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Subject: Name of Arcade game from mid 80's
Written By: harleytexas on 08/11/08 at 5:26 am
Does anyone remember the name of an arcade game that had earth in the middle of the screen and you had to blow up spaceships to get to the planet? It actually had all the planets and you had to get to earth.
Subject: Re: Name of Arcade game from mid 80's
Written By: Foo Bar on 08/11/08 at 9:26 pm
...with that funky version of Bach's Toccatta and Fugue in D minor playing in the background, you're after Gyruss, by Konami, 1983.
According to Wikipedia's Gyruss entry, the game's designer, Yoshiki Okamoto, also did Time Pilot (both games featured very fluid motion compared to Konami's other offerings of the time) who went on to Capcom to do 1942, and eventually another little project in the 90s by the name of Street Fighter. After that, Resident Evil. One of the greats.