormously fun) NES version.

Adolph @ May 11th 2009 5:57PM

This reminds me of Star Fox.

Kogen @ May 11th 2009 8:01PM

Well with Contra, they changed the game significantly. Something like Super C I hate in Arcade, but enjoy on NES.

But this game, from my knowledge, is just a watered-down port of an Arcade game. I suppose it might be SEGA's fault, but then one can argue that Nintendo should have better standards (look what they are letting happen to SF2 releases).

I also remember them saying Space Harrier was to be on it when they announced it... I do not recall it being there.