{{Short description|1992 video game}} {{Infobox video game | title = Steel Gunner 2 | image = Steel Gunner 2 flyer.jpg | caption = Advertising flyer | developer = Namco | publisher = Namco | platforms = Arcade | release = {{vgrelease|JP|March 9, 1992<ref>{{cite magazine|author=<!-- not stated -->|date=March 15, 1992|title=話題のマシン|trans-title=Topical Machines|magazine=Game Machine|issue=422|language=Japanese |location=Japan |publisher=Amusement Press, Inc.}}</ref>|NA|April 1992}} | genre = First-person shooter | series = ''Steel Gunner'' | modes = Single-player, multiplayer }}
{{nihongo foot|'''''Steel Gunner 2'''''|スティールガンナー２|Sutīru Gannā Tsū|lead=yes|group=lower-alpha}} is a 1992 first-person shooter game developed and released by Namco for arcades.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Akagi |first1=Masumi |title=アーケードTVゲームリスト国内•海外編(1971-2005) |date=October 13, 2006 |publisher=Amusement News Agency |location=Japan |isbn=978-4990251215 |page=[https://archive.org/details/ArcadeGameList1971-2005/page/n54 53] |edition=First |url=https://archive.org/details/ArcadeGameList1971-2005 |access-date=August 16, 2019}}</ref> It is the sequel to ''Steel Gunner'', which had been released in 1990. It was also sold as a conversion kit for Taito's ''Operation Thunderbolt'' (1988).<ref>{{cite news |title=ACME '92 - Video Games |url=https://archive.org/details/play-meter-volume-18-number-5-april-1992-600DPI/Play%20Meter%20-%20Volume%2018%2C%20Number%205%20-%20April%201992%20%28Compressed%29/page/n109/mode/2up |access-date=February 12, 2021 |agency=Play Meter |issue=5 |date=April 1992 |volume=18 |page=46}}</ref>
==Gameplay== thumb|left|The player gunning down groups of enemies in the third level.
''Steel Gunner'' is a first-person shooter video game.<ref name="HG101">{{cite web |last1=Zverloff |first1=Nick |title=Steel Gunner 2 |url=http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/steel-gunner/ |website=Hardcore Gaming 101 |access-date=February 12, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210128010555/http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/steel-gunner/ |archive-date=January 28, 2021 |date=December 5, 2013}}</ref> Its plot involves a terrorist group named Vanguard attacking the town of Neo Arc City, New Jersey using its army of cyborgs and robots. The Neo Arc City Police request the aid of Garcia and Cliff, police officers that pilot robotic suits known as Gargoyles, to destroy Vanguard and protect Neo Arc City.<ref name="NG">{{cite news |title=Arcade New Game - Steel Gunner 2 |url=https://archive.org/details/ng-namco-community-magazine-monthly-issue-45-february-1992-600dpi/NG%20Namco%20Community%20Magazine%20%28Monthly%20Issue%2045%29%20-%20February%201992%20%20%28Searchable%29/page/n2/mode/2up |access-date=February 13, 2021 |agency=Namco Community Magazine NG |issue=45 |publisher=Namco |date=February 1992 |pages=3–6 |language=ja}}</ref>
The players must take control of the Neo Arc policemen, Garcia and Cliff, but this time they are on a mission to destroy the evil army of Vanguard who are attacking the city. Some of the enemies from the original game make comebacks, but have undergone a makeover since the first time Neo Arc saw them, in 1990 - and several new enemies have also been introduced as well.<ref name="HG101">{{cite web |last1=Zverloff |first1=Nick |title=Steel Gunner 2 |url=http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/steel-gunner/ |website=Hardcore Gaming 101 |access-date=February 12, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210128010555/http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/steel-gunner/ |archive-date=January 28, 2021 |date=December 5, 2013}}</ref> Again, the players can shoot anything on the screen, including background objects, and even innocent bystanders (of which there are only eight types now as opposed to ten); if they should do the latter it will cause them to lose energy as if they got hit by an enemy.
==Reception== {{Video game reviews |rev1 = ''Gamest'' |rev1Score = 38/70<ref name="Gamest">{{cite magazine |url=https://archive.org/stream/gamest0071#page/n24/mode/1up |title='92 AOU ショー クロスレビュー — スティールガンナー２ (ナムコ) |magazine=Gamest |issue=71 |publisher=Shinseisha |date=May 1992 |page=23 |lang=ja}}</ref> |rev2 = ''Play Meter'' |rev2Score = 93%<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Overman |first=Jim |title=An operator's video picks of the show |magazine=Play Meter |date=April 1992 |volume=18 |issue=5 |page=52 |url=https://archive.org/details/play-meter-volume-18-number-5-april-1992-600DPI/Play%20Meter%20-%20Volume%2018%2C%20Number%205%20-%20April%201992/page/n115}}</ref> }}
In Japan, ''Game Machine'' listed ''Steel Gunner 2'' in their April 15, 1992 issue as being the eighth most-popular upright arcade game at the time.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Game Machine's Best Hit Games 25 — アップライト, コックピット型TVゲーム機 (Upright/Cockpit Videos)|magazine=Game Machine|issue=424|publisher=Amusement Press|date=15 April 1992|page=25|lang=ja}}</ref> In North America, ''RePlay'' reported the game to be the seventh most-popular arcade game at the time.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=The Player's Choice - Top Games Now in Operation, Based on Earnings-Opinion Poll of Operators: Best Video Software|magazine=RePlay|volume=17|issue=9|publisher=RePlay Publishing, Inc.|date=June 1992|page=4}}</ref> ==Notes== {{notelist}}
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