Arcade Video game published 38 years ago:

Syvalion (c) 1988 Taito Corp.

Control the mechanical dragon Syvalion and find your way through ever-changing magical dungeon.

- TECHNICAL -

Taito H System hardware Prom Sticker: B51

Main CPU: Motorola 68000 (@ 12 Mhz), Zilog Z80 (@ 4 Mhz) Sound Chips: Yamaha YM2610 (@ 8 Mhz)

Players: 2 Control: trackball Buttons: 1

- TRIVIA -

Syvalion was released in October 1988 in Japan.

Spin-off of the Darius Series! (at the middle of the Syvalion storyline, the Player helps the people of the planet 'Darius').

The Player character, Syvalion, makes an appearance in "Darius Brust (2009, PSP)".

The producer of this game is Hisayoshi Ogura, a Famous Member of Taito's Sound Team Zuntata. He is known for the musical score at the "Darius" Series, "The Ninja Warriors", "Legend of Kage", "Zolid Infitiny". In 2007, he left Taito.

Pony Canyon / Scitron released a limited-edition soundtrack album for this game (Syvalion: G.S.M. Taito 3 - D28B0014) on March 21, 1989. Zuntata Records released a limited-edition soundtrack album for this game (Zuntata History L'ab-normal 1st - ZTTL-0038) on April 1, 1999.

- TIPS AND TRICKS -

* When you start a new game, you can choose between Training and Expert mode. In the Expert Mode, the stages design are different.

- STAFF -

Produced by: Hisayoshi Ogura (OGR) Music composed by: Yasuhisa Watanabe (YAC) Staff: Fukio Mitsuji (MTJ), (T.S), (M.F), (G.K), (TSM), (NGI)

- PORTS -

Player layout in our catalog: 2P alt.

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 Syvalion (Japan). 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.

Syvalion (Japan) is filed in our catalog as a 1988 release.

Player layout on this cabinet: 2P alt.

Genre tags on Classic Arcade Games: Shooter.

Credit line lists Taito Corporation as developer.