Gyruss
Sign in to saveis a 1983 tube shooter video game developed and published by Konami for Japanese arcades. It was initially licensed to Centuri in North America for dedicated machines before Konami released their own self-distributed conversion kits for the game. Parker Brothers released ports for the Atari 2600, Atari 5200, Atari 8-bit computers, ColecoVision and Commodore 64 in 1984. An enhanced version for the Famicom Disk System was released in 1988, followed by the Nintendo Entertainment System in 1989.
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Gyruss is a shoot 'em up video arcade game developed by Konami, and released in 1983. It was designed by Yoshiki Okamoto, who had earlier created Time Pilot for Konami. Gyruss was licensed to Centuri in the United States, and was ported to numerous games consoles and home computers. It follows in the tradition of space war games such as Space Invaders and Galaga. Gyruss was the second and last game Yoshiki Okamoto designed for Konami, after Time Pilot. Due to pay disputes, he was fired after the release of this game, and soon joined Capcom, where he would write 1942 and the first Street F…
- Released
- 1983
- Genres
- Shooter, Arcade
- Platforms
- Arcade, Xbox 360
- Game modes
- Single player, Multiplayer
- Developer
- Konami
- Publisher
- Centuri, Konami
Key facts
- Video game.title
- Gyruss
- Video game.image
- Gyruss arcadeflyer.png
- Video game.caption
- European arcade flyer
- Video game.developer
- Konami
- Video game.designer
- Yoshiki Okamoto
- Video game.artist
- Yoshiki Okamoto
- Video game.platforms
- Arcade, Atari 2600, Atari 5200, Atari 8-bit, ColecoVision, Commodore 64, NES, Famicom Disk System, mobile phone, Playstation
- Video game.genre
- Tube shooter
- Video game.modes
- Single-player, multiplayer
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- video game
- Country of origin
- Japan
- Publisher
- Konami
- Narrative location
- Solar System
- Developer
- Konami
- Platform
- ColecoVision
- Designed by
- Yoshiki Okamoto
Show 3 more facts
- publication date
- 1989-02-00
- input device
- joystick
- superfamicom.org URL
- superfamicom.org/famicom/info/gyruss
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Encyclopedic overview
9 sectionsContents
- Gameplay
- Music
- Ports
- Reception
- Legacy
- Clones
- Record
- References
- External links
is a 1983 tube shooter video game developed and published by Konami for Japanese arcades. It was initially licensed to Centuri in North America for dedicated machines before Konami released their own self-distributed conversion kits for the game. Parker Brothers released ports for the Atari 2600, Atari 5200, Atari 8-bit computers, ColecoVision and Commodore 64 in 1984. An enhanced version for the Famicom Disk System was released in 1988, followed by the Nintendo Entertainment System in 1989.
The gameplay is similar to that of Galaga, albeit in a tube shooter format, with the player's ship able to move around the perimeter of an implicit circle. Stars come into view at the center of the screen and fly outward, giving the impression of the player's ship moving through space. Gyruss is the second and last game Yoshiki Okamoto designed for Konami, after Time Pilot. Due to pay disputes, he was fired after the release of this game, and he soon joined Capcom, where he designed 1942 and produced Street Fighter II.
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