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Mask II

MASK II is a 2D horizontal scrolling shoot-em-up. The game featured many more of the M.A.S.K. vehicles, and included a selection process in which the player chose which vehicles to use before the game began…

31 December 1987

Mask II is a shooter developed by Gremlin Graphics Software Ltd., released 31 December 1987 on MSX and ZX Spectrum.

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What Mask II is

Mask II is a shooter game developed by Gremlin Graphics Software Ltd. and released in 1987. It is available on MSX and ZX Spectrum.

The premise, in the publisher's words

MASK II is a 2D horizontal scrolling shoot-em-up. The game featured many more of the M.A.S.K. vehicles, and included a selection process in which the player chose which vehicles to use before the game began. Only one vehicle could be controlled at a time but these could be quickly interchanged. Again, the game was received favorably in the press, where it was noted that it was a better tie-in to the franchise than the first, because it featured more of the vehicles
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the MASK series

Mask II is the first of 3 entries we hold in the MASK series. The next entry was Mask in 1987.

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What it launched against

Mask II launched on 31 December 1987, within three weeks of Wasteland, Final Fantasy, Nebulus and Head Over Heels.

Released around the same time: Wasteland, Final Fantasy, Nebulus, Head Over Heels.

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When did Mask II come out?
Mask II was released on 31 December 1987 for MSX and ZX Spectrum.

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