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Tyrian 2000

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4.3/5

( 394 Reviews )

4.3

394 Reviews

English
FREE
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Tyrian 2000
Description
And you thought being a Terraforming Engineer would be a quiet life compared to being a Space Marine? Blasting rocks to make way for new settlements on Tyrian seemed like a quiet life, but your long-time Huzundra friend is now dead - bless his lizard hide. Murdered! And obviously Microsol, the Terr...
Genre:
Shooter - Action - Sci-fi
Tags:
Action, Sci-fi, Classic, Science, Shooter, show 2 more... Good Old Game, Free Game
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4.3/5

( 394 Reviews )

4.3

394 Reviews

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Product details
1999, Eclipse Productions, ...
System requirements
Windows 10, 1.8 GHz, 2 GB RAM, 3D graphics card compatible with DirectX 9.0c...
Time to beat
6.5 hMain
7.5 h Main + Sides
9.5 h Completionist
7 h All Styles

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Description
And you thought being a Terraforming Engineer would be a quiet life compared to being a Space Marine? Blasting rocks to make way for new settlements on Tyrian seemed like a quiet life, but your long-time Huzundra friend is now dead - bless his lizard hide. Murdered! And obviously Microsol, the Terraforming company wants you dead too! It's that huge new rock formation you and Buce uncovered - it's Gravitium, and it's priceless. Tyrian is the only planet where it exists in commercial quantities, and Microsol are determined to control it. You can expect them to throw all their resources against you - and they won't pull any punches.
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Time to beat
6.5 hMain
7.5 h Main + Sides
9.5 h Completionist
7 h All Styles

Game length provided by HowLongToBeat

Game details
Genre:
Shooter - Action - Sci-fi
Tags:
Action, Sci-fi, Classic, Science, Shooter, show 2 more... Good Old Game, Free Game
Works on:
Windows (10, 11), Mac OS X (10.6.8)
Release date:
{{'1999-11-30T00:00:00+02:00' | date: 'longDate' : ' +0200 ' }}
Company:
Eclipse Productions / Eclipse Productions
Size:
17 MB
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Single-player
Languages
English
audio
text
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What improvements we made to this game:
Update (13 November 2024)
  • Updated DOSBox settings to enhance performance on modern hardware
  • Validated stability
  • Verified compatibility with Windows 10 and 11
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Internal Update (22 March 2019)
  • [WINDOWS] Added Cloud Saves functionality
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Posted on: May 21, 2015

I-R-Zombo

Verified owner

Games: 477 Reviews: 17

Good

as scrolling shooters go this may not be the best but as it's free what have you got to complain about, download it and shoot those spaceships

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Posted on: April 26, 2016

quadruplesword

Verified owner

Games: 99 Reviews: 4

One of the best of its kind

I first discovered Tyrian when I went digging through the files on my dad's old computer at the young age of 3. I'm now 22 and have probably beaten this game around 25 times since I first played it. When it comes to pure shoot 'em up goodness, almost no other game can compare. Not only is Tyrian infinitely more forgiving than most other space ship shooters, allowing you to take multiple hits and even giving you a regenerating shield, it's just bloody fun. There's no better relief for stress than to hop on this game and romp through a few levels decimating entire star fleets and massive battle ships in your humble fighter. Besides, even if you end up not liking the game, you didn't pay a dime for it since it's free.

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Posted on: December 27, 2016

NateJennings75

Verified owner

Games: 922 Reviews: 131

Great 2D Shooter, Now FREE.

Tyrian has been around for a good stretch now. With the release of Tyrian 2000 (Win/Mac), there's no reason to not have it. PROS: + Arcade style shooting action. + Gamepad compatible. + RPG sort of upgrading system. + Windows and Mac installers included. + Rock bottom hardware requirements. CONS: - No online multiplayer that I'm aware of. VERDICT: Given that Tyrian 2000 doesn't cost a penny, why don't you have it yet?

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Posted on: January 3, 2017

haaliquan

Verified owner

Games: 44 Reviews: 1

The free must have game for every gamer

Until two years ago I've been all my life playing old videogames, and for sure I had space shooters among them. Before I knew this one, my favourite was Dangerous Seed in the Mega Drive/Genesis, but, man, Tyrian means for its subgenre what Metal Slug (or Contra for some people) means to shoot'em up titles. Cool sprites, fast gameplay, interesting ship improvement system and, of course, epic difficulty. I just can't give a word about story yet, even if I managed to read a bit of it, but no text could make this piece bad. For Linux users, I recomend using the extracted content in the native DOSBox emulator. Take a shot in this game, it's a great hit.

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Posted on: March 1, 2017

felipebb

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Games: 77 Reviews: 1

WOW

I CANT STOP PLAYING THANK YOU FOR THIS one of the best shooters I ever played and I played a hell lotta shooters in my life

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