Gunbird Special Edition (Gunbird 1 & 2 in Japan) is a compilation scrolling shooter video game for the PlayStation 2 that includes the arcade versions of Psikyo's Gunbird (1994) and Gunbird 2 (1998). It was developed by Psyworks and published by Atlus in Japan in 2004 and by Xplosiv in Europe in 2005. New features include eight difficulty settings, an adjustable view option (letter boxed and vertical, full screen and horizontal), and the Practice Mode.[1][2]
| Gunbird 1 & 2 Gunbird Special Edition | |
|---|---|
 European cover art | |
| Developer(s) | Psyworks |
| Publisher(s) | |
| Producer(s) | Takayuki Harakami |
| Programmer(s) | Kenji Terasaka Haruo Suzuki Toshiharu Sato Sunao Matsumoto |
| Artist(s) | Yoshiko Ishida |
| Composer(s) | Yoshiyuki Ueda |
| Series | Gunbird |
| Platform(s) | PlayStation 2 |
| Release | PlayStation 2 |
| Genre(s) | Scrolling shooter |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
Reception
editGunbird Special Edition received generally moderately positive reviews. Retro Gamer awarded it seven stars of ten: "If you’re after a good-looking old-skool blaster, and have superhuman skills, then you'll want to show your mates exactly what you can do with this".[3] NowGamer gave it a score of 7.7/10: "Neither game is short of bullets or personality – you just have to be prepared to look past the dated visuals".[4] Jeuxvideo.com, however, was much more critical of the game; they scored it only 9/20 and recommended buying Gradius V instead.[5]
References
edit- ^ "Gunbird 1 & 2 - PlayStation 2 - GameSpy". Archived from the original on 2012-02-14. Retrieved 2016-07-25.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ Gantayat, Anoop (2004-02-24). "Gunbird 1 & 2 Import Playtest". IGN.com. Retrieved 2016-07-25.
- ^ Retro Gamer (March 2005 issue).
- ^ "Gunbird Special Edition". NowGamer.com. 2005-03-18. Retrieved 2016-07-25.
- ^ "Test du jeu Gunbird Special Edition sur PS2". Jeuxvideo.com. 2005-06-06. Retrieved 2016-07-25.
External links
edit- Official website
- Official website (in Japanese)
- Playstation.com entry Archived 2009-06-15 at the Wayback Machine
- Gunbird Special Edition at MobyGames