Gyruss

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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 cannon, but can gain a double cannon after shooting a power up satellite. 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	DarkBubble (376)
The kind of straightforward but thrilling action game we miss now	Commodore 64	Martin Smith (78)
Terrific arcade conversion of the classic!	Atari 5200	Rich Richards (167)

Critic Reviews

8-bit Central Retro Gaming	ColecoVision	2014		80
All Game Guide	ColecoVision	1998		80
All Game Guide	Arcade	1998		80
8-bit Central Retro Gaming	Atari 5200	2012		80
GameSpot	Xbox 360	Apr 24, 2007	6.3 out of 10	63
411mania.com	Xbox 360	Apr 26, 2007	6 out of 10	60
Ultimate Nintendo: Guide to the NES Library	NES	2016		50
Video Game Talk	Xbox 360	Oct 02, 2007		40
All Game Guide	Atari 2600	1998		40
Eurogamer.net (UK)	Xbox 360	Apr 19, 2007	3 out of 10	30

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Trivia

How to Squeeze an Arcade Into Your 64

Gyruss on the Commodore 64 appeared in an article by Julian Rignall in Zzap! (Issue 3 Jul 85 p80) about how accurate to the arcade original it came from. It scored 92%.

1001 Video Games

The Arcade version of Gyruss appears in the book 1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die by General Editor Tony Mott.

Music

The theme music for this game is from the 18th century. 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.

Speccy port

The game was also announced by Parker Brothers for the ZX Spectrum, and not as a common tape game, but for the seldom-used cartridge port found ZX Interface 2. Parker later withdrew its announcement, both for Gyruss and Star Wars, though the latter was picked up by Domark.

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• X360A achievement guide (X360A's achievement guide for Gyruss.)