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Gyruss wroth it or not?
shorthair:
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booo! Hiss....
I'm not a big fan of Gyruss. I don't like the controls. I wish both Gyruss and Time Pilot used a spinner instead of a joystick.
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I thought this as a kid, too. Then, when I discovered mame, largely in part to wanting to play this, I realised after a bit that you just have to treat the stick radially - and it works just fine. (Same with TP; and TP84, a much better game than TP.) Never got past Saturn as a kid....the other night, I was two enemy ships from Earth. It's one of the greatest.
FrizzleFried:
I could have SWORE I read that the designer of Galaga also designed Gyruss, but I can't seem to find that information anywhere. I did find a reference to Galaga though...that he disigned it as a mix of Galaga and Tempest...so I stand corrected.
Arcade History has this little tidbit:
--- Quote ---Gyruss' superb gameplay, in which the player ship rotates around the edges of the screen and fires 'inwards', is heavily influenced by Atari's 1981 classic, "Tempest". While the design of the Alien ships themselves is similar to those of Namco's also legendary "Galaga" series.
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--- Quote ---After working on the successful "Time Pilot", Gyruss' designer, Yoshiki Okamoto, went on to create "Gyruss", which, although a success in its own right, was released at a time when the arcade craze was starting to die down. This may explain why the game didn't shift the units it really deserved. After its release, Okamoto asked for a raise, or he would quit. He was duly fired when he turned up for work the following day.
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Tailgunner:
If you don't want it, tell me where it is. :)
shorthair:
Especially a given a Gyruss, I'm surprised this guy with the games he's getting from doesn't know the value of these.
knave:
In a thrift store they may just want to clear up the floor space...boy do I want to find deal like those...
Best I did was a sorta working Galaxian for $30 (in a funky non-standard case.)
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