Arcade Video game published 25 years ago:
Gunbird (c) 1994 Psikyo.
In this vertical shoot-'em-up, you have 5 selectable characters who fight the big army of pirates but this time to restore a magic mirror.
- TECHNICAL -
Main CPU : Motorola 68EC020 (@ 16 Mhz)
Sound CPU : Zilog Z80 (@ 4 Mhz)
Sound Chips : Yamaha YM2610 (@ 8 Mhz)
Players : 2
Control : 8-Way Joystick
Buttons : 3
=> Shot, Bomb, Auto-Shot
- TRIVIA -
Gunbird was released in September 1994.
Marion also appears as a selectable character in another Psikyo's game : "Gunbarich".
Pony Canyon / Scitron released a limited-edition soundtrack album for this game (Gunbird 2, Gunbird - SGCD-0003) on 04/12/1998.
Note : There are 20 different endings!
- TIPS AND TRICKS -
* Extra Features : If you hold Test Button + PL1 Button 1 during boot, you get extra options in the test menu. A level skip, BG test usually etc...
- SERIES -
1. Gunbird (1994)
2. Gunbird 2 (1998)
- STAFF -
Staff : Hirofumi Nakamura, Artmic, Jun-Ichi Niwa, Shin Nakamura, Rick Johnson, Hyoue Ogama, Wataru Yamazaki, Hideyuki Oda, Ikuda Yosida, Youko Tsukagoshi, Hiromi Tanegasima, Toshinori Sugita, Seiki Sato, Shiori Saito, Yusa Tarou
Music Composed by : Masaki Izutani
- PORTS -
* CONSOLES:
[JP] Sega Saturn (dec.15, 1995; "Gunbird [Model T-14402G]")
[JP] Sony PlayStation (dec.15, 1995; "Gunbird [Model SLPS-00157]")
[JP] Sony PS2 (feb.19, 2004; "Gunbird 1&2 [Model SLPM-62469]")
[EU] Sony PS2 (mar.18, 2005; "Gunbird 1&2 [Model SLPM-62469]")
- CONTRIBUTE -
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