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Tyrian

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Game Information

Original Release Date: December 31, 1995

Platforms: DOS, PC (Microsoft Windows)

Involved Companies: Eclipse Productions, Epic Games

Genres: Shooter, Arcade

Summary: Tyrian is a scrolling shooter computer game developed by World Tree Games Productions and published in 1995 by Epic MegaGames. The game was officially released as freeware in 2004, and the graphics were made available under an open license in April 2007. Tyrian was programmed by Jason Emery, illustrated by Daniel Cook, and its music composed by Alexander Brandon and Andras Molnar.

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This work is part of CSCI E-114, Web Application Development with Jamstack, Harvard Extension School. All video game data was obtained from The Internet Game Database (IGDB).