Tyrian (video game)
| Tyrian | |
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| Developer(s) | Eclipse Software |
| Publisher(s) | Epic MegaGames |
| Designer(s) | Jason Emery (programming) Daniel Cook (art) Robert Allen (project manager) |
| Composer(s) | Alexander Brandon |
| Platform(s) | PC (DOS, Windows) |
| Release | June 10, 1995 |
| Genre(s) | Scrolling shooter |
| Mode(s) | Story, arcade |
| Tyrian 2000 | |
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| Developer(s) | Eclipse Productions |
| Publisher(s) |
Stealth Media Group, Inc. (XSIV Games) |
| Platform(s) | DOS |
| Release |
1999 |
| Genre(s) | Scrolling shooter |
| Mode(s) | Story, arcade |
| OpenTyrian | |
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| Developer(s) | Carl W. Reinke (Mindless), Yuri K. Schlesner (yuriks), Casey A. McCann (syntaxglitch) |
| Publisher(s) | The OpenTyrian Development Team |
| Designer(s) | Alexander Brandon |
| Platform(s) | Amiga, Android, BlackBerry 10 OS, BlackBerry PlayBook OS, Dreamcast, Nintendo DS, GameCube, Gizmondo, GP2X, Linux, Mac OS X, Maemo Platform, Pandora, PSP, Symbian OS, Wii, Windows, Zune HD (Windows CE 6.0) |
| Release | 2007 |
| Genre(s) | Scrolling shooter |
| Mode(s) | Story, arcade |
Tyrian is a scrolling shooter computer game developed by World Tree Games Productions and published in 1995 by Epic MegaGames.
The game was officially released as freeware in 2004, and the graphics were made available under an open content license in April 2007.
Tyrian was programmed by Jason Emery, illustrated by Daniel Cook, and its music composed by Alexander Brandon and Andras Molnar.
The game is set in the year 20,031. You play the role of a skilled terraforming pilot named Trent Hawkins, who is employed to scout out habitable locations on newly terraformed planets. His latest assignment is the planet Tyrian, which is located near the territory of the Hazudra, who are a lizard-like race.
One day, Buce Quesillac, a Hazudra and Trent's best friend, is shot in the back by a hoverdrone which quickly disappears into the sky. Buce lives just long enough to tell Trent that the attack was the work of MicroSol, the giant corporation that controls the terraformation of Tyrian. They want Buce dead because of his knowledge of Gravitium, which is a special mineral, unique to Tyrian, able to control the force of gravity.
Microsol want to use Gravitium to power their warships, which could result in them becoming nearly unstoppable. They will stop at nothing to eliminate anyone who knows of its existence. Trent is the next person on their hit list, and Buce implores him to try to reach Savara, a free world. With that, Buce dies. Trent manages to secure a small fighter, and departs for Savara.
Tyrian is an arcade-style vertical scrolling shooter. It was developed chiefly as a homage to the works of Compile, particularly their Zanac.
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