Talk:Tyrian (computer game)

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Contents 1 Added Music section 2 Media and music formats? 3 Self-reference 4 Image 5 Microsol 6 One Must Fall 7 Super Tyrian???

[edit] Added Music section

Re-added music section beneath Plotline. Drat, check your talk. I'm willing to discuss this with you. Obeejw 06:46, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Media and music formats?

Could someone elaborate on the media and the music format used for the games?. Did the original Tyrian come on CD with CD Redbook audio?. Or was it in the LDS midi format?. Did it come on floppies as well? (I know the shareware did).

How is this different from any other computer game? (Was there at least something innovative about this game?)RJFJR 03:55, Mar 3, 2005 (UTC)

As far as I recall (having played through it a few times) it was simply a really really good 2d top-down space shooter. hiffy 12:40 (GMT -5)

Tyrian is highly regarded as a classic of the genre and tends to get gushing reviews. See for example [1]. DopefishJustin (・∀・) 20:01, May 4, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Self-reference

From the "Tyrian 2" section:

and Ghingold, who is currently typing this right now (therefore disproving the speculation that his existence is mere speculation),

Fairly clever, but that kind of self-reference does not belong in an encyclopedia article. I have removed the problematic prepositional phrase. --Ardonik.talk()^* 10:11, August 9, 2005 (UTC)

I haven't seen anything about a Tyrian 2. Unless someone has a reference, vain speculation about imaginary vaporware does not belong in the article. Whoever keeps readding it, please stop. When the game has a website, or an article, or a development blog, or something, it'll be welcome on this page. But not before. grendel|khan 23:18, August 11, 2005 (UTC)

• Tyrian and Tryian 2000Try googling and taking a chill pill. Justin 06:31, 29 December 2005 (UTC)

That's my website, I've spoken to Matthew and even I have no idea if any work on his game has been done. He said he was getting a website ages ago.

[edit] Image

The image in this article might need to be changed to one of the main menu instead. This is an edited version that appears on the listed fansite; it's partially copyrighted by the guy who made it in addition to World Tree Games' copyright. Is it being used with or without his consent? I'll do this later unless someone's faster than me. --Michiel Sikma 22:43, 3 January 2006 (UTC)

Umm... Err... (nervous laughter) I've changed it to a screenshot of the menu and put the logo up for speedy deletion. --MindlessXD 23:41, 3 January 2006 (UTC)

Without! The very first line on my webpage says "This is my Tyrian/Tyrian 2000 page. All the graphics and stuff are mine or World Tree Games's, you can't steal them." Geez!

[edit] Microsol

Am I the only one who thinks Microsol is a reference to Microsoft? ZuljinRaynor

It's pretty obvious, but that's best left to the player.--Drat (Talk) 04:19, 26 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] One Must Fall

Why is it never mentioned that Tyrian and One Must Fall 2097 take place in the same fictional universe? Tyrian mentions WAR, HARs and the character who mentiones them is Steffan Thomas - one of the playable characters in OMF2097.

It's just a reference to it. Besides, as I recall, Tyrian takes place nowhere near the Sol system. One of the endings has Trent travelling to earth, but it will take 100 years.--Drat (Talk) 02:26, 9 July 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] Super Tyrian???

I don't remember to see such game mode. What is de "special code" and where to put it? It sound like rumour to me. SSPecter ^talk ♠ _{12:02, 22 February 2007 (UTC)}.

I'm not sure anymore what the special code was. I'll check later. I believe that if you typed E N G A G E at the main menu, you'd get Super Tyrian mode, although that might have simply been one of the extra modes. It definitely does exist, though. It's a special game in which you fly the minigame ship (e.g. the same ship you get in the Beer and Soh Jin minigames) which cannot be upgraded, yet the game is at "Lord of the Game" difficulty, the toughest there is. If you hold down scroll lock while typing, you'd get Super Tyrian mode at "suicide" difficulty, which is slightly easier. I beat the "suicide" difficulty version, and I'm proud of it, but I was never able to get past a certain point in the former mode... —msikma (user, talk) 20:23, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

It does exist, as I remember playing it, but as for it being called Super Tyrian, I have no idea either. --Wirbelwindヴィルヴェルヴィント (talk) 23:56, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

It is. See here. (You may have to copypaste the link into the window after it has loaded, it seems to have an anti-linking protection.) —msikma (user, talk) 08:34, 24 February 2007 (UTC)