Secret MessagesĮpic Megagames, the original distributor of Tyrian, has embedded various messages inside the plot. A lot of people are still speculating which company/organization MicroSol's rival, Gencore, represent. MicroSol, the company which tries to take over the world in Tyrian, is arguably a non-very-small pun at Microsoft. Tyrian's logo (in the main menu) can be read both the usual way and upside down! References They can be downloaded at, or through mirrors at its preeminent fanpage: Logo This game, along with unreleased ports of it to the GameBoy Colour and GameBoy Advance, were re-released as freeware August 17th, 2004, by the author, Jason Emery. To reach it type 'destruct' in the main menu. One secret game (see screenshots), which is something of a simultaneous Scorched Earth, was forgotten in the original Tyrian and added to Tyrian V2 (then to Tyrian 2000). There are several levels in which you can get to as much as 3 different secret levels from 3 different places inside the same level!Īlso, several (believed to be 3) secret games were added to Tyrian v2.0 (and consequently, Tyrian 2000), the first of which is called Zinglon's Ale. Over a dozen secret levels can be reached, and there's also a secret level which leads to another. Tyrian is STUFFED with secrets, it's simply amazing. Tyrian's complete arsenal amound to over a dozen type of ships and over 100 weapon types! Groups + It features a multi-layered ship upgrade engine, in which you can change hulls, decide upon and upgrade your front and rear weapons, buy better shields and generators and even add ship "sidekicks". Tyrian also has two player arcade mode and supports network/modem/serial play. Through your struggles, you will find yourself again and again betrayed by friends and allies, your parents will be killed and you will have to return to points you've already been to (with variations on the levels) in order to remove further threats to the galaxy and to yourself, all for the ultimate goal of overthrowing MicroSol. Again and again, Trent must fight off MicroSol, a company with the evil intent of taking over the galaxy. You play the role of Trent Hawkings, this galaxy's ace solo fighter-pilot, whose luck forces him to save the galaxy, one time after another. It gained a following even larger than the classic Raptor: Call of the Shadows, and rightfully so: it has a plot. Tyrian is nothing like your run-of-the-mill shoot-'em-up. It also adds another option called "Timed Battle". It is essentially the same game with an additional new episode (Hazudra Fodder), a revised engine (less bugs and better controls) and added Windows support. In not-weird terms, that means I hope I'm not the only one here who knows what Tyrian even is.Tyrian 2000 is a direct re-release of the original action smash, Tyrian. Maybe even get it on Steam.Īnyway, if you've played Tyrian, and wanna talk about it, this is your thread! I'm hoping I'm not trying to resuscitate a dead horse by putting this here. Not only do I really love this game, but I'm kind of hoping that spreading word about it a bit will inspire someone (or a team) to remake the game on a modern engine, so it can run at 60 FPS and not need an emulator. It's one of those oldies that never gets the attention it deserves. I think this game deserves a lot of hype. The writing in this game is exquisite, and the graphics are pretty good, considering its age. If you're skeptical, or you're a fan of funny game reviewers, watch Ross's video on it! I also recommend his video on Test Drive 3. If you're a fan of that kind of game, I really think you should check it out! It's available for free on GOG.com (yes, the same GOG that Terraria was recently released on), however it's run in DOSbox, so running it could be a bit finicky. It's a really fun forward-scrolling shooter, kind of like Namco's Xevious, but different in many ways. I discovered this obscure little gem thanks to Ross Scott, the voice actor for the YouTube series Freeman's Mind.
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