<s>
GunForce	B-Application
II	I-Application
is	O
a	O
run	O
and	O
gun	O
arcade	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
and	O
originally	O
published	O
by	O
Irem	O
on	O
September	O
1994	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
the	O
sequel	O
to	O
the	O
original	O
GunForce	B-Application
and	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
last	O
arcade	O
games	O
,	O
if	O
not	O
the	O
last	O
to	O
be	O
released	O
by	O
the	O
company	O
before	O
ceasing	O
development	O
of	O
video	O
games	O
in	O
the	O
same	O
year	O
,	O
after	O
which	O
a	O
group	O
of	O
employees	O
from	O
the	O
gaming	O
division	O
of	O
Irem	O
would	O
go	O
on	O
to	O
form	O
Nazca	O
Corporation	O
due	O
to	O
being	O
tired	O
of	O
the	O
company	O
's	O
inactivity	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
GunForce	B-Application
II	I-Application
,	O
players	O
take	O
control	O
of	O
Max	O
and	O
Lei	O
through	O
multiple	O
stages	O
battling	O
against	O
enemy	O
soldiers	O
and	O
aliens	O
,	O
while	O
rescuing	O
POWs	O
and	O
collecting	O
medals	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
considered	O
a	O
spiritual	O
predecessor	O
to	O
the	O
Metal	B-Application
Slug	I-Application
franchise	O
by	O
SNK	O
,	O
as	O
the	O
first	B-Application
title	I-Application
in	O
the	O
series	O
bears	O
many	O
similarities	O
with	O
this	O
game	O
and	O
it	O
is	O
also	O
sometimes	O
referred	O
to	O
as	O
"	O
Metal	B-Application
Slug	I-Application
Zero	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GunForce	B-Application
II	I-Application
is	O
a	O
run	O
and	O
gun	O
game	O
where	O
players	O
take	O
control	O
of	O
the	O
soldiers	O
Max	O
(	O
P1	O
)	O
and	O
Lei	O
(	O
P2	O
)	O
across	O
five	O
stages	O
that	O
take	O
place	O
in	O
a	O
futuristic	O
post-apocalyptic	O
setting	O
,	O
battling	O
against	O
an	O
army	O
of	O
enemy	O
soldiers	O
,	O
mutants	O
,	O
aliens	O
,	O
among	O
other	O
types	O
of	O
enemies	O
to	O
fight	O
,	O
while	O
rescuing	O
female	O
POWs	O
and	O
collecting	O
medals	O
along	O
the	O
way	O
to	O
increase	O
their	O
score	O
at	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
each	O
level	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
with	O
the	O
original	O
GunForce	B-Application
,	O
players	O
may	O
find	O
a	O
vehicle	O
scattered	O
in	O
the	O
current	O
level	O
they	O
are	O
in	O
and	O
there	O
are	O
eleven	O
in	O
total	O
to	O
be	O
found	O
through	O
the	O
course	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
which	O
the	O
players	O
can	O
ride	O
and	O
use	O
against	O
the	O
enemy	O
forces	O
and	O
they	O
tend	O
to	O
vary	O
from	O
level	O
to	O
level	O
,	O
but	O
some	O
of	O
them	O
do	O
not	O
provide	O
any	O
kind	O
of	O
protection	O
for	O
the	O
player	O
against	O
enemy	O
attacks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
If	O
the	O
players	O
lose	O
all	O
of	O
their	O
lives	O
,	O
the	O
game	B-Application
is	I-Application
over	I-Application
unless	O
more	O
credits	O
are	O
inserted	O
into	O
the	O
arcade	O
machine	O
to	O
continue	O
playing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GunForce	B-Application
II	I-Application
shares	O
many	O
similarities	O
with	O
other	O
previously	O
released	O
titles	O
by	O
Irem	O
during	O
the	O
1990s	O
such	O
as	O
Air	B-Application
Duel	I-Application
,	O
Armed	B-Application
Police	I-Application
Unit	I-Application
Gallop	I-Application
,	O
Undercover	B-Application
Cops	I-Application
,	O
In	B-Device
the	I-Device
Hunt	I-Device
and	O
Superior	B-Application
Soldiers	I-Application
,	O
due	O
to	O
being	O
developed	O
by	O
most	O
of	O
the	O
same	O
personnel	O
that	O
would	O
go	O
on	O
to	O
form	O
Nazca	O
Corporation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
October	O
2014	O
,	O
PlatinumGames	O
producer	O
Atsushi	O
Kurooka	O
revealed	O
to	O
a	O
Twitter	B-Application
user	O
that	O
he	O
worked	O
on	O
both	O
GunForce	B-Application
II	I-Application
and	O
Metal	B-Application
Slug	I-Application
(	O
credited	O
as	O
A	O
.	O
Kurooka	O
in	O
the	O
first	B-Application
title	I-Application
of	O
the	O
series	O
)	O
,	O
though	O
Kurooka	O
did	O
not	O
specify	O
which	O
role	O
he	O
was	O
involved	O
during	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
development	O
.	O
</s>
