Choujikuu Yousai Macross II

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Macross II

Title screen

Developer:	NMK
Planning:	Morio Kishimoto "Mug"
Music:	Hideya Kazunori Akira Hirokami Manabu Namiki Ryu Takami
Program:	Youichi Koyama Tamio Nakasato
Art:	Gaku Arita Akemi Tsunoda Hiromi Seki Eisaku Origami Kenji Yokoyama "Midori"
Release date:	JP: 1993
Previous game:	Gunnail
Next game:	Thunder Dragon 2

Choujikuu Yousai Macross II (超時空要塞マクロスII, Super Dimensional Fortress Macross II) is an arcade game developed by NMK and published by Banpresto in 1993. It is based on the OVA and movie compilation of Super Dimensional Fortress Macross II: Lovers Again. It is notable for having Japanese gaming magazine Gamest involved in its creation, as well as for being one of the last caravan-style shmups released in Japanese arcades and for being one of the few horizontally-scrolling caravan shmups.

Gameplay Overview

Controls

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• A: Shot
• B: Bomb

Characters / Ships / Styles

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• Player 1: Silvie Gena (translated as Serbee in-game)
• Player 2: Nexx Gilbert (translated as Necks in-game)

The only difference between them is the movement speed; Necks is a little faster than Serbee.

Weapons

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The player's ship has 2 modes. Power ups allow the player to change between these modes.

Mode	Description
Fighter	Higher movement speed, shoots straight ahead. Power ups increase the number of shots fired at once. The player starts the game in Fighter mode and respawns as Fighter if they get hit with minimum power. Power level 0: 1 bullet per shot Power level 1: 2 bullets per shot Power level 2: 3 bullets per shot Power level 3: 5 bullets per shot
Gerwalk	Slower movement speed, shoots straight ahead and diagonally down. Power ups increase the size and damage of the bullets. At pointblank range, deals more damage than Fighter.

The player does not start with any missiles, but they can be acquired by picking up a missile item. Similarly, missile items also allow the player to switch between missile modes.

• Missile: Missiles are deployed slightly above and below the ship, then quickly move forward, spreading out a little as they go.
  • Missile level 0: no missiles
  • Missile level 1: 1 missile, below the ship
  • Missile level 2: 2 missiles, one above and the other below the ship

• Homing: Missiles are fired diagonally forward, going towards the nearest enemy. The number of missiles per level is the same as Missile mode.

The player also starts with 3 UN-bombs. These bombs do damage to the entire screen and makes the player invulnerable for the duration of the bomb. Bomb items spawn whenever 3 Minmays are collected.

Items

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• Power up: Increases the power level by 1, up to 3 times. Changes between F and G at regular intervals. If it is collected as F, switches the player's ship to Fighter. If it is collected as G, switches the player's ship to Gerwalk. Worth 500 points before fully powering up, and 3000 points at full power (even when switching modes).

• Missile item: Increases the missile level by 1, up to 2 times. Changes between M and H at regular intervals. If it is collected as M, switches the player's missile behaviour to Missile. If it is collected as H, switches the player's missiles to Homing. Worth 500 points before missile level 2, and 3000 points at missile level 2 (even when switching modes).

• Minmay: Hidden items, revealed by shooting at her a few times or bombed. For every 3 Minmays collected, a UN-bomb item is spawned. Worth 5000 points.

• UN-bomb: Gives the player 1 bomb. Worth 500 points.

• Wings: Usually hidden and revealed when shot or bombed. Increases in value as more wings are collected, up to 10000. If the player gets hit, the value of the wings will be fully reset.
  • 1: 100
  • 2: 500
  • 3: 1000
  • 4: 2000
  • 5: 3000
  • 6: 4000
  • 7: 5000
  • 8: 6000
  • 9: 7000
  • 10: 8000
  • 11: 9000
  • 12+: 10000

• Medal: Usually hidden and revealed when shot or bombed. Worth a fixed amount of points depending on its size.
  • Small: 1000
  • Large: 3000

• Rainbow coin: Spawned by defeating certain enemies. Worth a fixed amount of points depending on its size.
  • Small: 500
  • Medium: 1000
  • Large: 2000

Courses

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There are 3 courses: Beginner, Medium and Expert. Each course is 4 stages long, but they only differ in the first 3 stages. Stage 4 is the same, no matter which course is chosen. Despite the names of the courses, there is no significant difference in difficulty between the courses.

Being a caravan shmup, each stage has a par score. Failing to reach the par score results in a game over. The par scores are listed below:

Course	Par Scores
Beginner	Stage 1: 150,000 Stage 2: 250,000 Stage 3: 500,000
Medium	Stage 1: 250,000 Stage 2: 300,000 Stage 3: 700,000
Expert	Stage 1: 300,000 Stage 2: 600,000 Stage 3: 750,000
All courses	Stage 4: 999,990

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Strategy

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