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Galaxy Force (1988)

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Galaxy Force (Japanese: ギャラクシーフォース, Hepburn: Gyarakushī Fōsu) is a rail shooter video game developed and released by Sega for arcades in 1988. The player assumes control of a starship named the TRY-Z, as it must prevent the Fourth Empire from taking over the entire galaxy. Gameplay involves shooting down enemies using either a laser shot or a limited supply of heat-seeking missiles, all while avoiding collision with projectiles or obstacles and making sure the ship's energy meter doesn't fully deplete. It ran on the Sega Y Board arcade system, and was released with a motion simulator cockpit arcade cabinet version like previous Sega Super Scaler games (Space Harrier, After Burner and Thunder Blade).

Created by the same group of developers that later went on to form Sega AM1, Galaxy Force was developed specifically to show off the capabilities of the Sega Y hardware with its usage of large, detailed backgrounds and massive amount of on-screen sprites. The game is part of Sega's Super Scaler line of arcade cabinets, alongside titles such as Out Run and Space Harrier. It was largely inspired by Star Wars. The soundtrack was composed jointly by Katsuhiro Hayashi and Kouichi Namaki, both of whom previously created the music for Thunder Blade. The game came in three different cabinet styles; a standard upright, a "Deluxe" machine, and a "Super Deluxe" version that could twist and turn the player around. Almost immediately after the game's release, Sega published an updated version titled Galaxy Force II which added two new levels and other minor additions.

Galaxy Force was critically acclaimed, being praised for its graphics, gameplay, presentation, music and hardware capabilities, considered to be visually impressive for the time period. It was ported to several platforms, including the Master System, Sega Mega Drive/Genesis and Commodore 64, as well as being released under several different Sega classic game re-release labels such as Sega Ages. A high-definition remake titled Galaxy Force Neo Classic was released for the PlayStation 2 in Galaxy Force II Special Extended Edition, alongside the original, which featured smoothed-out graphics and additional visual effects. With the exception of the Master System version, all home versions of the game are based on Galaxy Force II.

Created as part of Sega's "Super Scaler" line of arcade games, which also included games such as Out Run and Space Harrier, Galaxy Force was designed specifically to show off the Sega Y Board arcade system, showcasing graphical features such as rotating scrolling backgrounds and many on-screen sprites. Development of the game was handled by a group of developers that later went on to form Sega AM1, and was in production alongside Yu Suzuki's Power Drift. Three cabinet versions of the game were produced; a standard upright cabinet, a "Deluxe" machine, and a "Super Deluxe" version that could twist and turn 335 degrees left and right, and move forwards and backwards at 15 degrees. The Super Deluxe version also included a headphone jack. The music in Galaxy Force was composed jointly by Katsuhiro Hayashi and Kouichi Namaki, both of whom previously worked on the soundtrack for Thunder Blade. The game was largely inspired by Star Wars, containing several subtle references in-game through its stage design.

Galaxy Force was released into arcades by Sega in April 1988 in Japan,[2] and later that year in both North America and Europe.[3] The Deluxe version cost £10,000 or $18,000 (equivalent to $45,000 in 2022), while the Super Deluxe version cost £17,000 or $30,000 (equivalent to $74,000 in 2022).

『ギャラクシーフォース』（GALAXY FORCE）は、セガ・エンタープライゼス（現在のセガ）が開発したシューティングゲーム。日本では1988年4月にアーケードゲームとして稼働を開始した。キャッチコピーは「宇宙への招待状 全身・銀河へ!」

その後、同年7月ゲームバランスを見直し(いわゆる永久パターン対策など)、様々な要素をバージョンアップした『ギャラクシーフォースII』（GALAXY FORCE II）が稼働を開始。キャッチコピーは「戦慄が銀河を走る」。

アーケード版のシステム基板は両バージョンとも同社製の「Yボード」を使用している。

後にさまざまな家庭用ゲーム機に移植されている。

アーケードゲームならではの高機能なスプライトの拡大縮小などを備えた基板を活用し、2次元グラフィックスで擬似的に3次元の奥行きを表現（疑似3D）した体感ゲーム。当時のAM1研が開発した。

アーケード版はゲーム誌『ゲーメスト』の企画「第2回ゲーメスト大賞」（1988年度）で、読者投票により大賞9位を獲得した他、ゲーメストムック『ザ・ベストゲーム』では第50位を獲得した。

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