PS2 Underrated Gem: Sky Gunner

[MrNoob212]

this used to be my favorite game lol... but barely anyone knows about it :/

[Keyano60]

Just ordered this game off amazon cant wait to play this again!!

[EasyGameStation]

We made a PC version :) v=OPmwc5K_6vQ

[HarrowedBeThyName]

Dude, it's GUMMY SHIPS!

:D

[rang3r34]

Damn, you can't find this game anywhere these days! It reminds me od a 3-D version of Progear.

[malkuth3]

Just found it! I knew I still had this game!

[civicmaneg6]

AHH!! I still have this game I never really got the hang of it so I gave it to my son, but it's still a cool shooter to me it's just that damn time limit shit.

[cell718]

HEY ANY ONE PLAYING Snoopy Flying Ace

[NYtassu]

Damn, I have the Japanese version.

It's very good, but at one point I had no idea how to beat one of the later bosses.

It's that golden robot with a lance looking weapon that walks around onboard the zeppelin.

I tried to kill it, but it just gets deactivated and then reactivated and walked again.

I did notice the blue haired dude tried to stun it with some kinda box from time to time though. No idea what that's for...

[xxxCODExxx1]

@NYtassu yea i had the same problem, i tried combining 3 cross missles and launching it at the thing when it was stunned, the robot reactivates and kicks my butt again,lol.

[soulreaper241]

hooray for originality. Why can I never find this game. Curse you Atlus and your games that are somehow always out of my reach.

[yarrflee]

This looks a lot like the Aerial battles in the Drakengard series.

[rafamax12345]

I just bought this today without knowing shit about it. Best 5$ i ever spent. its a great relief to see a game with originality and with more colors than gray and brown. also Copain's plane reminds me of spikes spaceship from cowboy bebop and the airships of megaman legends combined with Last Exile for some reason.

[zach92zach]

THIS FUCKING GAME

[terrorista31]

/watch?v=cYSalbzlIa0

Prop Cycle is a little similar

I hope I can find this game to play it now, many years since they made it :P

[DazedAndConfused1974]

HOLY SHIT! I remember playing this on a demo disk and wanting it sooooo fucking bad, but I could not find in any stores! :(

[samantha34ize]

if u like this game plzx watch the last exile anime it like this in the sky

[skateNappreciate]

the ps2 generation was a good time, lots of different games that were excellent in different ways. I had final fantasy X, socom 2, this game, metal gear solid 2, a couple others. the games I just listed are night-and-day perfection

[MrSalmon88]

Capcom,Atlus,Konami,Square Enix,Rockstar....my favorite game company's. besides rockstar japan basically owns when it comes to video games, we english speakin folk need to step our game up. the north american game company's seem to make games that they think will sell instead of original works or art.

[izzo3913]

Why not contact the developers to ask them to release it on PS3/PSP ? I already did and maybe fans can start doing it too.

[Terramax]

It sucks this never came out in Europe.

[darknight910]

"Look at the size of that thing!"

That's no airship... it's a spac- Wait, no, it is an airship. Nevermind! >.>

[KataclysmKat]

I still have this game for the PS2. I have always loved it.

[omegafm]

Remember playing it while I was in Japan. Truly an underrated gem assuming how much efforts and heart developers put into this piece of art.

[neotokyomedia]

Thsi game looks like fun, havent heard of it before.

[AlllexL]

do a barrel roll

[crosswire40]

XD This looks like a really amusing game! 

[meis]

GREAT game!

[Terramax]

Reminds me of Porko Rosso, one of my fav films.

Gutted this never came out in Europe.

[InverseSine]

Heh, I played this along with ace combat 04... Those were the days XD.

[Behonkiss]

It will always be a tragedy to me that this game never got the sequel it deserved. Especially since Rival's story leaves some threads hanging, and I imagine that slowdown would be non-existant on today's gaming hardware.

[OdinM1]

Holy shit! I've been looking for this for years! I could never remember the name or find it in the Tips & Tricks Magazine I could have swore I had!

Thanks a bunch!

[Elricchasers]

wishful thinking if they could make a sequel for this game, the old days when games as creative as this were the best of times heck back then i hung out with a group friends back then and it was fun we all had fun. I really miss those times......now everybody is just.....gone. even good games like this gone......

[superdog619]

this game is like a awsome version of star fox for the ps2. I miss this game when i was like 8 yrs old. XD

[Midair]

Ahh so nostalgic, this was my very first PS2 game. I remember playing this over and over till I was able to actually finish it with all the pilots.

[UnclePutte]

Oh my. Looks absurd, and absurdly fun.

[kaneswrath1000]

everybody pls!

watch einhander the game!

thank you!

[003Godsend]

i remember playing this and aggresive inline on ps2 about the same time. i had a demo disc with mr. mosquito and this on it.

[sirpyan]

I've played this game years ago, seems really hard at first.

[rougethebat06]

OH! I had a demo of this game, it seems so awesome! I wish I could get it >: BUT IT'S SO DIFFICULT TO FIND!

[ishouldplayzelda]

i remember playing a demo of this. it was so fun!

[UltraRobbie]

I must say this looks a lot more fun than most games today.

[NYtassu]

I got the Japanese version, which made it impossible for me to beat one of the later bosses (the robot that auto repairs every time you shoot it down) >.>

I couldnt follow the directions they gave me.

[buggyboo81]

i picked vavel so he can't transform

[adfadfewfrewafawefaw]

i loved this game

[rahxun]

dude, I love this game. the artwork was beautiful, or should I say, cute, and cool at the same time. japanese are really good at making things like that, cute and cool. the gameplay was really fun, unique, and has replayability value so u won't get bored. the music was decent too.

[imcrispywuuut]

First game I ever bought when I got my PS2 :)

[killbunny90210]

I remember playing this on one of those old demo compilation disks.

[ArmoredNinja2]

@killbunny90210 So do I! It was the mag before PTOM. And I remember from that point on trying to track down an actual copy of the game. Only in 2007 did actually stumble upon one. Good times. :_)

[emillioe]

ARGH!!!! I don't have my copy of this game anymore! *cries a million gallons of tears* :((

[Hibryd7]

I think one of those voice actor's is the same kid that did Brave Fencer Musashi, isn't he?

[teh2Dgamer]

@Hibryd7 Probably.

[kirigakureassassin]

@Hibryd7 OMG I have been looking for the name of that game since FOREVER. I remember playing that game when I was like 12 THANKS A MILLION!

[Aqua1222]

@Hibryd7 Well, I wouldn't exactly call her a kid; Mona Marshall is older than both of us xD

[ArtsyEngineer]

Ah, another game I wanted to play, but could never find anywhere. :/

[DantevKratos]

Another game that reminds me of a DC game. IDK why, but I love the DC/early 2000's era of games, they had a certain "feel" to them...:)

[ElemixHero]

I always use to love not blowing up the black plane and letting Femme crash.

[Molkomuse]

Ha this game was for PC before the PS2 version. It was one of the best games i've downloaded from that website.. it was a japanese website of free games

[teh2Dgamer]

You're lying. There was not a PC version of this game.

If you downloaded this game on the PC that means you downloaded the Rom.

[Molkomuse]

@teh2Dgamer haha no, sorry buddy, but i'm right. I played this game in.. like 2008 or 2007, it had another name, but it was the same game. The graphics were sightly different, but i'm totally sure it was not the rom. It was like a beta. I even remember going to the developer's website and reading "wow we are so happy, the game is going to have it's ps2 version blablabal" i'll search links and i'll come back with them

[Molkomuse]

@Molkomuse wait, this game is from 2002?.. then... i don't know exactly what happened. Whatever, there IS a pc version, even if it's not from before.

[teh2Dgamer]

Are you sure you're not thinking of another similar game?

[Molkomuse]

@teh2Dgamer yes, totally sure. The airplanes, the characters, everything is the same. I played it a few years ago as i told you. So i remember. I think i have the game here on a cd or something. I'll come back with links or something when i found them

[teh2Dgamer]

Maybe they made a sequel or something released in Japan Only?

[Molkomuse]

@teh2Dgamer maybe, i'm not quite sure if it was in japanese. But the website where i downloaded it from was full of obscure japanese free games for pc. Now it's a forum, so i dunno. I'll search my back ups and upload the game if i find it

[Molkomuse]

@Molkomuse okay now i know the truth (?).. it's a fanmade sequel. But it's really good. You should play it. "gunners heart" is the name.

[fairuzonss]

@teh2Dgamer Late response but there is a PC *DOUJIN* game that got released for the PC in 2009;

[teh2Dgamer]

Haha no. The game came out on the PS2 in 2002 in America, and 2001 in Japan.

[Schecter7474]

There was an unofficial sequel for the PC called Gunner's Heart. It had the same characters and a little bit different graphics.

[TheReapersSon]

Why don't they make unique games like this anymore? it's like there is no imagination anymore this generation. Too much focus on graphics and cookie-cutter game mechanics to rake in sales. Whatever happened to making games unique and just because you want to?

Probably because it's too expensive these days to be very adventurous without worrying about recouping your losses as a developer. I miss the old days... sadly :(

[Nelbeb]

You should try out indie games more often. If you're into PC games, or check out PSN/XBLA games, there's a few cheap and daring games still out there.

[Nelbeb]

Aslo, most game developers in that field would've turned over to the Wii at the moment.

[DragONheart27X]

which sucks :[

[ArmoredNinja2]

@TheReapersSon Here here! In America, everything is "do-or-die." We afraid to stray into unknown waters. BUT! There is hope: The indie game makers!

[bosshogs]

@TheReapersSon

This exact sort of game has been made a hundred times.

[TheReapersSon]

@bosshogs

I'd like to play them. Care to clue me in on the names of some titles?

[Ryoku75]

@TheReapersSon Apparently gloomy, overly real, grainy grey games with inreadable text are in. Seriously ET got redable text down and that was on the 2600, why couldnt the much more pricier and technologicly advanced Forza 3 have readable menus?

[oOJINxOo1]

@TheReapersSon

supporting doujin / indie Devs could help change things ..

[IGNsucks]

@TheReapersSon well I havent played this game but from the video it really just looks like your typical sky plane shooter, but if theres something unique about it that you need to play it in order to find out, please enlighten me. If not I think youre just jumping on the old is better bandwagon. There still are original games. (Ex: Portal)

[TheReapersSon]

@IGNsucks

Actually, I normally don't think about the "older is better" mantra, as I try to give most concepts the benefit of the doubt first and foremost. But, I do know that this generation has been sullied by more than one trite convention. After all, do you think that Dead Space 2 would have multiplayer if it wasn't for the XBOX Live / console multiplayer obsession? It's the Call of Duty effect.

[IGNsucks]

@TheReapersSon true just like Bioshock 2, multiplayer to me is just a feature like difficulty levels, the main slice of a game to me is still the singleplayer. I would pick this up however Im really not a flight fighter guy, I tried on a few games and I still am not into it so I doubt Ill pick it up. But yeah the call of duty effect is really pissing me off especially when a game with a great singleplayer campaign gets butt fucked by a shitty multiplayer mode. (ex: The Darkness)

[TheReapersSon]

@IGNsucks

Besides, I haven't seen one of these games that has this type of art direction and character focus before. I recommend picking this game up cheap online and playing it for yourself!

[MisterBankz]

@TheReapersSon At least we have games like these to look back on ^__^

[SpinDoctor91]

@TheReapersSon

yup they were better.developers were actually creative. :( they are now too but back in these days seemed developers had more love for the games and the art of gaming.todays society just wants to make a quick buck,the passion is lost...

[megasoniczxx]

@TheReapersSon:the reason why is because people only care about crappy shooters and pokemon.

[michiyoyoshiku]

@TheReapersSon

Bayonetta wants to have a word with you

[hellokittyninjapanda]

@michiyoyoshiku indeed Bayonetta put DMC out of business lol

[michiyoyoshiku]

@hellokittyninjapanda

I think you're exaggerating a bit. It's a superior game but DMC will always have shelf space

[hellokittyninjapanda]

@michiyoyoshiku lol yes i'm exaggerating. shelf space? -___________-;

[michiyoyoshiku]

@hellokittyninjapanda

I'll always have space on my shelf for DMC

[thecryingsoul]

@TheReapersSon well Atlus still makes great games

[FemaleFrogger]

@TheReapersSon You took the words right out of my mouth!!!!

[Nick3889]

WHY HAVE NEVER FOUND THIS!!!!

[Spectacular66]

Lol I [;ayed the hell out of this on my Summer 2002 Demo Disc back in the day, Too bad I could never find it in a store!

[Heavenhugo]

@Spectacular66 Same man i really wanted it too

[Hawaiianspawn]

one of the most amazing flying games i have ever played.

so great for a ps2

[nguyent139]

i love this game! i still haven't unlock hardi but i'm getting close

[rap779]

Hey, guys, I'm doing a playthrough of this game, so feel free to visit!

[Sheltwon]

It wasnt exactly like that, I should have worded it different. I really didn't press the issue because he liked the game. I was in the military in another state and i told him about the game but the place i saw it did not have it but he was like I will see if they have it where I am at. They did. I didnt get a chance to even play it until like months later. I saw that they he liked it so I didn't press that hey you got this for me cause I figured i would get another one

[teh2Dgamer]

Oh OK. That clears things up. There's always Amazon of Ebay though.

I use them for games that I know that my local game stores don't have.

[DanieleToscano]

Definitely one of the best overall games on the PS2...absolutely charming and very nice to play.

I love this!

Dunno why they haven't done anything with it for PSP or updated for PS3.

great post 2Dgamer

[ultramegaunknown]

I love the Jules Verne-inspired steampunk setting. It's like, Steel Empire in 3D, with a little bit of Talespin.

[koto2291x1x9x]

Looks amazing and Steampunk ! Definitly picking it up !

[mctreecke17]

this is like the only game that i actually have fun getting shot down lol but thats just me :-)

[Nyx685]

I still have this game. This and Gungrave my faves!

Still can never get SS rank though.

[Tinhh]

You can get rid of some lag by killing all the small enemies first before tackling the big bosses.

[teh2Dgamer]

That makes sense. There's less for the PS2 to process that way I guess.

It's not a huge deal to me though, because I'm used to a little slowdown in games. Hell, I used to just think it was part of the game in the old days of the Nes, and Snes.

[originalCreeper]

This game and Dark cloud 2 were the best ps2 games.

[Ichit4k4Set0]

I bought this game a few months ago!

Awesome game!

[lonerurouni187]

Man Ive always wanted this game. Even now it still appeals to me so much. I wonder if there's any other games like this one.

[Megamanexe]

I still have this game in my pile. And let me tell ya something..

Ciel's Heavy shot works best on the big ones.

[Oni64]

The music reminds me of Banjo Kazooie with a Squaresoft mix.

[hootllum]

I really liked this game. It just left me wanting more, y'know.

[claytonlovatto]

Very good game and nice video as well!

You have an awesome collection of games! Congratulations!

[hootllum]

does anyone know where i can find fanfics of this game?

[StarAura7]

The game's official web site has short comics that tell what happened before the game's first event. I don't remember the address, though. It's been a while since I was last there. (The game itself might have them, but I haven't been able to investigate)

[teh2Dgamer]

Yep. I've still got those comics saved on my computer. I'm not sure if the website is even still up anymore.

[rcaladlr]

yep and most gems do not get translated. I'm not saying that all jap games are gems, but they are a lot that are good but not get translated

[Diascope]

English voices nooo ;-; Skygunner is a great game~

[StarAura7]

For some reason, watching the three characters talking to Ventre near the end reminded me of Sonic Heroes...

I'd love to see more of this game, but I don't have a PS2, and there aren't many good-quality gameplay videos out yet.

[rcaladlr]

just bought this game for like 4 bucks

[Pity4eva]

Love this vids you making dude!

[sethshazam]

looks pretty awesome! hope i can find it here in Europe