Download 2
{{Short description|1991 video game}}
{{Infobox video game
| title = Down Load 2
| image = PC Engine CD-ROM² Down Load 2 cover art.jpg
| developer = Alfa System
| publisher = NEC Avenue
| director = Akihiro Saito
| producer = Makoto Sakio
Toshio Tabeta
| artist = Shuho Itahashi
| writer = Wataru Nakajima
| composer = Kimitaka Matsumae
Suguru Yamaguchi
Tadashi Kitamura
| platforms = PC Engine CD-ROM²
| released = {{vgrelease|JP|March 29, 1991}}
| genre = Horizontal-scrolling shooter
| modes = Single-player
}}
{{nihongo foot|Download 2| ダウンロード2 |Daunrōdo Tsu|lead=yes|group=lower-alpha}} is a side-scrolling 1991 shoot 'em up video game published by NEC Avenue for the PC Engine CD-ROM². It is the sequel of Download and also inspired an anime OVA.
Gameplay
File:PCE CD-ROM² Down Load 2 (Download 2).png
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Down Load 2 is a side-scrolling shoot 'em up game.
Development and release
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Down Load 2 was developed by Alfa System and published by NEC Avenue.{{cite magazine|last=Matsuyama|first=Benī|url=https://archive.org/details/micomBASIC_1991-03/page/n246/mode/1up|title=Super Soft Hot Information: PC Engine 新作ソフト Data Base|magazine={{ill|Micom BASIC Magazine|lt=Micom BASIC Magazine|ja|マイコンBASICマガジン}}|issue=105|publisher={{ill|The Dempa Shimbunsha Corporation|lt=The Dempa Shimbunsha Corporation|ja|電波新聞社}}|date=March 1991|pages=250–251|language=ja}}
Reception
{{Video game reviews
| Fam = 29/40{{cite magazine|title=新作ゲームクロスレビュー: ダウンロード2|magazine=Famitsu|issue=127|publisher=ASCII Corporation|date=April 5, 1991|page=22|language=ja}}
| GPCE = 75/100{{cite magazine|url=https://archive.org/details/gekkan-pc-engine-issue-31-april-1991/Gekkan%20PC%20Engine%20-%20Issue%2031%20-%20April%201991/page/n117/mode/1up|title=発売直前 REVIEW: ダウンロード2|magazine={{ill|Gekkan PC Engine|lt=Gekkan PC Engine|ja|月刊PCエンジン}}|volume=3|issue=4|publisher=Shogakukan|date=April 1991|page=120|language=ja}}
| JS = 92%{{cite magazine|last=Demoly|first=Jean-Marc|url=https://archive.org/details/joystick016/page/n162/mode/1up|title=Consoles News: Down Load 2|magazine=Joystick|issue=16|publisher=Sipress|date=May 1991|page=163|language=fr}}
| MPCE = 29/40{{cite magazine|url=https://archive.org/details/marukatsu-pc-engine-volume-29-may-1991/Marukatsu%20PC%20Engine%20-%20Volume%2029%20-%20May%201991/page/144/mode/1up|title=新作ソフトお毒味チャート: ダウンロード2|magazine={{ill|マル勝PCエンジン|lt=Marukatsu PC Engine|ja|Marukatsu PC Engine}}|volume=3|issue=5|publisher=Kadokawa Shoten|date=May 1991|page=144|language=ja}}
| rev1 = Computer+Videogiochi
}}
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Down Load 2 was met with generally favorable reviews. The Japanese publication Micom BASIC Magazine ranked the game seventh in popularity in its June 1991 issue.{{cite magazine|last=Matsuyama|first=Benī|url=https://archive.org/details/micomBASIC_1991-06/page/n245/mode/1up|title=Super Soft Hot Information: PC Engine 今月の人気ソフト・ランキング|magazine={{ill|Micom BASIC Magazine|lt=Micom BASIC Magazine|ja|マイコンBASICマガジン}}|issue=106|publisher={{ill|The Dempa Shimbunsha Corporation|lt=The Dempa Shimbunsha Corporation|ja|電波新聞社}}|date=June 1991|page=262|language=ja}}
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References
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{{Download (video game)}}
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