Gunbird 2

Gunbird 2 is a vertical-scrolling shooter first released in arcades in 1998. You take part in a comical story about an ancient magical potion, fighting through seven levels and facing bosses. Dialogue scenes appear during intermissions and when bosses arrive; in two-player mode, character conversations change.

Characters and planes

Choose from six characters: the great wizard MARION, German flying honors student TAVIA, Romanian vampire ALUCARD, Russian military robot VALPIRO, HEI-COB from Arabia, and a naked samurai whose identity is shown as “???”.

You can collect P items to power up and add sub-weapons, and B items to gain bombs that clear enemy bullets and help you evade foes. The planes also have a super shot for taking down enemies and a powerful close-range attack that carries risk.

Game modes

Arcade mode offers seven selectable difficulty levels, including HARD and VERY HARD. Local rankings cover every difficulty level and the planes you use. Score Attack sets the difficulty and number of lives, then lets you compete for high scores against players worldwide; online rankings are available from the options menu.

Settings

You can adjust the difficulty, lives from 1 to 9, continues from 0 to unlimited, controls, screen orientation and other settings. Choose a normal screen or vertical orientation for an arcade-style view; vertical orientation can also be played with horizontal controls. Screen filters include the normal option and two additional versions. Button configuration lets you assign Shot, Auto Shot and Bomb.