Gyrodine

Gyrodine
Gyrodine
	Famicom cover art
Developer(s)	Crux
Publisher(s)	Taito
Platform(s)	Arcade, NES, MSX, PC-8801
Release	Arcade NA: 1984; NES JP: March 3, 1986;
Genre(s)	Scrolling shooter
Mode(s)	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 Nintendo Entertainment System / Famicom and MSX followed. The player flies a helicopter that can shoot air and ground targets.

Gameplay[]

Reception[]

In Japan, Game Machine listed Gyrodine on their August 1, 1984 issue as being the ninth most-successful table arcade unit of the month.^[1]

References[]

^ "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] "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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