Journey to Silius

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Journey to Silius

Developer(s)	Sunsoft
Publisher(s)	Sunsoft
Release date(s)	^JPN August 10, 1990 ^NA September, 1990
Genre(s)	Run and gun
Mode(s)	Single player
Platform(s)	NES
Media	2-megabit cartridge
Input	NES controller

Journey to Silius is a 1990 run and gun game developed and produced by Sunsoft for the Nintendo Entertainment System. It is an edited version of Raf World, a Famicom game featuring a different main character sprite. Originally, the game was to be altered to utilize the Terminator license, but after Sunsoft lost the rights, the game was further edited into its current state.^[1]

1 Story
2 Gameplay
3 Trivia
4 Notes
- 4.1 External links

[edit] Story

In the year 0373 of the new space age calendar, overpopulation of Earth has led to increased demand for emigration to space colonies. Jay McCray, the son of a scientist responsible for development of space colony #428 in the Silius Solar System (SSS), prepares to move there in order to follow in his father's footsteps. However, the space station is obliterated in an explosion, killing the entire research team and destroying all data onboard.

In his father's home, Jay discovers a floppy disk containing not only the complete SSS colony plans but a personal message from his father asking that he complete the projects should terrorists succeed in destroying the colony. To protect the colony plans and to avenge his father's death, Jay sets out to fight the terrorists responsible for the space colony's destruction.^[2]

[edit] Gameplay

Journey to Silius.

Gameplay is comparably similar to Mega Man, in that while Jay's default weapon has unlimited ammunition, his other weapons do not; likewise, most of the weapons Jay can use are acquired by defeating major enemies, and items dropped by minor enemies restore life and energy (ammunition). One notable difference between the two games, however, is Jay's ability to lie on the ground to avoid shots.