Syvalion Super Nintendo

Taito

Syvalion

snes

1

e746399f4b2fa943485e447f6d36a047486b9b2a 256x200

35dea9850779a5603e601a623b0503a6a65d91d4 256x200

bd9ecca758ae3f06f56f531285f4f2a6f52f97e9 256x200

3d6c6e77f1d6a4a33c3a06f99bcbb39a4406e56d 256x200

1992

4eeb5e789ed3f3e883ba2a1624e552ffc9c4da35 2104x1470

Syvalion is a Taito shoot 'em up that bucks trends by removing the forced scrolling and allowing the player to move in any direction at any pace they wish. The protagonist is a golden metallic dragon with several trailing segments that can breathe fire in eight directions to destroy enemies - the trailing segments make it vulnerable, so the player needs to keep moving to stay out of harm. The game was originally released in Arcades in 1988. It was later ported to the Sharp X68000 in 1990 and the SNES in Japan and Europe in 1992/93 - an American SNES version was planned but cancelled. In 2006, Syvalion was eventually re-released for the PlayStation 2 as a part of Taito Legends 2, which made it available to US audiences for the first time. Darius Burst, from Taito's acclaimed Darius series, features a boss will multiple forms. One of the forms greatly resembles the metal dragon of this game.