Taito G-Net card published 26 years ago:

Psyvariar - Medium Unit (c) 2000 Success.

- TECHNICAL -

Runs on the "Taito G-Net" hardware.

Players: 2 Control: 8-way joystick Buttons: 2 => [A] Shoot, [B] Bomb

- TRIVIA -

Released in February 2000 in Japan.

- TIPS AND TRICKS -

* Buzz system: each time the nose or wings of the player's ship grazes a bullet or an enemy, this counts as one "buzz" (only the very center of the ship is vulnerable). For each buzz, a meter at the top of the screen increases by a small increment. When the meter fills up through repeated buzzing, the ship 'levels up' and experiences a brief moment of invincibility. The player can use this short period to risk buzzing more bullets to reach the next level-up, or to avoid particularly difficult bullet patterns. To aid buzzing bullets multiple times, the ship can be repeatedly spun on its axis by rapidly waggling the joystick left and right.

* Secret Stages: Finish a stage with regulation level: 2-C (Valley): Level 8 3-B (Cloud-bank): Level 18 4-C (Asteroid-belt): Level 26 4-D (Colony): Level 32 Stage 5-B (Photon): Level 38 5-C (Graviton): Level 53 6-B (Gluon): Level 52

* Secret Gfx: Finish all stages without continue ; Single Play with 1P - male pilot? Single Play with 2P - female pilot? Dual Play - ???

- STAFF -

Planner: Ore808

Main Program: Ore808 Enemy Program: MR2151 Mechanic Design: Fire Mechanic Modeling: Bymake2, Freez BG Modeling & CG Rendering: Bymake2, Freez Character Design: Katsuki, Fire Sound Compose: Wasi303, Misako Adjumi Sekiguchi, MR2151, Ore808 (Omake) Sound Effects: Wasi303

- PORTS -

* CONSOLES: Sony PlayStation 2 (2002, "Psyvariar Complete Edition")

Player layout in our catalog: 2P sim.

If you are exploring by feel rather than by title, jump from the tags above into the matching genre rooms, or return to the Arcade hall for the full wall.

Open Play on this page to start Psyvariar -Medium Unit- (V2.02O 2000/02/22 13:00). Keyboard, USB/Bluetooth pads, and the on-screen touch gamepad all work inside the emulator bar. Save states and fullscreen live on that same bar so you can pause mid-session and resume later.

Psyvariar -Medium Unit- (V2.02O 2000/02/22 13:00) is filed in our catalog as a 2000 release.

Player layout on this cabinet: 2P sim.

Genre tags on Classic Arcade Games: Shooter, Arcade.