Gyruss

Description

The entire solar system is being attacked by the vicious Gyrusians, and it's up to you to save the day! You will need to fly your spaceship to each of the nine planets and then clear three stages of enemies to rid that planet of the Gyrusians. You start the game with a single canon, and can gain a double canon after shooting a power up satelite. After clearing each planet, there is another bonus stage where additional weapons and bonus points can be collected. Gyruss is an arcade action shooter, however instead of piloting your spaceship horizontally or vertically, you move in a circle around the perimeter of the screen. The NES version of Gyruss adds to the original arcade version additional music, additional weapons, new enemies, and a large boss at the end of each level.

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User Reviews

The fun and playability of the arcade game, but with a few twists.	NES	Norfolk Starling (369)
The kind of straightforward but thrilling action game we miss now	Commodore 64	Martin Smith (77)

The Press Says

The Video Game Critic	Atari 2600	Dec 19, 2003	B	75
GameSpot	Xbox 360	Apr 24, 2007	6.3 out of 10	63
VideoGame	NES	Apr, 1991		60
The Video Game Critic	ColecoVision	Nov 21, 2003	C	50
IGN	Xbox 360	Apr 20, 2007	4.8 out of 10	48
Video Game Talk	Xbox 360	Oct 02, 2007		40
Digital Press - Classic Video Games	Xbox 360	May 30, 2007	4 out of 10	40
Netjak	Xbox 360	May 13, 2007	3.8 out of 10	38
Gamer.nl	Xbox 360	Apr 24, 2007	3 out of 10	30
The Video Game Critic	NES	Sep 08, 2007	D	25

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Trivia

The theme music for this game is about 300 years old. While not a complete arrangement of the piece, Toccata and Fugue in D Minor was written by J.S. Bach. The electronic drums are introduced for a more contemporary touch.