Free SHMUPs: OpenTyrian DS and World Reborn
What a great time to be a handheld shoot-em-up fan! On the commercial front, Nanostray 2 just hit store shelves and Ketsui DS is still on the way. Homebrew gamers had their lives changes by Super Wings's release last week, and now they have two more titles to play with -- OpenTyrian DS and World Reborn.
OpenTyrian DS (v0.2) is a port of vertical-scrolling shooter Tyrian, originally a PC title. Players pick up cash while blasting their way through stages which they can then spend on ship modifications in between levels. There's a huge variety of upgrades available for purchase -- primary and secondary weapons (with 11 levels), "sidekicks," shields, energy generators, and even alternate ships. If you have a flaschart handy, you definitely need to try this one out.
As for World Reborn, this horizontal-scrolling SHMUP (with an RPG leveling system) was originally intended as a commercial GBA release and even had a DS sequel planned for a minute, but the game never made it to the retail market. Though developer NeoPong (now defunct) had plans to publish World Reborn with DSI Games, that deal fell through, and the studio has decided to put up the ROM for free rather than pack it away in a warehouse, Indiana Jones-style. Jump past the post break for a trailer of the game.
Read - Download OpenTyrian DS
Read - Download World Reborn
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
sketchampm @ Mar 28th 2008 2:13PM
Tyrian was a great Epic PC game.
Now bring us a port of Jazz Jackrabbit or even better, Jazz Jackrabbit 2!!
Nukie @ Mar 28th 2008 6:34PM
Anyone downloaded the bin file for World Reborn from their website? I have but an unable to extract it to get to the rom. Is that what needs to be done? Can anyone offer some advice on what to do with the bin file to get it to work? Thanks.
ManekiNeko @ Mar 28th 2008 11:30PM
There's no need to do anything to the BIN file! It'll run on an emulator just the way it is.
Pizza Pasta @ Mar 28th 2008 6:35PM
I've been on a shumps kick lately, I might put Tyrian on the ol' R4 but I don't think my stress levels should be raised any further.
Broco Lee @ Mar 28th 2008 8:29PM
I think i lost my ds :cry
Nukie @ Mar 31st 2008 12:35PM
Found a solution to play the World Reborn bin file. I needed to upgrade my emulator, Rudolph's 3in1 Expansion Tool to the newer GBA Exploader. GBA Exploader recognized and loaded the BIN file just fine.