vOpenTyrian updated to v1.1 (GekiHEN Contest Entry)
A release that seems to somehow pass under my radar, and my apologies for that, was the vOpenTyrian update which fixes saved games, which is a pretty critical update. I was aware of the issue which didn’t come up during my initial short play through of the game. I knew that developer cpajuste was on the issue, but while I was travelling it seems the update did come out. Better late than never I guess. While GekiHEN hasn’t been going on for long, I’m sorta disappointed the only things we got out of it so far were this and Rinnegatamante’s LuaIRC. Hopefully things will pick up going forward!
What is vOpenTyrian?
In case you were too young to remember, OpenTyrian is an open-source port of the game Tyrian 2000. The game was released in 1995 for DOS, developed by World Tree Games and is a cult-favorite shmup (shoot ’em up) that is usually ported to every platform available just because people enjoy playing the game so much. It was previously available for users with VHBL but now everyone can enjoy this game with (somewhat) less pixel-y graphics now that you don’t have to play it at an upscaled resolution.
Changelog for vOpenTyrian 1.1
- Add keyboard support (fix saves and highscores)
- Fix configuration loading
- Change default buttons
Download vOpenTyrian
To get your hands on this freshly baked copy of OpenTyrian all you need to do is go over to its entry page over on the GekiHEN website and download the VPK file.
Happy gaming!
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Yo u are last in our hearts
I was the first with yo mama too. And your dad.
i wouldn’t be so proud of that
I had the sloppy 2nds.
So you swing both ways and sideways eh? 😛
“While GekiHEN hasn’t been going on for long, I’m sorta disappointed the only things we got out of it so far were this and Rinnegatamante’s LuaIRC. Hopefully things will pick up going forward!”
man, this is gonna be a pretty straightforward win if this contest dosen’t pick up. I’m not complaining, though. I’ll just keep having fun with vOpenTyrian.
It could mean the final nail in the vita’s already sealed coffin. I would join the contest, but I’m at a loss of time and ideas (and probably a little skillset). I want to do something interesting that takes advantage of the dual joysticks, but have no idea what. Shoot me a comment if anyone has any! Maybe near the end of November when school finishes. Here’s hoping to a competitive gaming competition that can drag the vita out of the ashes.
Test comment. I don’t get approved!
OK I’ll say it again: Tyrian was developed by Epic Megagames, the same guys that did the all time classic One Must Fall 2097 (Have you seen ‘real steel’ movie?). In fact, there was a data cube that revealed who really won the OMF final tournament.
Buying Vita, for plaing old dos games… I will never understand these people 😀
Playing Old dos games on a portable device Can be cool 🙂
I hope someone thinks of releasing something like a java emulator (running jar games?) On Vita.. sort of like pspkvm
Tyrian is amazing game, it was a perfect fit for PSP and its controls, I highly recommend it to anyone, gameplay aged very well after all these years.