24 December 2008

OpenTyrian Port For S60 3rd Ed
Let's Go Back To The Good Ol' Days!

OpenTyrian for S60v3 is a direct port of the original oldie DOS shoot-em-up game.

Tyrian is an old computer game developed by Eclipse Productions and published in golden age of computing, the early '90s before the Microsoft came and bought our souls.

Not sure if you are old enough, but I played Tyrian long time ago on my 486 PC at 50 Mhz (if I remember right) and after testing S60 port of Tyrian woke in me some strange nostalgic feelings and brings OpenTyrian back memories of beautiful graphics, fast game play and a unremitting enemies.

Anyway, Tyrian is an arcade-style vertical scrolling shooter. The game is set in the year 20,031. Players play as a skilled terraformation pilot named Trent Hawkins, who is employed to scout out habitable locations on newly terraformed planets. His latest assignment is the planet Tyrian, which is located near the territory of the Hazudra, who are a lizard-like race.

One day, Buce Quesillac, a Hazudra, and Trent's best friend, is shot in the back by a hoverdrone which quickly disappears into the sky. As Buce lay dying, he tells Trent that it was all the work of Microsol, the giant corporation who controlled the terraformation of Tyrian. They had Buce shot because of his knowledge of Gravitium, which is a special mineral, unique to Tyrian, capable of controlling the force of gravity.

Microsol want to utilize Gravitium to power their warships, which could result in them becoming nearly unstoppable. They also attempt to eliminate anyone who knows of its existence. Trent is the next person on their hit list, and with his last words, Buce implores him to try to reach Savara, a free world. Trent manages to secure a small fighter, and departs for Savara.