Gyruss (1988)

Atari 2600

1988Konami Digital EntertainmentTopKonami, Ultra Games, Centuri, Parker Bros

Parker Brothers’ June 1984 2600 port of Konami’s 1983 tube shooter. Your ship rides the rim of a circle while enemies fly out from the vanishing point, Galaga-style.

Facts

Designed by Yoshiki Okamoto after Time Pilot. Centuri licensed dedicated North American arcade machines.
Parker Brothers also released 5200, Atari 8-bit, ColecoVision, and Commodore 64 ports in 1984.

Related games

Time Pilot (1982) · Atari 2600Okamoto’s previous Konami shooter
Galaxian · Atari 2600Related fixed-shooter family on the 2600

Sources

Gyruss · Wikipedia

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