I'm looking for the name of an old PC space game. I remember playing it in the early 90s but it could have also been made somewhere at the end of the 80s (even though 90s is more likely). I don't remember almost anything. I do remember it was a space ship which could take power ups during the game. The power ups were of 3 colors - red, blue and some other color. Every color determined the way the space ship fired (I just remember that red was lasers) and each boost you took made the ship have a bigger fire power. It could also charge itself to fire a special big shot. Does someone recognize it?
Tyrian maybe? In the arcade mode weapon upgrades dropped as round colored objects instead of having to upgrade in the shop in-between missions in story mode. If it is in fact Tyrian, you can get it free (and fully funcitonal in windows xp+) from gog.com: http://www.gog.com/game/tyrian_2000
[QUOTE="Renevent42"]Tyrian maybe? In the arcade mode weapon upgrades dropped as round colored objects instead of having to upgrade in the shop in-between missions in story mode. If it is in fact Tyrian, you can get it free (and fully funcitonal in windows xp+) from gog.com: http://www.gog.com/game/tyrian_2000 It's not Tyrian. In Tyrian you buy stuff to upgrade your ship while in my game you collected power ups during the game to upgrade it.
Sounds like pretty much every scrolling shooter iv  played. Raiden was quite popular in the 90s and matches that description.
pelvist
Not Raiden.. Raiden's power ups got only 2 colors while the game I'm searching for has 3. Also, Raiden has a bomb for it's special shot, while in my game you could charge your ship for a special shot. I remember that in my game when you were with the red power up which was my favorite, the special shot was a giant laser beam which consumed nearly half the screen or something like that...
[QUOTE="Renevent42"]Tyrian maybe? In the arcade mode weapon upgrades dropped as round colored objects instead of having to upgrade in the shop in-between missions in story mode. If it is in fact Tyrian, you can get it free (and fully funcitonal in windows xp+) from gog.com: http://www.gog.com/game/tyrian_2000nir_jntn
It's not Tyrian. In Tyrian you buy stuff to upgrade your ship while in my game you collected power ups during the game to upgrade it. Sorry to hear it's not what you are looking for, with that said, Tyrian had multiple modes including one where you collect stuff in-level to upgrade/change weapons.
[QUOTE="nir_jntn"][QUOTE="Renevent42"]Tyrian maybe? In the arcade mode weapon upgrades dropped as round colored objects instead of having to upgrade in the shop in-between missions in story mode. If it is in fact Tyrian, you can get it free (and fully funcitonal in windows xp+) from gog.com: http://www.gog.com/game/tyrian_2000Renevent42
It's not Tyrian. In Tyrian you buy stuff to upgrade your ship while in my game you collected power ups during the game to upgrade it. Sorry to hear it's not what you are looking for, with that said, Tyrian had multiple modes including one where you collect stuff in-level to upgrade/change weapons. First of all thank you very much because I remember playing this game as well and I've downloaded it from your link. And when searching for gameplays on youtube I've only seen this one mode I described... I can I watch other modes' gameplays?
To enter Super Arcade Mode type one of the codes in white below. During this mode weapon pods are changed to coloured pods. Each colour will give you a certain weapon, and the weapon level will depend on how many pods of any colour you've collected. There are no rear weapons available so hitting enter will switch between two special weapons instead. Holding down either of the sidekick keys will fire the special weapon as fast as possible. Each ship has a different set of front weapons. All cheat codes are disabled.Tyrian
Hope that helps and sorry was a bit confusing as it's been a looooong time since I've really played it and some of the details are foggy.
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Man talking about Tyrian makes me want to play it again :P
Just FYI there was TONS of secrets in Tyrian including all sorts of hidden modes and ships...there was even an real-time-ish mother of all games clone:
Could it possibly be Decent or Decent 2? Neiter are side scrollers but seem to match your description otherwise.
drev87
Not Descent. Descent was a first person 3d view. This game wasn't. Also you could not charge your ship to a special shot. I remember that in my game when you were with the red power up which was my favorite, the special shot was a giant laser beam which consumed nearly half the screen...
Sounds like pretty much every scrolling shooter iv  played. Raiden was quite popular in the 90s and matches that description.
nir_jntn
Not Raiden.. Raiden's power ups got only 2 colors while the game I'm searching for has 3. Also, Raiden has a bomb for it's special shot, while in my game you could charge your ship for a special shot. I remember that in my game when you were with the red power up which was my favorite, the special shot was a giant laser beam which consumed nearly half the screen or something like that...
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Gekioh on the PSX had a beam shot that charged up but I only remember it having blue and red power ups.
Is it Gradius 3? That game was awesome...superclocked
Not Gradius 3... In my game the ship was flying from bottom to top of the screen and not from left to right.
Gekioh on the PSX had a beam shot that charged up but I only remember it having blue and red power ups..superclocked
Not that either even though it does look nice but my game had 3 colors to choose from. I don't know if it's relevant but I remember for some reason the word "mirage" associated with the game. I couldn't find a game called like that so it might have been the gaming company or even just the name of the exe file that opened the game...
I don't know if it's relevant but I remember for some reason the word "mirage" associated with the game. I couldn't find a game called like that so it might have been the gaming company or even just the name of the exe file that opened the game...
I don't know if it's relevant but I remember for some reason the word "mirage" associated with the game. I couldn't find a game called like that so it might have been the gaming company or even just the name of the exe file that opened the game... nir_jntn
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Could be Mirage Software. They developed a lot of games back in the day, all the way from Atari 2600 to the 3DO and CDI with Rise of the Robots. Maybe this information can help you find what you are looking for.
[QUOTE="nir_jntn"]I don't know if it's relevant but I remember for some reason the word "mirage" associated with the game. I couldn't find a game called like that so it might have been the gaming company or even just the name of the exe file that opened the game... pelvist
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Could be Mirage Software. They developed a lot of games back in the day, all the way from Atari 2600 to the 3DO and CDI with Rise of the Robots. Maybe this information can help you find what you are looking for.
Do you know where can I find some information about them? I can't seem to find almost anything about them or their games.
YES! I BELIEVE IT IS! How did you find it? I searched for games with the word mirage and couldn't find it. The youtube video makes the game look easier than I remember
YES! I BELIEVE IT IS! How did you find it? I searched for games with the word mirage and couldn't find it. The youtube video makes the game look easier than I remember
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Took a while to find, I played a lot of scrolling shooters in the 80s and 90s and thought something would jog my memory. Dont remember ever playing that one though.
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