Run and Gun II
{{Short description|1996 video game}}
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| title = Run and Gun II
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| developer = Konami
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| genre = Sports (basketball)
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Run and Gun II is a basketball video game developed and published by Konami as an arcade video game in 1996.
Background
The game is the sequel to Konami's 1993 arcade video game Run and Gun.{{cite magazine |title=Run and Gun: Others Only Dream About Being This Good! |magazine=RePlay |date=October 1993 |volume=19 |issue=1 |page=27 |url=https://archive.org/details/re-play-volume-19-issue-no.-1-october-1993-600dpi/RePlay%20-%20Volume%2019%2C%20Issue%20No.%201%20-%20October%201993/page/27}} The original game had earned {{US$|1,500,000|long=no|1993|round=-5}} from European advance orders prior to release (mostly from Spain and Italy),{{cite magazine |title=International News: Italy |magazine=Play Meter |date=January 1994 |volume=20 |issue=1 |page=28 |url=https://archive.org/details/play-meter-volume-20-number-1-january-1994/Play%20Meter%20-%20Volume%2020%2C%20Number%201%20-%20January%201994/page/28}} and was America's top-grossing upright arcade cabinet in December 1993.{{cite magazine |title=RePlay: The Players' Choice |magazine=RePlay |date=December 1993 |volume=19 |issue=3 |page=12 |url=https://archive.org/details/re-play-volume-19-issue-no.-3-december-1993/RePlay%20-%20Volume%2019%2C%20Issue%20No.%203%20-%20December%201993/page/n11/mode/1up}}
Gameplay
Reception
In Japan, Game Machine listed Run and Gun II on their May 1, 1996 issue as being the seventh most-successful arcade game of the month.{{cite magazine|title=Game Machine's Best Hit Games 25 - TVゲーム機ーソフトウェア (Video Game Software)|magazine=Game Machine|issue=517|publisher=Amusement Press, Inc.|date=1 May 1996|page=25|lang=ja}}
Hyper reviewed the arcade game, rating it 4½ out of 5 stars and calling it "an excellent game" that is "far superior" to its predecessor.{{cite magazine |title=Arcade |magazine=Hyper |date=July 1996 |issue=33 |page=34 |url=https://archive.org/details/hyper-033/page/34}} Next Generation rated it three stars out of five, giving the praise to its multiplayer.{{cite magazine|title=Finals|magazine=Next Generation|issue=20|publisher=Imagine Media|date=August 1996|page=103}}
References
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Category:Arcade-only video games
Category:Basketball video games
Category:Video games developed in Japan
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