Image Fight II: Operation Deepstriker (イメージファイトII Imēji Faito II), is a sequel to the 1988 Irem Title Image Fight, released exclusively in Japan for the the PC Engine Super CD-ROM in 1992.. Like the TurboGrafx-16 version of the first Image Fight, Image Fight II was re-released for the Wii Virtual Console only in Japan.
The OF-1 Daedalus is the first ship which the player must pilot, being replaced by the OF-3 Garuda in later missions.
Image Fight II is considered to improve upon its predecessor in many ways, featuring an expanded story told in fully-voiced, animated cinematics, new enemies and arsenal options, improvements to returning features, a new player vessel, and remixes of the Image Fight soundtrack
Game's Intro[]
"On July 18, 2048. Mariko, the mother computer on the moon base, gave a silent cry and went silent.
Peace was then restored to the Earth and people tried hard on reconstruction on the devasted planet.
Three years after, a Space probe placed between Saturn and Uranus detected the change in Deep Space for the first time.
In the direction of Sagitarius, a cluster of objects emerged, warping the space around it and emiting light shifting to blue intro the spectrum.
The analysis of the spectrum revealed the most fearful data about the unidentified objects.
Distance: 0.15 Years Light, Direction: Straight forward to the Earth, Conclusion: An Enemy Armada approaching.
It now came home to the human race that the last space war had been nothing more than a preliminary skirmish."
Stages and bosses[]
Stage | Name | BGM | Boss |
---|---|---|---|
Stage 1 | ??? | Front Line | Trinity |
Act-1 | ??? | Introduction | Michael MK-II |
Act-2 | ??? | Loose, Loose, Loose | Shinichiro |
Act-3 | ??? | Active | Julia |
Act-4 | ??? | Organic Zone | Jiro |
Stage 6 | ??? | Front Line | Roca Live |
Stage 7 | ??? | Quiet Crisis | T-1000 |
Stage 8 | ??? | Flight over the City | ??? |
Stage 9 | ??? | Introduction | Enemy's Flagship |
Stage 10 | ??? | Final Mission | Trinity |
Cast[]
Character | Voice actor | Image |
---|---|---|
Show Sawamura | Tohru Furuya | |
Falong Lie | Yuka Koyama | |
Gregolie Craus | Yusaku Yara | |
Niel. L. Fargason | Takeshi Aono | |
Dr. Arzerstein | Kohei Miyauchi | |
Masaya Sawamura | Michihiro Ikemizu | |
Operater A | Shinichiro Ohta | |
Operater B | Yuko Nagashima | |
Narrator | Hirohiko Kakegawa |
Trivia[]
- The unknown enemies may be previous versions of the Bydo or allies of the Bydo.
- This is both supported, and refuted in the official R-Type Series chronology: The timeline states the first appearance of the Bydo to be in the 22nd century, yet Image Fight II is set in 2048. However, R-Type Final features Bats in Stage F-C. Since the previously mentioned level is outright said to be a "Bonus Stage" of dubious canonical stranding, and bears a heavy resemblance to Image Fight's "Penalty Stage", this, however, simply may be an homage to the title.
- In the game's intro, there's an OF-1 debris floating in space. It may allude that the other 2 pilots sent in the previous mission were destroyed.
- In the game's ending, the OF-3 Garuda ejects the canopy to save its pilot. This is the only OF Fighter seen to be able to do this, since multiple Daedalus units were shot down in that game.
- Both the OF-1 Daedalus, and OF-3 Garuda Appear as unlockable player craft in R-Type Final.