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Gyruss
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Complete in box: the cartridge, the manual and the box, all original; anything beyond that is included only if you can see it in the photos. The manual shows minor handling wear, and the box shows moderate shelf wear but is structurally intact. Look over the photos for condition, packaging and details. Every cartridge's shell, label and board are checked for authenticity when it comes into the store, and it's tested before it's listed. It ships in a collector's bag or a hard plastic case.
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Picture Galaga turned inside out and you are halfway to Gyruss. Instead of sliding along the bottom of the screen, your ship orbits the rim of a circular playfield and fires inward while enemy formations spiral out of the center toward you, all set to an uptempo electronic arrangement of Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D minor. Yoshiki Okamoto designed the 1983 arcade original for Konami before moving on to Capcom, and Konami's Ultra Games label brought this expanded version to North American NES owners.
The game is a journey as much as a shooter. You warp from planet to planet toward Earth, each cleared wave bringing you one jump closer, and reaching a planet opens a short bonus round. Satellites arrive in groups of three, and blasting the sun-like one in the middle upgrades your ship to double guns, a moment every Gyruss player learns to hunt for. On the NES, satellites can also drop extra phasers, a smart bomb or an extra life, so every trio is worth chasing.
This is where the home version gets interesting. Rather than simply shrinking the arcade game, Konami rebuilt it: the NES release adds a super phaser attack powered by energy, extra enemy types and a boss waiting at each planet, with bonus stages after boss fights handing out power-ups. The route grows from the arcade's 24 stages to 39, adding Pluto, Venus, Mercury and the Sun to the trip, and instead of looping forever the game has a definite ending to reach.
Computer Entertainer gave the NES version 7 out of 8 stars at the time, and it holds up as a great example of Konami's 8-bit ports building on their arcade roots instead of merely copying them. With its orbiting controls, its Bach-powered soundtrack and a solar system's worth of extra stages, this is the version to play if you want Gyruss with bosses, new planets and a finish line.
Fast factsgame data via IGDB
- Released
- 1988
- Publisher
- Ultra Software Corporation
- Developer
- Konami
- Genre
- Shooter
- Players
- Single player
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