| OpenTyrian PSP | |
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| Author | Denis Televnyy (deniska) |
| Type | Shooter |
| Version | 1.0 |
| License | Mixed |
| Last Updated | 2008/01/18 |
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This is a PSP adoptation of TYRIAN, PC game by Eclipse Productions, published Epic MegaGames.
The original game was programmed by Jason Emery, illustrated by Daniel Cook, and its music composed by Alexander Brandon and Andreas Molnar.
This port is based on OpenTyrian project code, maintained by mindless2112, syntaxglitch,emacs.hacker, yuriks.br.
User guide
Tyrian is an arcade-style vertical scrolling shooter. The player controls a space ship fitted with different weapons and enhanced energy shields.
Money is earned by destroying enemies and grabbing bonuses, which is then used to purchase upgrades such as weapons, shields, energy generators, and different ships from interlevel menus.
The game is fast paced and presents a variety of enemies and bosses.
Controls
Analog - Nemu navigation, ship movement
Triangle - Select, Fire
Square/Circle/Cross - Goystick buttons 2,3,4 (can be reconfigured in setup)
Select - In game setup menu, Back button
Start - In game pause
R - Bring up custom OSK, Enter a letter
Screenshots
Known issues
- Network play is not yet implemented.
- 2 player mode buttons are not mapped.
Changelog
1.0 2008/01/18
- Based on latest (689) revision of OpenTyrian.
- Recompiled for 3.xx custom firmware / slim PSP.
0.9 2008/01/04
- Music volume increased.
- Christmas mode activation dialog added.
- Based on the latest (674) revision of OpenTyrian.
0.8 2007/12/27
- Some tweaks in music emulation code resulting some speedup.
- Based on the latest (647) revision of OpenTyrian.
- Better OSK support.
0.7 2007/12/12
- Basic OSK support. Hit [Right Trigger] to enter key entry mode. Use UP/DOWN to change the character, then press Right Trigger again to exit.
- Now you should be able to access super arcade modes and some additional texture modes.
0.6 2007/12/06
- ~10% speed increase due to new rendering routine.
- Better smoothing/scaling in full-screen mode.
- Original size mode fixed.
- Data cubes text scroll fixed.
- Black screen on startup bug hopefully gone.
- Fixed the startup title screen animations.
- Slightly better key handling in main menus.. still needs some work.
- To install, just overwrite the EBOOT.PBP from 0.5 version with the patched one.
External links
- Author's website - http://deniska.dcemu.co.uk/ (archived)
- DCEmu - https://www.dcemu.co.uk/vbulletin/threads/80987-TYRIAN-for-PSP