Free shmup OpenTyrian ported to Wii
by JC Fletcher 
{ Apr 28th 2008 at 4:00PM }
You know what the Wii needs? More scrolling shooters. So severe is the Wii's lack of shmups, in fact, that a homebrewer called nuvalo has ported the open-source version of the classic shareware shmup Tyrian to the Wii. The vertical shooter Tyrian was originally released by Epic MegaGames (back when they were best known for things like Jill of the Jungle and the Jazz Jackrabbit games) in 1995, but has since been released as a free, open project. It was recently ported to the DS as well.Okay, so there are a lot of shmups on the Wii. But this one has the important distinction of being free.
[Via DCEmu]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Don Day @ Apr 28th 2008 4:25PM
This game is the bomb. Where can we play this?
Don Day @ Apr 28th 2008 4:28PM
Anyone care to translate the instructions?
iofthestorm @ Apr 29th 2008 1:00AM
Check the dcemu thread.
Hafk @ Apr 28th 2008 6:36PM
There may be an abundance of shooters on the Wii, but Tyrian is awesome.
As a kid with Windows 95-98(one of those) on the family computer, we had this game, and it was my favorite computer game.
Still is one of my favorite games.
I agree with you on the shooters part, but the Wii needs non-VC shooters.
Like, maybe a Gradius where you can draw out/program your options?