Gunbird (c) 1994 Psikyo.
In this vertical shoot-'em-up, you have 5 selectable characters who fight the big army of pirates but this time to restore a magic mirror.

>>> TECHNICAL DETAILS
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Main CPU : 68EC020 (@ 16 Mhz)
Sound CPU : Z80 (@ 4 Mhz)
Sound Chips : YM2610 (@ 8 Mhz)
Screen orientation : Vertical
Video resolution : 224 x 320 pixels
Screen refresh : 59.30 Hz
Palette colors : 4096
Players : 2
Control : 8-way joystick
Buttons : 3

>>> TRIVIA
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Released in September 1994.
Marion also appears as a selectable character in another Psikyo's game : 'Gunbarich'.
Pony Canyon / Scitron released a limited-edition soundtrack album for this game (Gunbird 2, Gunbird - SGCD-0003) on 04/12/1998.
Note : There are 20 different endings!

>>> TRICKS AND TIPS
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* Extra Features : If you hold Test Button + PL1 Button 1 during boot, you get extra options in the test menu. A level skip, BG test usually etc...

>>> GAME SERIES
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1. Gunbird (1994)
2. Gunbird 2 (1998)

>>> DESIGNERS / PROGRAMMERS / STAFF
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Staff : Hirofumi Nakamura, Artmic, Jun-Ichi Niwa, Shin Nakamura, Rick Johnson, Hyoue Ogama, Wataru Yamazaki, Hideyuki Oda, Ikuda Yosida, Youko Tsukagoshi, Hiromi Tanegasima, Toshinori Sugita, Seiki Sato, Shiori Saito, Yusa Tarou
Music composed by : Masaki Izutani

>>> GAME PORTS TO OTHER SYSTEMS
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* Consoles :
Sega Saturn (1995)
Sony PlayStation (1995)
Sony PlayStation (1998, 'Image Fight & X Multiply')
Sony PlayStation 2 (2004, 'Gunbird 1&2')

>>> OTHER GAME RESOURCES
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Game's rom.
Machine's picture.