ZX Spectrum

Galaxy Force II

This screen displays as the game loads

The game detects that a joystick is connected, checks whether its the device the player wants to use, then continues the load

When loading is complete the title screen displays

... followed by the game start screen. This screen, or ones like it, are shown at the end / start of each level. The player presses FIRE to start and there's some more loading before the actual game

Its not much but this is the start of level 1. The player has to penetrate the enemy base and the dot in the middle is the entrance

Tally-ho and away we go ! We're in a launch bay - the enemy base can be seen ahead

Enemy fighters ahead

Not sure if this thing is friend or foe. Tried shooting it anyway

The enemy base gradually looms larger. There's a clear spell with no ships to shoot at, up pops a message and suddenly there they are again, trying to force the player off course

On the way inside. The white at the end of the corridor is an exit onto a plain

Made it onto the plain, different bad guys here

The plain gives way to another passageway. At times it can be very hard to see the ship

After some more corridor and some more plain we're in the final corridor and its a long one. The white up ahead that was there a screen or so ago has now been replaced with a wall

Now the corridor starts to twist left and right and it becomes really hard to see the ship

Just left the final corridor on level 1 and up comes this message

Flying through the tunnel, shot at the control centre, blew it up. Mission accomplished

There follows an end of level statement, then all the scores get added together

After a bit of tape loading, mission 2 starts

Mission 2 starts off in a different colour. There are asteroids crashing in from the left and columns near the ground

New enemy ships appear from nowhere

Very suddenly the red plain ends and we're flying through corridors again. The white ahead is not the end of the tunnel, its an illusion. On this level all tunnels are longer and they turn

This is the first energy pod that's been collected

Not quite the end but close

After more blue corridor and more red/yellow plain there's the end of level control centre

Level 3 is a more tasteful colour

Different enemies but the ship is still hard to make out

This really is the end. This is followed by a 'rewind tape & play message.

The player next sees this screen and, if they press a key there is a chance to enter the high score table before being returned to the start of level 1 screen