Tyrian Tyrian --one of the best arcade vertical shooters (shmups) from the DOS era is now available on your iPhone!&q… $1.99 Buy Now Watch Media DetailsTyrian --one of the best arcade vertical shooters (shmups) from the DOS era is now available on your iPhone!"Action Game of The Year" by Computer Gaming Magazine (1995). "4 out 5 stars" by Next Generation magazine. "87 out 100" by PC Gamer magazine review. Tyrian's story is set in 20,031 where you play as Trent Hawkins, a skilled fighter-pilot employed to fight Microsol and save the galaxy. Tyrian for iPhone features: - Full Story & Arcade modes- Four action packed episodes: "Escape", "Treachery", "Mission: Suicide" & "An End to Fate"- Sophisticated weapon upgrade system with hundreds of weapon combinations to chose from- 50+ levels - Seven difficulty levels - Support for cheat codes, secret game modes, easter eggs, mini-games etc. - 30+ music soundtracks by Alexander Brandon with a Jukebox. Latest updates fix the weapons upgrade bug in the Story Mode, add new control scheme, make mini-games playable.You will like Tyrian if you enjoy: iFighter, Siberian Strike, Sky Force, 1942, Raiden, Raptor: Call of the Shadows, other shmups, Classic PC & Arcade GamesStill having doubts? Try Tyrian Lite for free. Have hours of fun, then come back for the full experience.This is a re-write of the original Tyrian v2.1 game by Jason Emery, Daniel Cook, Alexander Brandon, Robert Allen, and Eclipse Productions. It is based on OpenTyrian project's source code and licensed under GNU GPL v2. In accordance with GPL v2, the source code is available upon request.What our users say:------------------Wow, I loved Tyrian (and later Tyrian 2000) back in the day. It's an incredible shmup with a lot of depth, thanks to an extensive weapon power-up system. On my 3GS, it plays well, looks great, and brings back fond fond memories. Great port! The only thing more I could ask for would be better (and louder) sound. The music sounds very compressed, making the quality inferior to the original and other iPhone games as well. Otherwise, I could not be happier that one of my favorite PC shmups has made it onto my phone! Thank you!!------------------This is a must for any shmup fan.BTW, speed can be controlled from the pause menu.. as well as detail, music etc.iPhone 3GS can even handle secret "Wild" detail levelAccording to devs, weapon upgrade bug fix is alredy submitted for Apple review.Love the X-mass easter egg too :-)------------------I must have spent in excess of 500 hours playing this game as a teenager. I don't even play games anymore but just spent the last few hours reliving my youth with this. It's great! Only things I'd suggest are a button to fire the special weapons and some way of making the controls a little bit smoother. Otherwise great. Thanks for making this app. Information Seller: Genre:Action, Arcade Release:Sep 23, 2010 Updated:Nov 30, -0001 Version: Size:0.0 TouchArcade Rating:Unrated User Rating: (2) Your Rating:unrated Compatibility:HD Universal Lite Version: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/tyrian-lite/id319557685?mt=8 Squeaker Well-Known Member May 31, 2009 3,366 7 0 Bookland #2 Squeaker, Jul 7, 2010 Going universal? WOW thanks!! NeoTrunks Well-Known Member Feb 26, 2009 56 0 6 #3 NeoTrunks, Jul 7, 2010 I was just thinking about how awesome it would be to play this optimized for the iPad. Thanks! zrgrvsh Well-Known Member Apr 25, 2009 77 0 6 Studend Germany #4 zrgrvsh, Jul 7, 2010 Yay, great day today! First Monkey Island 2, now Tyrian and later today Germany - Spain And an universal App is even better since i already got it for the iPhone. Buy it folks, its without a doubt the best shoot em up out there and ever existed. Tons of weapons and upgrades, many differend levels, enviroments, enemies and bosses. Great music and graphics, just everything you can wish for Nontheless, i've just tried the lite and there seems to be a slight problem on the ipad with the buttons to upgrade the front and rear weapons. Pressing on the arrows doesnt do anything, instead you have to press more on the lower left side. I've made a picture to show where approximately you have to press, seems as if the iPhone-controls could have been in that position. And in the ingame options, the detail-level was set on "wild", i clicked it to look what other options there are and now i cant get back to wild. No dealbreaker, but especially the upgrade buttons need to be fixed. The campaign mode is practically unplayable if you cant upgrade the weapons, and i assume many people wont find out that they can press on the lower left. mobilainteractive Well-Known Member Mar 6, 2009 174 0 0 #5 mobilainteractive, Jul 7, 2010 Will fix the buttons.. to get back to Wild - click on detail line, then pop the keyboard and type "w' (may need to type it twice) GordonFreeman Well-Known Member Jan 28, 2010 661 0 0 #6 GordonFreeman, Jul 7, 2010 Been waiting for this one! Thank you for making it universal! It is the one of the best schmup! swarmster Well-Known Member Jan 27, 2009 238 1 16 #7 swarmster, Jul 7, 2010 Oh wow, awesome! At risk of repeating what's already been said, Tyrian is the best shoot'em'up ever and has one of the best game soundtracks ever made. I can't wait to play it again at a size more worthy of its greatness. callandor Well-Known Member Apr 7, 2009 51 0 0 #8 callandor, Jul 13, 2010 Hmmm? Tyrian's no longer in the app store? mobilainteractive Well-Known Member Mar 6, 2009 174 0 0 #9 mobilainteractive, Jul 13, 2010 Yes... Tyrian was pulled yesterday, right after the latest update was rejected.. We are still trying to find out the reasons... Presumably, apple did not like the fact the the data files contain .exe files. They assumed that the game is being emulated on the device, which is not true, as evident from the source code.. We are trying to sort this out... Meanwhile get the lite version, which is still available GordonFreeman Well-Known Member Jan 28, 2010 661 0 0 #10 GordonFreeman, Jul 13, 2010 I hope the put it back soon. This is one one of the best shmups! mobilainteractive Well-Known Member Mar 6, 2009 174 0 0 #11 mobilainteractive, Jul 13, 2010 It was quite a surprise to find out that the full version was rejected and pulled after the lite version update was approved. Both versions have the same code-base and data, obviously. The lite just limits the player to the first episode. But then again, Apple's inconsistency is nothing new.. Seems lie they just use the magic-8 ball in their review process callandor Well-Known Member Apr 7, 2009 51 0 0 #12 callandor, Jul 13, 2010 i've been waiting for the full version since you guys announced it had iPad compatibility. Already bought the game on my iPhone a long time ago, so hearing it being pulled makes me sad. Argonomic Member Sep 5, 2009 17 0 0 #13 Argonomic, Jul 13, 2010 Please add an option for nearest-neighbor graphics scaling. It hurts seeing Tyrian's amazing crisp art get linear-filtered to death. I would rather play with black borders and pixel perfect art than smushy badness. Thanks! agent59512935 Well-Known Member Dec 3, 2008 566 0 0 #14 agent59512935, Jul 13, 2010 Yeah good game but would look much better if it was less blurry. Samuraipeter Well-Known Member May 30, 2010 162 1 0 #15 Samuraipeter, Jul 13, 2010 I really like the light version and I hope the full for iPad works out! callandor Well-Known Member Apr 7, 2009 51 0 0 #16 callandor, Jul 20, 2010 any updates? i'm still waiting for my ipad update mobilainteractive Well-Known Member Mar 6, 2009 174 0 0 #17 mobilainteractive, Jul 21, 2010 Tyrian update is currently "in review". This generally means that it will either be approved or rejected in the next 2 days. If rejected again - it will be delayed for ~10 more days... The review queue is pretty long these days :-( Menneisyys Well-Known Member Dec 12, 2008 1,594 0 36 #18 Menneisyys, Jul 21, 2010 Definitely agreed. SkyForce Reloaded looks much better even in legacy iPhone 2x scaled mode... callandor Well-Known Member Apr 7, 2009 51 0 0 #19 callandor, Jul 22, 2010 Hmmm 2 days have gone. rejected yet again? mobilainteractive Well-Known Member Mar 6, 2009 174 0 0 #20 mobilainteractive, Jul 23, 2010 Still in review... (You must log in or sign up to post here.) Show Ignored Content Page 1 of 5 1 2 3 4 5 Next > Share This Page Tweet Your name or email address: Do you already have an account? No, create an account now. Yes, my password is: Forgot your password? Stay logged in
Yay, great day today! First Monkey Island 2, now Tyrian and later today Germany - Spain And an universal App is even better since i already got it for the iPhone. Buy it folks, its without a doubt the best shoot em up out there and ever existed. Tons of weapons and upgrades, many differend levels, enviroments, enemies and bosses. Great music and graphics, just everything you can wish for Nontheless, i've just tried the lite and there seems to be a slight problem on the ipad with the buttons to upgrade the front and rear weapons. Pressing on the arrows doesnt do anything, instead you have to press more on the lower left side. I've made a picture to show where approximately you have to press, seems as if the iPhone-controls could have been in that position. And in the ingame options, the detail-level was set on "wild", i clicked it to look what other options there are and now i cant get back to wild. No dealbreaker, but especially the upgrade buttons need to be fixed. The campaign mode is practically unplayable if you cant upgrade the weapons, and i assume many people wont find out that they can press on the lower left.
Will fix the buttons.. to get back to Wild - click on detail line, then pop the keyboard and type "w' (may need to type it twice)
Oh wow, awesome! At risk of repeating what's already been said, Tyrian is the best shoot'em'up ever and has one of the best game soundtracks ever made. I can't wait to play it again at a size more worthy of its greatness.
Yes... Tyrian was pulled yesterday, right after the latest update was rejected.. We are still trying to find out the reasons... Presumably, apple did not like the fact the the data files contain .exe files. They assumed that the game is being emulated on the device, which is not true, as evident from the source code.. We are trying to sort this out... Meanwhile get the lite version, which is still available
It was quite a surprise to find out that the full version was rejected and pulled after the lite version update was approved. Both versions have the same code-base and data, obviously. The lite just limits the player to the first episode. But then again, Apple's inconsistency is nothing new.. Seems lie they just use the magic-8 ball in their review process
i've been waiting for the full version since you guys announced it had iPad compatibility. Already bought the game on my iPhone a long time ago, so hearing it being pulled makes me sad.
Please add an option for nearest-neighbor graphics scaling. It hurts seeing Tyrian's amazing crisp art get linear-filtered to death. I would rather play with black borders and pixel perfect art than smushy badness. Thanks!
Tyrian update is currently "in review". This generally means that it will either be approved or rejected in the next 2 days. If rejected again - it will be delayed for ~10 more days... The review queue is pretty long these days :-(
