Gunblade NY

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Gunblade NY
Light gun shooter
Mode(s)
Arcade system
Sega Model 2B CRX[3]

Gunblade NY is a light gun rail shooter developed by Sega for the Model 2 arcade machine and was released in 1995 in North America and 1996 in Japan. The game was re-released alongside its sequel, L.A. Machineguns: Rage of the Machines for the Wii in 2010 as part of the Sega Arcade Hits Pack.

Gameplay

Gunblade NY is a game in which the player must save the city of

cooperative multiplayer
, controlling an additional turret installed on the right side of the helicopter, but can only withstand three hits before being put out of commission, like the first player.

Plot

On the morning of July 12, 2005, a robotic terrorist organization known as Bear EX stages an assault in the midst of

UN headquarters, the SAAF agents proceed to spearhead a counterattack to retake the complex. Despite suffering a crushing defeat, however, the terrorists leader escapes to a freighter on the East River, prompting the agents to give chase and subsequently defeat the freighter's defenses, including a giant mecha
that is presumably piloted by the terrorist leader.

Following the successful effort to retake the UN headquarters, the SAAF resolves to clear out terrorists from the rest of the city. The agents aboard the SAAF helicopter pursue and attack a convoy of terrorists crossing the

Battery Park, which the terrorists have used as a beachhead to support further attacks into the city. Shortly after wiping out the terrorists there, the agents discover a missile TEL and must quickly destroy it before it could launch its payload. The SAAF commander determines that the remaining terrorists are gathering for a counter-attack at Grand Army Plaza
and orders the agents to head there and disrupt the gathering as night falls. With their plans foiled, the terrorists then make their last stand in Midtown Manhattan along with their main leader, which the agents all destroy to save the city once and for all. The agents then return to the SAAF carrier for a party. However, if the player failed to destroy the TEL at Battery Park, a "bad" ending will play where the SAAF commander will punch one of the agents for their failure to stop its missile from causing great damage to the city.

Reception

In Japan, Game Machine listed Gunblade NY on their June 1, 1996 issue as being the most-successful dedicated arcade game of the month.

All Game Guide praised the game's graphics and gameplay, while cautioning its difficulty and capability of inducing motion sickness.[5]

Reviews

Sequel and port

A sequel, L.A. Machineguns: Rage of the Machines, was released in December 1998. The game is another rail shooter set 20 years after the events of Gunblade NY and follows the efforts of two agents of the Special Independent Force Against Terrorism riding hoverbikes to defeat the titular Rage of the Machines, another robotic terrorist organization, across the

destruction of the World Trade Center during the September 11 attacks, the World Trade Center
towers that appear in Gunblade NY are removed in the Arcade Hits Pack to reflect their absence during the game's setting in the year 2005.

References

  1. ^ "Gunblade NY - Special Air Assault Force". arcade-history.com. Retrieved 2019-06-30.
  2. ^ "Arcade - Namco And Sega's Crazy Cabinets! -- Gunblade NY". Computer and Video Games. No. 178. Future Publishing. September 1996. p. 89.
  3. ^ "Sega Model 2B CRX Hardware (Sega)". system16.com. Retrieved 2019-06-30.
  4. ^ a b "Finals". Next Generation. No. 21. Imagine Media. September 1996. p. 164.
  5. ^ a b Cook, Brad. "Gunblade NY: Special Air Assault Force Review". Allgame. Archived from the original on 15 November 2014. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
  6. ^ "Game Machine's Best Hit Games 25 - 完成品夕イプのTVゲーム機 (Dedicated Videos)". Game Machine (in Japanese). No. 519. Amusement Press, Inc. 1 June 1996. p. 21.
  7. ^ "Computer and Video Games - Issue 178 (1996-09)(EMAP Images)(GB)". September 1996.
  8. ^ Sinclair, Brendan (27 April 2010). "Sega arcade shooters compiled for Wii". Gamespot. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
  9. ^ Newton, James (5 September 2010). "Gunblade NY and LA Machineguns Arcade Hits Pack review". NintendoLife. Retrieved 15 September 2020.

External links

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