Gall Force: Eternal Story (FDS)

Gall Force: Eternal Story

Platform: FDS Year: 1986 Developer: HAL Laboratory, Inc.

Gall Force: Eternal Story (ガルフォース：イターナル・ストーリー) is a vertical shooting game based on the Japanese anime "Gall Force". In this game, you play as Rabby. Your objective is to rescue the other pilots Rumy, Pony, Lufy, Patty, Eluza and Catty. You must also clear the boss at the end of each stage. The game is unique, because at the end of each level is a series of platforms, which all take you to different levels, so you must choose the right platform in order to advance or else the game will either loop the stage you're on or send you to a previous level.

Screenshots

The title screen. Blasting away at enemies.

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Music

Even though this early title contains such a short soundtrack, the music is very good. Hideki Kanazashi and Hiroaki Suga both worked on the soundtrack. The Famicom Disk System adds another channel which greatly improves the fidelity of the soundtrack. Though both are credited for music, Hideki most likely wrote the game's music while Hiroaki worked on sound programming.

The title screen music sounds similar to the title screen music in Air Fortress (NES) which was also composed by Hideki Kanazashi. The in-game tune (which can get annoying since it's the only song you'll hear throughout the course of the game) sounds very identical to Mach Rider (NES).

The ending theme was featured on HAL Game Music, titled Fukkatsu.

Recording

#	Title	Composer	Programmer	Length	Listen	Download
01	Title Screen	Hideki Kanazashi, Hiroaki Suga	Kayoko.Love	1:05		Download
02	In-Game	Hideki Kanazashi, Hiroaki Suga	Kayoko.Love	1:58		Download
03	Pilot Rescued	Hideki Kanazashi, Hiroaki Suga	Kayoko.Love	0:02		Download
04	Ending	Hideki Kanazashi, Hiroaki Suga	Kayoko.Love	2:50		Download

Credits

• Ripper: Unknown
• Recorder: Doommaster1994
• Game Credits:
  • Sound Composer: Hideki Kanazashi credited as Rodeo.Kanagushi
  • Sound Composer: Hiroaki Suga credited as GSX.Suga
  • Sound Programmer: Kayoko.Love

(Source)

Kayoko.Love is credited as the sound programmer, though they may have just programmed the audio into the game, and not designed the sound driver.

Albums

HAL Game Music 1988-08-25

Game Rip

Formats	Download	Size
	Download	11 KB

The NSF file only contains the four songs and no sound effects. The music was played back in VirtuaNSF.

Releases

Japan Title: ガルフォース (Gall Force: Eternal Story) Released: 1986-12-10 Publisher: HAL Laboratory, Inc.