galaxy force

Galaxy Force is a sprite-scaling rail shooter science fiction arcade video game, released by Sega in 1988 and built upon the Sega Y Board.

The game which is in the tradition of Sega's successful Space Harrier is set in space. It was ported in 1989 to the Sega Master System and in 1990 to the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, Amiga, Atari ST, Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC, ZX Spectrum, FM Towns, Sega Saturn and PlayStation 2 platforms.

Two other slighty modified versions of the arcade game were released as Galaxy Force II Deluxe Edition and Galaxy Force Super Deluxe Edition. Galaxy Force II was also released on the Wii Virtual Console via Sega Genesis/Mega Drive in Japan on February 3, 2009, in Europe on May 1, 2009 and in North America on May 11, 2009. Galaxy Force II was released on Nintendo 3DS as part of the 3D Classics series. It was released in July 2013 in Japan and in December 2013 in Australia, Europe and North America.

See also

• TRY-Z Starfighter