Syd Mead's Terraforming
Is a 1992 side-scrolling shoot 'em up video game released by Right Stuff for the TurboGrafx-CD.
Also recorded as Terraforming
Syd Mead's Terraforming
- Date
- 1992
- Genre
- horizontally scrolling shooter
VALÉORINE Encyclopedia
VALÉORINE documentary reading
Documentary summary
Is a 1992 side-scrolling shoot 'em up video game released by Right Stuff for the TurboGrafx-CD.
Admitted source layer · organised and presented by VALÉORINE
Note VALÉORINE
No house-authored Note is published until its assertions and sources pass the VALÉORINE evidence contract. The documentary article remains available in full while that enrichment is being consolidated.
Documentary enrichment in progress · no unsupported statement published
Reference Check
Propose documentary evidence for Syd Mead's Terraforming. A contribution is never written directly as fact: identity, source, rights and evidence gates still decide.
Sign in to contribute
Documentary evidence
Evidence Panel
not yet certified
- Identity
- resolved
- Independent source families
- 0
- Admitted assertions
- 0
- Open conflicts
- 0
Authority files
wikidata · Q128007009 · wikipedia · Syd Mead's Terraforming
In this article
Key facts
Key facts
• Title — Syd Mead's Terraforming • Developer — Right Stuff • Producer — Jun Satō • Designer — Jun Satō • Programmer — Tadakatsu Ogura • Artist — Syd Mead • Composer — Katsuhiro Hayashi • Platforms — TurboDuo • Genre — Horizontal-scrolling shooter • Modes — Single-player
Gameplay
Gameplay
Syd Mead's Terraforming is a side-scrolling shoot 'em up game.
Development and release
Development and release
It is notable for its unique graphics designed by Syd Mead, who also worked on popular American films such as Blade Runner, Aliens, and Tron.
Places
Named by the record
Places
Only places the record itself states, plotted where the house gazetteer settles their coordinates. Nothing is inferred from a name or a nationality.
- Japan
Named but not plotted · 1
Syd Mead's Terraforming is associated with Japan.
Country
Reception
Syd Mead's Terraforming received average reviews. Famitsus four reviewers noted the game's design but found its gameplay subpar. TurboPlays Victor Ireland considered it an impressive title, highlighting its graphics and solid gameplay, but lamented the uninspired bosses. GamePros Otter Matic singled out the game's visuals as its high point, but felt that the soundscapes were inconsistent and found the gameplay to be far from original. Electronic Gaming Monthlys four editors criticized the game's audiovisual department, simple enemy patterns, and average gameplay.
Citations
References
Each reference names the institution holding it, so a reader may go to the document itself.
reference work
Partially resolvedreference work
Partially resolved
The Encyclopedia exists whether or not anything is for sale. Corrections are recorded rather than overwritten, and every version of this record is kept. Published 21 August 2026.
Elsewhere in Collectables
20,755 published records in this field, each with its sources named.
- SyberiaWork
- Syberia IIWork
- SybianTerminology
- sybyzgyTerminology
- Sylva AutokitsOrganisation
- Sylvanian FamiliesTerminology
- Sylvester and Tweety in Cagey CapersWork
- SylvioWork
Best supported in this field
For owners
Own a copy of Syd Mead's Terraforming?
A specialist will read what you send and tell you what the house can establish, what it cannot, and whether the object is suited to sale. There is no charge and no obligation. The object stays with you throughout; nothing is shipped to us unless it is arranged in writing beforehand.