Steel Gunner 2/Act 1

''YOUR MISSION: THE EVIL ARMY OF VANGUARD IS ATTACKING THE CITY. RETURN FIRE AND DESTROY THE ENEMY.''

Welcome to the game. Once the act's theme starts to be heard from the Yamaha YM-2151, the building in the background (which has a barrage of three Neo Arc police cars and eight Neo Arc police officers in front of it) will explode, then fall to the ground as two Atmospheric Airships and a Mosquito come flying directly into view; the eight Neo Arc police officers will then run away off the left and right sides of the screen, as the two Atmospheric Airships and the Mosquito drop a bomb on each of the three Neo Arc police cars to destroy them and fly away off the left side of the screen. The screen will then start scrolling to the left as three Zaku, three more Atmospheric Airships and a Domu come leaping (and flying) into view from the left side of the screen while dropping twelve more bombs on twelve normal cars to destroy them - and once you've fired enough shots at each of them to kill them, four Airship Zaku will come flying into view from behind you and drop four more bombs on four more normal cars to destroy them. Once you've fired enough shots at each of them to kill them, the screen will start scrolling inward, as four more Airship Zaku come flying into view from behind you and drop four more bombs on four more normal cars to destroy them; once you have fired off enough shots at each of them to kill them the screen will jump up over the remains of the seventeenth normal car and crash through the double doors of a second building in the background as you come to a barrage of eight more Zaku and a ninth Airship Zaku who are firing shots and missiles at you. Once you have fired enough shots at each of them, to kill them, the screen will start scrolling to the left again as two more Zaku come running into view from the right and left sides of the screen while firing shots at you - and once you have fired a shot at both of them to kill them, a fourteenth Zaku will come up from behind a second chair in the background and throw a grenade at you. Once you've fired a shot at this one to kill him, six more Zaku, two more Airship Zaku, and another Domu will come running and flying into view from the right and left sides of the screen, while firing shots and missiles at you; once you've fired off enough shots at all of these, to kill them, two Tarantulas will run into view directly in front of you on the left and right sides of the screen and start firing shots at you. Once you have fired enough shots at both of them to kill them two more Zaku will come running into view from the left side of the screen while firing shots at you - and once you have fired off a shot at both of them to kill them, six more Zaku will emerge from the two elevators in the background and come running directly towards you while firing shots at you. Once you have fired a shot at each of these to kill them, a twelfth Airship Zaku will fly into view from the right side of the screen, while firing shots at you; once you have fired enough shots at this one to kill him, two Innocent Bystanders will come running into view from the left side of the screen as the text of "DON'T SHOOT" appears above them. Four more Zaku will now come running into view from the right and left sides of the screen while firing shots at you - and once you have fired a shot at each of them to kill them two more Atmospheric Airships will fly out from behind the left side of the "Byanglo's" stand in the background and start firing missiles at you. Once you fire enough shots at both of them to kill them, an eighth Atmospheric Airship will come flying down into view from the top of the screen, while firing missiles at you; once you fire enough shots at it to kill it, two more Airship Zaku will fly into view from the right side of the screen, while firing shots at you. Once you have fired off enough shots at both of them to kill them five more Zaku will come leaping and running into view from the right side of the screen while firing shots at you; once you fire off a shot at all of these to kill them, two more Tarantulas and a thirtyeighth Zaku will come running into view from the left and right sides of the screen while firing shots at you. Once you have fired off enough shots at each of them to kill them, four more Zaku will come up on top of the balcony in the background and drop down to the ground before starting to fire shots at you - and once you have fired a shot at each of them to kill them, a third Domu will come up on top of that aforementioned balcony in the background and start firing missiles at you. Once you've fired enough shots at him to kill him, two more Zaku will come running into view from the left and right sides of the screen, while firing shots at you; once you have fired a shot at both of these to kill them, two more Airship Zaku will come flying into view from the right side of the screen while firing shots at you. Once you've fired enough shots at both of them to kill them, a forty-fifth Zaku will come up on top of the aforementioned balcony in the background and drop down to the ground then start firing shots at you - and once you have fired a shot at him to kill him, two more Innocent Bystanders will run into view from the left side of the screen as the text "DON'T SHOOT" appears above them. Three more Zaku will then drop down into view from the top of the screen, and start firing shots at you; once you have fired a shot at each of them to kill them, the screen will start scrolling inward again as it comes to a fourth pair of double doors. Once they have opened two more Atmospheric Airships will come flying directly towards you - and once you fire off enough shots at both of them to kill them, the screen will stop scrolling inward as you come up to another barrage of three more Zaku who are firing shots at you. Once you've fired a shot at each of them to kill them, four more Zaku will come up from behind each of the four walls in the foreground, and start throwing grenades at you; once you've fired a shot at each of them to kill them, four more Zaku will come running into view from the left and right sides of the screen while firing shots at you. Once you have fired a shot at each of them to kill them, four more Zaku will come up from behind each of those four aforementioned walls in the foreground and start throwing grenades at you - and once you have fired a shot at each of them to kill them, two more Innocent Bystanders will run into view from the right side of the screen, as the text "DON'T SHOOT" appears above them. Two more Domu will then come running into view from the left and right sides of the screen, while firing missiles at you; once you've fired enough shots at both of them to kill them, the screen will continue scrolling inward as it comes to this fifth pair of double doors. Once they have opened, you will come to two more Atmospheric Airships and three more Zaku, that are flying and running into view from the left and right sides of the screen while firing shots and missiles at you (and at six more normal cars to destroy them) - and once you have fired enough shots at each of them to kill them, the screen will start scrolling to the right, as two more Airship Zaku fly into view from its left side while firing shots at you (and dropping bombs on four more normal cars to destroy them). Once you have fired enough shots at both of them to kill them the screen will start scrolling inward once again as four more Zaku drop down into view from the top of the screen while firing shots at you; once you have fired a shot at each of them to kill them, another Mosquito and a thirteenth Atmospheric Airship will come flying into view from that right side of the screen while firing shots and missiles at you (and dropping bombs on five more normal cars that are driving into view from the left and right sides of the screen to destroy them). Once you have fired enough shots at both of these to kill them, two more Atmospheric Airships and two more Airship Zaku will come flying into view from behind you while firing missiles at you (and dropping bombs upon three more normal cars to destroy them) - and once you have fired enough shots at each of them to kill them the screen will start scrolling to the left once again as it comes up to the remains of three more normal cars, then start scrolling to the right again as a third Mosquito comes flying into view from behind you, while firing missiles at you. Once you've fired enough shots at him, to kill him, six more Atmospheric Airships will come flying into view from behind you while firing missiles at you; once you have fired enough shots at each of them to kill them, the screen will start scrolling to the left yet again as it comes to two more normal cars, then start scrolling inward once again as two more Mosquitoes drop a hail of lasers on a forty-first normal car to destroy it, and crash through the top of the bridge in the background, then start firing missiles at you. Once you've fired enough shots at both of these to kill them, the screen will scroll upward, then start scrolling inward yet again, as four more Atmospheric Airships come flying into view from behind you while firing missiles at you and drop a bomb on a forty-second normal car to destroy it - and once you've fired enough shots at each of these, to kill them, you will come to four Mountains of Needles. Once you've fired a shot at each of these to kill them, you will come to a third barrage of three more Domu who are standing in front of a truck, but behind two more normal cars, and firing missiles at you; once you have fired enough shots at each of them to kill them, three more Zaku will come up on top of the aforementioned truck in the background and drop down to the ground then start to fire shots at you. Once you have fired off a shot at each of them to kill them four more Zaku and an eighth Airship Zaku will come running and flying into view from the left and right sides of the screen, while firing shots at you - and once you've fired off enough shots at each of these, to kill them, Aggai will burst out of the aforementioned truck in the background and fly off the left side of the screen. The screen will then start scrolling to the left for a fifth time as it catches up with him (that text "SHOOT" will also appear above him at this point), and he'll attack by firing missiles at you; once you've fired enough shots at him to defeat him, he will explode and drop down to the ground. The "act clear" theme will then be heard from the Yamaha YM-2151 as the text "YOU DEFEATED THE INVASION FORCE. BUT THE TOWN WAS BADLY DAMAGED" appears at the bottom of the screen - and both players' scores (which were, like in the original, not displayed during gameplay) will then be displayed at the top of the screen below the text "1UP" and "2UP", and their hit-miss ratios on either side of the text "HIT RATE" above a shot of the new Neo Arc Police Chief sitting at his desk. The text "TODAY'S GRIEVANCES: XXX" will also be displayed below it (XXX being the combined total of both players' number of misses) - and the screen will then cut to a shot of that new Neo Arc Police Chief shouting at Garcia and Cliff, as the texts "REPAIRING DAMAGE" and "WEAPONS SUPPLY" are displayed below it. Now for Act 2.