The game was ported by Bits Studios and published by Irem for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System in 1992.

Players may find motorcycles to speed across enemy territory faster in addition to helicopters and cable cars.

Parachuted out of a bomber, the player has landed into hostile territory to defeat the enemy who is threatening Mother Earth.

In Japan, Game Machine listed GunForce on their July 1, 1991 issue as being the tenth most-successful table arcade unit of the month.

[20] In the September 1991 issue of Japanese publication Micom BASIC Magazine, the game was ranked on the number fifteen spot in popularity.