Lost In Translation/Gunbird

Gunbird
Manufacturer	Psikyo
Released	1994
Control; Method	8-way Joystick; 3 Button(s)
Main CPU	68EC020 (@ 16.000 MHz); Z80 (@ 4.000 MHz)
Sound CPU	Stereo; YM2610 (@ 8.000 MHz)
Video; Details	Raster (Vertical); 320 x 224 pixels; 59.30 Hz; 4,096 Palette colours
Screens	1
ROM Info	11 ROMs; 11,927,552 bytes (11.38 MiB)
MAME ID	gunbird · gunbirdj · gunbirdk

This page is a stub for arcade games that are part of the Lost In Translation series using information based on MAME (version 0.113u2).
For an example of preferred content and layout please refer to Out Run or The Ninja Warriors.

About The Game

Gunbird is an arcade video game shoot-em-up in which you have 5 selectable characters who fight a big army of pirates to restore a magic mirror.

Trivia

Released in September 1994.

Marion also appears as a selectable character in another Psikyo's game : "Gunbarich".

Pony Canyon / Scitron released a limited-edition soundtrack album for this game (Gunbird 2, Gunbird - SGCD-0003) on 04/12/1998.

Note : There are 20 different endings!

Tips and tricks

Extra Features

If you hold Test Button + PL1 Button 1 during boot, you get extra options in the test menu. A level skip, BG test usually etc...

Series

Gunbird (1994)
Gunbird 2 (1998)

Staff

Staff: Hirofumi Nakamura; Artmic; Jun-Ichi Niwa; Shin Nakamura; Rick Johnson; Hyoue Ogama; Wataru Yamazaki; Hideyuki Oda; Ikuda Yosida; Youko Tsukagoshi; Hiromi Tanegasima; Toshinori Sugita; Seiki Sato; Shiori Saito; Yusa Tarou
Music Composed By: Masaki Izutani

Cabinet and Artwork

Gunbird cabinet.

Ports

Consoles: Sega Saturn (1995); Sony PlayStation (1995); Sony PlayStation (1998, "Image Fight & X Multiply"); Sony PlayStation 2 (2004, "Gunbird 1 & 2")

Soundtrack Releases

Album Name	Catalogue No.	Released	Publisher	Comments
Gunbird & Gunbird 2	SGCD-0003^[1]	1998-12-04	Scitron / Gamest	CD version.
BLAST! - SHOOTING GAME SOUND OMNIBUS Vol.1	KDSD-00022^[2]	2003-12-17	Team Entertainment	CD version.
Psikyo Digital-Sound Collection 01	PDSC-9701^[3]	1997-02-01	Psikyo	CD version.

References

↑ Gunbird & Gunbird 2 (CD) at the VGMdb
↑ BLAST! - SHOOTING GAME SOUND OMNIBUS Vol.1 (CD) at the VGMdb
↑ Psikyo Digital-Sound Collection 01 (CD) at the VGMdb

The contents of this page are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License.
The sources used include MAME (version 0.113u2) and history.dat (revision 1.28 - 2008-10-18).
Please see http://www.arcade-history.com for credits.

[1] Gunbird & Gunbird 2 (CD) at the VGMdb

[2] BLAST! - SHOOTING GAME SOUND OMNIBUS Vol.1 (CD) at the VGMdb

[3] Psikyo Digital-Sound Collection 01 (CD) at the VGMdb

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