GunForce

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The player is armed with a gun that fires rapid-fire bullets. Each direction it shoots can be fixed toward it so the player doesn't have to hold the joystick toward it. Players may find motorcycles to speed across enemy territory faster in addition to helicopters and cable cars.

After scoring over any high score, whether they win or lose, players can enter their name into the high score list after the game over screen is "achieved". A strict time limit keeps the game going at a steady pace throughout; the consequence involves losing a life.

{{More plot|date=July 2020}}

Parachuted out of a bomber, the player has landed into hostile territory to defeat the enemy who is threatening Mother Earth.

{{Video game reviews

|GR = (SNES) 60.25%{{cite web|url=https://www.gamerankings.com/snes/588365-gunforce/index.html|title=GunForce for Super Nintendo|work=GameRankings|publisher=CBS Interactive|date=2019|access-date=2020-07-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191209015353/https://www.gamerankings.com/snes/588365-gunforce/index.html|archive-date=2019-12-09|url-status=live}}

|Fam = (SNES) 18/40{{cite magazine|url=https://www.famitsu.com/games/t/17263/reviews/|title=NEW GAMES CROSS REVIEW: ガンフォース (SFC)|magazine=Famitsu|publisher=ASCII Corporation|date=1992|lang=ja}}

|NP = (SNES) 3.075/5{{cite magazine|last1=Sinfield|first1=George|last2=Noel|first2=Rob|title=Now Playing - Gunforce (Super NES)|magazine=Nintendo Power|issue=43|publisher=Nintendo of America|date=December 1992|page=107}}

|rev1 = Consoles +

|rev1Score = (SNES) 71%{{cite magazine|last1=Kun|first1=Kaneda|last2=Hermellin|first2=François|url=https://www.abandonware-magazines.org/affiche_mag.php?mag=51&num=7218&album=oui|title=Super Famicom Review - GunForce|magazine=Consoles +|issue=15|publisher=M.E.R.7|date=December 1992|pages=96–98|lang=fr}}

|rev2 = Famimaga

|rev2Score = (SNES) 17.89/30{{cite magazine|title=90年11月から'93年6月21日発売までの323本を収録!! Super Famicom All Catalog '93 8月情報号特別付録 - ガンフォース|magazine=Famimaga|issue=16|publisher=Tokuma Shoten|date=August 1, 1993|page=10|lang=ja}}

|rev3 = Joypad

|rev3Score = (SNES) 79%{{cite magazine|last1=Huyghues-Lacour|first1=Alain|last2=Prézeau|first2=Olivier|url=https://www.abandonware-magazines.org/affiche_mag.php?mag=84&num=4080&album=oui|title=Super Famicom: Hey Les Mecs! Y A Rambo! - Gunforce|magazine=Joypad|issue=14|publisher=Yellow Media|date=November 1992|pages=122–123|lang=fr}}

|rev4 = Joystick

|rev4Score = (SNES) 67%{{cite magazine|last=Demoly|first=Jean-Marc|url=http://download.abandonware.org/magazines/Joystick/joystick_numero033/Joystick%20033%20-%20Page%20198%20%281992-12%29.jpg|title=Console News - Super Famicom: Gunforce|magazine=Joystick|issue=33|publisher=Sipress|date=December 1992|page=198|lang=fr}}

|rev5 = N-Force

|rev5Score = (SNES) 70%{{cite magazine|last1=Rowley|first1=Carl|last2=Roberts|first2=Nick|url=https://archive.org/stream/N-Force_No_6_1992-12_Europress_Impact_GB#page/n83/mode/1up|title=Reviewed! - SNES: GunForce|magazine=N-Force|issue=6|publisher=Europress Impact|date=December 1992|page=84}}

|rev6 = Play Time

|rev6Score = (SNES) 67%{{cite magazine|url=https://retrocdn.net/images/a/a9/PlayTime_DE_1993-03.pdf|title=Super NES Review: Marios Magic - GunForce|magazine=Play Time|issue=20|publisher=Computec|date=February 1993|page=89|lang=de}}

|rev7 = Sinclair User

|rev7Score = (Arcade) 79%{{cite magazine|last=Cook|first=John|url=https://archive.org/stream/sinclair-user-magazine-114/SinclairUser_114_Aug_1991#page/n42/mode/1up|title=Coin Ops: GunForce (Irem)|magazine=Sinclair User|issue=113|publisher=EMAP|date=August 1991|page=43}}

|rev8 = The Super Famicom

|rev8Score = (SNES) 60/100{{cite magazine|title=ザ・テストプレイ - ガンフォース|magazine=The Super Famicom|volume=3|issue=22|publisher=SoftBank Creative|date=27 November 1992|page=19|lang=ja}}

|rev9 = Super Play

|rev9Score = (SNES) 59%{{cite magazine|last=Davies|first=Jonathan|url=https://archive.org/stream/Superplay_Issue_04_1993-02_Future_Publishing_GB#page/n40/mode/1up|title=Import Review - Gunforce|magazine=Super Play|issue=4|publisher=Future Publishing|date=February 1993|page=41}}

|rev10 = Super Pro

|rev10Score = (SNES) 48%{{cite magazine|url=https://archive.org/stream/super-pro-01#page/30/mode/1up|title=A-Z of Import Games - GunForce|magazine=Super Pro|issue=1|publisher=Paragon Publishing|date=December 1992|page=95}}

|rev11 = Video Games

|rev11Score = (SNES) 39%{{cite magazine|last=Knauf|first=Andreas|url=https://www.kultboy.com/index.php?site=t&id=10858|title=Test: Ausgebrannt - Gunforce (Super Nintendo)|magazine=Video Games|issue=12|publisher=Future-Verlag|date=November 1992|page=115|lang=de}}

|rev12 = Zero

|rev12Score = (Arcade) {{Rating|2|5}}{{cite magazine|last=Wilson|first=David|url=https://archive.org/stream/zero-magazine-19#page/n39/mode/1up|title=Dosh Eaters: Gunforce (Irem/40p a go)|magazine=Zero|issue=19|publisher=Dennis Publishing|date=May 1991|page=40}}

}}

In Japan, Game Machine listed GunForce on their July 1, 1991 issue as being the tenth most-successful table arcade unit of the month.{{cite magazine|title=Game Machine's Best Hit Games 25 - テーブル型TVゲーム機 (Table Videos)|magazine=Game Machine|issue=406|publisher=Amusement Press, Inc.|date=1 July 1991|page=28|lang=ja}} In the September 1991 issue of Japanese publication Micom BASIC Magazine, the game was ranked on the number fifteen spot in popularity.{{cite magazine|last=Yamashita|first=Nobuyuki|url=https://archive.org/stream/micomBASIC_1991-09#page/n248/mode/1up|title=Super Soft Hot Information: Video Game! (ビデオゲーム) - Hot 20|magazine=Micom BASIC Magazine|issue=111|publisher=The Dempa Shimbunsha Corporation|date=September 1991|page=257|lang=ja}}

{{reflist}}

• [https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/arcade/567799-gunforce-battle-fire-engulfed-terror-island GunForce] at GameFAQs
• [https://www.giantbomb.com/gunforce/3030-22232/ GunForce] at Giant Bomb
• [https://www.arcade-museum.com/game_detail.php?game_id=8048 GunForce] at Killer List of Videogames
• [https://www.mobygames.com/game/gunforce GunForce] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210117135338/https://www.mobygames.com/game/gunforce |date=2021-01-17 }} at MobyGames

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