Humans and aliens are living in harmony in the future, until a tabloid journalist stirs up hatred towards aliens. They respond by invading the planet, and it's down to the protagonist to clear up a situation scarily similar to reality in this arcade conversion. Gemini Wing is a vertically-scrolling shoot 'em up, which is distinguished by its unusual power-up system. Instead of gaining occasional tokens which lead to lasting weaponry improvements, occasional flurries of tokens are released to ensure a quick burst of improved fire. The organic backgrounds are detailed, and have many sections which fire at the player character.
ShooterArcadeActionScience fictionhigh scoreboss fightvertical scrollingArcade, Sharp X68000, Commodore C64/128/MAX, ZX Spectrum, Atari ST/STE, Amiga
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Character
Plot-driven, earnest, grave and cool.
- character-ledplot-driven
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- cooloverwhelming
- contemplativerelentless
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About the game
- Platforms
- Arcade, Sharp X68000, Commodore C64/128/MAX, ZX Spectrum, Atari ST/STE, Amiga, Amstrad CPC, MSX
- Developer
- Tecmo
- Publisher
- Virgin Mastertronic, System Sacom, Tecmo
- Released
- December 31, 1987
- Modes
- Single player, Multiplayer
- Perspective
- Bird view / Isometric
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