Vertical Force

Vertical Force is a 1995 vertically scrolling shooter video game developed and published by Hudson Soft for the Virtual Boy. It was released in Japan in August 1995 and North America by Nintendo in December 1995. The player controls a starship, the Ragnarok, that must destroy a malfunctioning supercomputer on a human colony planet before it wipes out mankind. Gameplay is similar to Hudson's Star Soldier series, featuring power-up items that increase the player's abilities and parallax scrolling. The player can move their ship further into the background to avoid enemies and obstacles in the way.