Tyrian (DOS)

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Description

Tyrian is a shoot 'em up with a complex plot. 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. Again and again, Trent must fight off MicroSol, a company with the evil intent of taking over the galaxy. 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.

Tyrian also has two player arcade mode and supports network/modem/serial play. 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's complete arsenal amound to over a dozen type of ships and over 100 weapon types.

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Part of the Following Groups

• Gameplay feature: Recordable replays
• Genre: Scrolling shoot 'em up
• Tyrian series

User Reviews

Mighty	Ashley Pomeroy (233)	unrated
A superbly varied game with lots of surprises	Retron (225)
The best shoot-'em-up for any platform, ever.	Tomer Gabel (4634)	unrated
The BEST overhead shooter!	Peter Hall (150)	unrated
I used to think Shoot-em-up's were boring. Then I played Tyrian.	phanboy_iv (137)

Critic Reviews

PC Gamer	Oct, 1995	87 out of 100	87
Retro Archives	Jan 03, 2020	16.5 out of 20	82
Next Generation	Nov, 1995		80
PC Player (Germany)	Feb, 1996	76 out of 100	76
PC Joker	Jul, 1996	62 out of 100	62
Power Play	Jan, 1996	61 out of 100	61
Score	Oct, 1995	6 out of 10	60
Imperium Gier	Jun 10, 1999		40

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Trivia

There has been a major revision of Tyrian (2.0) that all users should upgrade to if they haven't already. Some major bugs have been fixed.

Related Web Sites

• Tyrian (official website)
• Tyrian (project page for the iPhone version)
• Tyrian fan page (Comprehensive fansite of all things Tyrian, including free, legal download of its shareware episode.)