Gyrodine
Gyrodine is a top-down, vertically scrolling shooter developed by Crux and released in arcades by Taito in 1984. Conversions for the Famicom and MSX followed. The player flies a helicopter that can shoot air and ground targets.
Gyrodine
- Date
- 1984
- Publisher
- Taito
- Genre
- shoot 'em up
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Gyrodine is a top-down, vertically scrolling shooter developed by Crux and released in arcades by Taito in 1984. Conversions for the Famicom and MSX followed. The player flies a helicopter that can shoot air and ground targets.
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• Title — Gyrodine • Developer — Crux • Publisher — Taito • Platforms — Arcade, Famicom, MSX, PC-8801 • Released — Arcade FamicomMarch 13, 1986 • Genre — Scrolling shooter • Modes — Single-player
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In Japan, Game Machine listed Gyrodine as the ninth most successful table arcade unit of July 1984.
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- 1.ジャイロダイン (FC)の関連情報 | ゲーム・エンタメ最新情報のファミ通.com. ファミ通.com.
- 2.Amusement Press, Inc. Game Machine's Best Hit Games 25 - テーブル型TVゲーム機 (Table Videos). Game Machine. 241. 27. 1 August 1984.
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