In Silpheed, the player pilots a spaceship through levels of increasing difficulty, in a pseudo-3D vertically scrolling field, shooting everything in his path. New weapons will become available as he gathers points, and power-ups are sprinkled throughout the levels. The game is one of the first-ever that used music as a selling point.
ShooterActionScience fictionrail shootershoot 'em up2.5don-railspolygonal 3dvertical scrollingreal-time over pre-rendered moviesApple IIGS, PC-8800 Series, TRS-80 Color Computer, DOS, FM-7, Sega CD
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Character
Earnest, plot-driven, grave and spare.
- earnestironic
- character-ledplot-driven
- gravecomic
- sparerichly built
- contemplativerelentless
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About the game
- Platforms
- Apple IIGS, PC-8800 Series, TRS-80 Color Computer, DOS, FM-7, Sega CD
- Developer
- Game Arts
- Publisher
- Sega, Game Arts, Tec Toy Indústria de Brinquedos, Sierra
- Released
- December 5, 1986
- Modes
- Single player
- Perspective
- Third person
IGDB rating 5.4/10 from 5 ratings.
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