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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.47,0:00:03.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Passagem Secreta Presents
Dialogue: 0,0:00:04.75,0:00:12.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not a secret to anyone to say that Sega in the 80s was very successful in the arcades with games like Space Harrier, Hang-On and Out Run,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.88,0:00:17.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that sought new gaming experiences with spectacular graphics for its time.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.59,0:00:23.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These games have become classics constantly revived with new ports or even sequels.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.68,0:00:27.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,However, there is a game of the company that belongs to this category,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:27.14,0:00:30.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it always goes unnoticed by the lovers of old stuff.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:30.40,0:00:34.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you the review of Galaxy Force II.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:39.90,0:00:42.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The machine, released in 1988,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.45,0:00:45.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,offered a great alternative to the success After Burner was doing,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.100,0:00:50.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and like this game, it is a continuation which the original game was never released.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.54,0:00:51.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sega's things, eh.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.45,0:00:54.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But instead of shooting down enemy fighters,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.83,0:00:57.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this time the player is put in control of a spacecraft
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.53,0:01:02.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,passing by various planets with the aim of overthrowing the oppressive empire and all that usual stuff.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.24,0:01:05.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the gameplay is a bit more complex, take a look:
Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.84,0:01:10.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the spacecraft starts with a certain amount of energy that decreases constantly.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.99,0:01:13.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,By defeating enemies with shots and lock-on missiles,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.95,0:01:21.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the player accumulates more bonus energy that on some key points of the stage is added to the remaining energy the spacecraft has.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.60,0:01:25.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The spacecraft also begins with a shield that after three or four attacks breaks up.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.75,0:01:31.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thereafter, any shot, hit or catastrophe deducts directly from the energy of the spacecraft,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.32,0:01:33.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,making things more complex than ever before.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.25,0:01:46.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The stages consist in parts in open field and others in a closed tunnel,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.07,0:01:49.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,until you reach the core of the enemy base that must be immediately destroyed.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:49.89,0:01:51.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Very original, eh?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.00,0:01:55.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Early on, the game gives you the chance to choose which chapter to start,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.49,0:01:58.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you can even do certain strategies through this scheme,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.45,0:02:03.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,since you can choose a more difficult stage in the beginning, and then go to other less complicated later.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.82,0:02:06.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The control scheme of spacecraft is very interesting,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.12,0:02:12.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,having a normal joystick and a special lever for acceleration and brakes, that is important at some times like this one.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.71,0:02:18.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The deluxe version of the arcade cabinet had a hydraulic system that moved according to the action,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.61,0:02:22.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,showing once again the concern of Sega to offer an unique gaming experience,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.70,0:02:26.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,culminating in the terrifying R360 a few years later.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.70,0:02:33.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,>>Boy: I wanna get off!
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.25,0:02:36.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,>>Rafael Fernandes: Anyway, the graphics were sensational at the time,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:36.72,0:02:41.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,using the maximum of the scale of sprites effects, rotation and any of that,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.57,0:02:46.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Galaxy Force had very advanced graphics and much originality of design.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:46.72,0:02:49.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's really amazing how some elements of scenery
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.44,0:02:53.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,would only be seen in some console in a decent shape only a few years later.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:53.97,0:02:55.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,On the other hand, the sound is great.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.80,0:02:58.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The sound effects of shots and explosions are very well done.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:11.84,0:03:15.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The game's soundtrack consists of great compositions,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.07,0:03:19.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that somehow the instrumentation of the arcade sound chip does not match.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.90,0:03:39.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Produced by Katsuhiro Hayashi and Koichi Namiki,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.13,0:03:41.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this one with mustache and beret (no references, of course),
Dialogue: 0,0:03:41.90,0:03:45.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the songs were rearranged in various ways by Sega,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.25,0:03:49.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like this arrangement of Beyond the Galaxy, the music of the first stage, done by the S.S.T. Band.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.89,0:03:52.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Galaxy Force Medley\NExtracted from the S.S.T. Band Live History DVD
Dialogue: 0,0:04:34.41,0:04:37.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Given these positive features about the game,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:37.39,0:04:41.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,why Galaxy Force is not as remembered as other classic Sega franchises?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:41.64,0:04:45.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, let's speculate: the game is difficult and too complicated;
Dialogue: 0,0:04:45.53,0:04:49.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of course you can say that After Burner drained the pockets of the players,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:49.22,0:04:55.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it did not have a scheme of decreasing energy style that only replenished for every downed enemy and that was only supplied at key points on the map.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:57.10,0:04:59.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was something much simpler than that.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:59.09,0:05:03.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have the slight impression that this excess of complexity in the end condemned the game.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:03.33,0:05:08.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, a concrete fact which may have ended any chance of creating a franchise
Dialogue: 0,0:05:08.73,0:05:11.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is associated with the ports that Sega did for consoles.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:11.89,0:05:15.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's okay that Galaxy Force has stunning graphics and special effects,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:15.63,0:05:19.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and would be almost impossible to replicate at home without a hell of a kludge.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:19.61,0:05:25.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,However, rather than engage in doing something decent, like the ports of Out Run and After Burner, for example,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:25.28,0:05:32.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the company simply threw it all away and turned the Master System version into a game with totally meaningless existence,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:32.31,0:05:34.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as you can see in this freak there.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:56.60,0:06:01.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As if that were not enough, the Mega Drive version fell into the hands of a company called CRI,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:01.11,0:06:04.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that have done a job so badly that only a few could do such a thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:05.02,0:06:08.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The graphics, the sound, everything was downgraded to mediocre,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:08.20,0:06:12.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,being comparable to Super Thunder Blade, one of the first games of the Mega Drive.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:13.33,0:06:15.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is an excess of flicker and slowness,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:15.28,0:06:19.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and sometimes both are together, bringing the fear that the console will freeze forever.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:26.86,0:06:33.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The tunnels of the enemy bases ended up turning into ventilation ducts, and everything seems badly done and awful.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:33.74,0:06:40.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Undoubtedly these ports have served to sink the franchise, which could be at the same level of similar games from other companies,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:40.60,0:06:42.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,such as Nintendo's Star Fox.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:57.30,0:07:04.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In short, Galaxy Force had excellent potential to move forward with sequels, but it just got wasted.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:04.01,0:07:06.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To those who want to enjoy the original arcade version,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:06.85,0:07:11.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there is a special version of this classic for the PlayStation 2, in the Sega Ages collection.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:11.48,0:07:15.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Released in 2007, the re-release has an extended version of the game,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:15.74,0:07:19.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,supporting widescreen, with a rearranged version of the original soundtrack,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:19.70,0:07:22.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and graphics with various corrections and filters applied.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:22.61,0:07:27.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a good one for those who want to enjoy this lost classic amid Sega's buffoonery.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:42.08,0:07:48.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Produced by Rafael Fernandes\N@rafafernandes64
Dialogue: 0,0:07:49.27,0:07:55.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,http://passagemsecreta.com