1/9/2024 0 Comments Tyrian 2000 in dosDuring the game you can adjust the speed of the gameplay which ranges from slug to turbo. Higher difficulties means enemies will have more health, faster bullets, and you’ll need to dodge enemy fire like a maniac. I have yet to punish myself on anything higher than normal and hard. You can enter a code at the title screen that unlocks the hidden “Lord of the Game” difficulty. You have your typical easy, normal, and hard difficulty modes and two hidden difficulties, impossible and suicide. Arcade just has you going from level to level and in timed battle mode you’re given a set time to beat each level. Full Game is the story mode and you there’s even an arcade and timed battle mode. Tyrian 2000 is packed with content and there’s multiple modes to play through. In between levels is a menu where you can upgrade your ship, read data cubes, save or load your game and change other options. There’s even data cubes you can find throughout the levels that flesh out the story and characters further. This is a shmup after all so the story isn’t what kept me playing but it’s there if you want it. In between episodes and certain levels you’ll be greeted with some text that explains what’s happening. There’s five episodes total and each episode consists of about a dozen or so levels, including secret levels, and alternate paths. MicroSol has evil plans and it becomes Trent’s job to stop them. His friend is attacked and killed by the evil corporation MicroSol which controls terraformation on the planet Tyrian. You play as a terraforming pilot named Trent Hawkins in the year 20,031. And I’m guessing this is because it was never developed as an arcade game with a focus on eating your money. There is actually a story going on here which is unusual for a shmup. Finally, Tyrian 3.0, or Tyrian 2000, was released in 1999 and contained an additional fifth episode along with new ships and bug fixes. It also added a Christmas Mode which activates if you play the game in December. Tyrian 2.0 added an additional fourth episode, a two-player mode, new ships and weapons and even a new game mode, Super Tyrian. Eventually Tyrian 1.1 was released with three episodes, a ship editor and was basically a full game. I didn’t really get the chance to play it until now but I’m sure as hell glad that I did because it’s a perfect example of a great shmup with high replay value that doesn’t just rely on memorization.ĭeveloped by World Tree Games, the original Tyrian was a DOS game released in 1995 as shareware containing only the first episode. A little while ago Tyrian 2000 was released on GOG as a free game and naturally I added it to my collection. It wasn’t until a few years ago that I really got into the genre and now I’m always on the lookout for a great shmup. Especially because many of them are hard as hell and require serious memorization. Of course I played some but they never held my attention long enough to keep me coming back. See you in the game.Growing up I never really played a lot of shoot-em-up games, or “shmups” as we call them. Still reading? Sorry, but I don't want to write more. Supports both 1 player and 2 player mode. Ship editor (The best thing in the whole game! Lets you custom build your ship for every mission).Ī jukebox (Lets you listen to the game music). Over 65 levels spanning 5 episodes (you will also play these levels more than once).įull game, Arcade game and Timed Battle modes. It goes to show how big the actual game is. In case you were wondering about the actual game-stats let me list them up for you. So the actual game will change all the time. Since these data-sources are hidden within buildings and enemy ships, you will never go through the game twice with the exact same information. These will include messages from friends, allies and others that will unlock new weapons, ships or star-travels. You will get the plot of the game from different Data Sources all over the game. There will be different routes for you to take, so the game will never repeat itself. Your friends will betray you, your parents will be killed, and everything and everyone turns against you. Alone you stand against a mighty corporation. Without any warning you will be thrown into a deadly game of power as MicroSol tries to take complete control over the planetary system called Tyrian. ![]() Your role is that of Trent Hawkings, Space Ace extraordinary. Yes, this game (unlike all the others) has a plot. What gives this game a pure 5 point score is the plot. The graphic in the game is pure perfection! (Look at the screens, agree and read on). Why? I thought you would never ask, let me tell you. Tyrian 2000 is one of the best space arcade games ever made.
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