Gyrodine

Gyrodine
Gyrodine
	Famicom cover art
Developer	Crux
Publisher	Taito
Platforms	Arcade, Famicom, MSX, PC-8801
Release	Arcade JP: 1984; Famicom JP: March 13, 1986;
Genre	Scrolling shooter
Mode	Single-player

Gyrodine (ジャイロダイン, Jairodain) is a top-down, vertically scrolling shooter developed by Crux and released in arcades by Taito in 1984. Ports to the Famicom and MSX followed. The player flies a helicopter that can shoot air and ground targets.

Reception

In Japan, Game Machine listed Gyrodine as the ninth most successful table arcade unit of July 1984.^[2]

References

^ "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.
^ "Game Machine's Best Hit Games 25 - テーブル型TVゲーム機 (Table Videos)". Game Machine (in Japanese). No. 241. Amusement Press, Inc. 1 August 1984. p. 27.

External links

Gyrodine at the Killer List of Videogames

[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] "Game Machine's Best Hit Games 25 - テーブル型TVゲーム機 (Table Videos)". Game Machine (in Japanese). No. 241. Amusement Press, Inc. 1 August 1984. p. 27.

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