Game Classification

Gyruss Konami (Yoshiki Okamoto) (Japan), Centuri/Konami (U.S.A.), 1983  

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Classification

VIDEO GAME

Keywords

Action - Arcade - Planets - Shoot'em up - Shooter

Market

This title is used by the following domains:
  • Entertainment

Audience

This title targets the following audience:
 Age : 12 to 16 years old / 17 to 25 years old / 25 to 35 years old
General Public

Gameplay

The gameplay of this title is Game-based
(designed with stated goals)

The core of gameplay is defined by the rules below:
AVOID : explanation of this brick MATCH : explanation of this brick DESTROY : explanation of this brick MANAGE : explanation of this brick MOVE : explanation of this brick SHOOT : explanation of this brick
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Gyruss Gyruss (?????, Jairasu?) 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. [source:wikipedia]

Distribution : Retail - Commercial
Platform(s) : Arcade - Atari 2600 - Atari 5200 - Atari 800 - ColecoVision - Commodore 64 - NES (Famicom) - Xbox 360 (X360)

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