Tyrian

Tyrian

Tyrian (1995) by Eclipse Software / Epic MegaGames is a vertically-scrolling shoot 'em up set in the year 20,031. It features a rich storyline, extensive weapon upgrade system, multiple ship types and both single-player and two-player arcade modes. The game was released as freeware in 2004 and Batocera uses OpenTyrian, an open-source port of the game. This system scrapes metadata for the “ports” group(s) and loads the tyrian set from the currently selected theme, if available. Grouped with the “ports” group of systems.

Quick reference

Emulator: OpenTyrian
Folder: roms/tyrian/
Accepted ROM formats: .game

BIOS

No OpenTyrian emulator in Batocera needs a BIOS file to run.

ROMs

This is a standalone freeware game. No ROM is required — you can get the game asset files directly from the Batocera Content Downloader. The Content Downloader will place the game data in /userdata/roms/tyrian/data/. A .game launch file will also be created automatically.

Manual installation

If you prefer to install manually, place the Tyrian 2.1 data files in /userdata/roms/tyrian/data/ and create an empty .game file in /userdata/roms/tyrian/.

/userdata/roms/tyrian/
               ├── data/
               |    ├── tyrian.cfg
               |    ├── tyrian.hdt
               |    ├── tyrian.lvl
               |    ├── tyrian.msc
               |    ├── tyrian.pic
               |    ├── tyrian.shp
               |    └── (other data files)
               └── Tyrian.game

Saves

Save location roms/tyrian/data/

Emulators

OpenTyrian

Standardized features available: tyrian.videomode, tyrian.padtokeyboard, tyrian.hud, tyrian.hud_corner

Controls

OpenTyrian has built-in gamepad support via SDL. The default controls follow a classic shmup layout and can be configured in the in-game setup menu.

Troubleshooting

My game does not launch

Make sure the data/ folder exists in /userdata/roms/tyrian/ and contains the Tyrian game data files.
The easiest way to install is via the Batocera Content Downloader.

Further troubleshooting

For further troubleshooting, refer to the generic support pages.

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