Gyruss
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[edit] About The Game
Story:N/A
[edit] Gameplay:
The gameplay is very similar to that of Galaga but with an added twist: the game is presented in a forced 3D perspective, with the player's ship facing 'into' the screen and able to move around the perimeter of an implicit circle. This gameplay style is called a tube shooter, and Gyruss is one of the very few examples that exist. The familiar scrolling starfield of earlier space shooter games was arranged to fit the 3D perspective, with the stars coming into view at the center of the screen and flying outward, giving the impression of the player's ship moving very fast through space. The majority of enemies are other spaceships, all of which must be destroyed before a level is completed. They appear either from the center of the screen or from one of the edges, and move in swirling patterns. They can shoot the player's ship or destroy it by contact. They hover near the center of the screen after completing their deployment pattern, and occasionally fly outwards and shoot at the player. If they are not destroyed by the player, the enemy ships gradually fly away one by one. There are also several other types of enemies: satellites, asteroids, and laser beam generators. These appear intermittently and soon disappear of their own accord if not destroyed by the player. Satellites materialize in a group of three just in front of the player after the ordinary enemy ships have finished deployment. They gyrate in small circles and shoot at the player. The player only has a few seconds to destroy them before they fly away. Asteroids fly straight outwards from the center of the screen at regular intervals. They always fly just to the left or right of the player's ship, so unless the ship moves it will be never be hit by an asteroid. They cannot be destroyed but a small points bonus is given for shooting at them. Laser beam generators occasionally fly straight outwards from the centrer of the screen. They consist of two generator segments with a laser beam between them; destroying either generator deactivates the beam. The player's ship is destroyed by contact with either the generators or the beam.
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone)
[edit] Stats
- Reviewed in Episode 040
- Platforms: XBLA, Atari, C64, NES & ARC
- Genre: Action & Shooter
- Release Dates
- Developer: Parker Bros, Konami & Digital Eclipse
- Publisher: Parker Bros, Konami & Ultra
[edit] Rating
Platform Review On: XBLA
- Tobin: Thumbs Down (Why doesn't this ramp up your geometry war OCD)
- Yuzo: Thumbs Down (Game doesn't hold up)
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