You simply blast everything that comes your way. The main problem with the game is that it’s too repetitive and, frankly, boring. The ability to alter the speed of the game to your liking is a nice touch and helps open the game to less-skilled players. Thankfully, the game does control well and I had no trouble moving and dodging the enemies as I blasted them. Tyrian 2000 still possesses the original’s twitch-inducing gameplay and still requires a good deal of luck as well as skill to get through the onslaught of enemies. It’s an interesting nostalgic touch, if nothing else. A jukebox option allows you to listen to all 25 music selections from the game. The sound and music, like the graphics, don’t seem to have moved too far from the original game either. Sure, the game has a new mode that requires you to buy your power-ups rather than collect them during gameplay, but that’s more of a hassle than fun in this reviewer’s opinion. Actually, other than making it Windows compatible, I’m not sure of exactly what advantages this game has over the original at all. It plays exactly the same as it did in 1994. In fact, the game looks exactly the same as it did in 1994. The graphics have not been updated at all since the original game was released six years ago. To be honest, Tyrian 2000 is nothing to look at. The editor then allows you to change the look of the ship so it maintains the proper perspective when you turn and move around in the game. The ships are actually constructed in a paint program capable of creating PCX format graphics files. Tyrian 2000 also allows you to edit your own ships with the Ship Editor. Additional points are given based on your time and the number of ships you have left. A “timed battle mode” asks you to battle through one of three levels to get on the high score board. In the one player “arcade game,” you must grab power-ups that appear as you kill enemies to upgrade your ship. In the one player “full game,” destroying enemies gets you coins that you can use to upgrade your ship’s weapons and armor. There are some variations to the game but, essentially, the object remains the same. Tyrian 2000 throws you into a weapons-heavy spaceship and asks you to shoot everything that you possibly can. It simply adds more stuff and gives the game a shot at a gaining a new audience that may not have even heard of the original game. It doesn’t attempt to re-invent the game at all. Enter Tyrian 2000, their re-vamped version of the original game. XSIV Games have decided that what the world needs now is an update to the classic Tyrian experience.
Since the game didn’t require a tricked out mega-computer to run, the game was accessible to a wide audience.įast forward to the present-day. The object was simple: shoot everything that came at you and collect power-ups that appeared every so often. Tyrian was a top-down shooter that was very reminiscent of arcade games like Raiden and 1943. In 1994, before the Internet became the main method of distributing shareware and demos, one of the hottest such titles was a little game called Tyrian. GOG.com also offers a freeware version of this game with a ship editor and soundtrack.Back in the days before 3D-accelerated games, PC gamers were playing VGA-powered games that put more emphasis on gameplay than graphics. This adds a whole new strategic aspect to Tyrian, unlike any shooter seen before! There are nearly 100 various weapons, shields, power plants, and options to obtain!" If you've played One Must Fall: 2097, the concept will be familiar. More than 30 levels in all, plus many extra hidden bonus levels, Tyrian will have you playing forever! Each level has different scenery, enemies, and hazards, creating a wonderful variety of gameplay.Īs you blast your way through levels, you earn cash which you can use to upgrade your ship. It's no overkill, thoughâââ‰â¬Åwhen you reach the massive enemies within Tyrian, you'll need every ounce of firepower you can get. Tyrian also features full modem, network, and serial play.ĭeliani Your ship's most powerful weapons spew hundreds of particles around, demolishing the weaker enemies in your path. TYRIAN IS OUT! Epic MegaGames, Inc., a leading publisher of shareware games, announces Tyrian, an action-packed upward scrolling shooter in which the entire screen is ablaze with action! Featuring multi-level parallax scrolling, huge enemies and weapons, and full-screen animation, this shooter can take on the best games of its type on the Super Nintendo and Sega Genesis. In 1999, the author added an additional episode to the game and released it as freeware.
"Tyrian 2000 was originally called simply Tyrian and was published by Epic MegaGames.
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