Tyrian 2000 (which, for the record, is an expansion, not a sequel to the original Tyrian) has been released as freeware by its authors, and is available for download from GOG along with the soundtrack in MP3 form (which is about ten times larger than the game itself!). Considering that it's going for for the low, low, price of "Two Minutes Fiddling With DOSBox", every fan of space shooters owes it to themselves to lose a couple hours to Tyrian 2000's charms.
It was large enough to have passed for a complete game on its own, and I treated it as such. It had way more polish and replay value than most full games out there, and it still holds its own today only now there are four more free episodes to go with it.
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Original archive (tyrian21.zip, 4,643k) - The main download file above (DOSBOX_TYRIAN.ZIP) is pre-configured to work DOSBox. This file, tyrian21.zip, is the original and may require installation / setup.
In February 2007 the Pascal (and x86 assembly) source code for Tyrian was delegated to a small group of developers to re-write it in C, in a project named OpenTyrian, licensed under the GNU GPL-2.0-or-later. Jason Emery released Tyrian in 2007, along with some Game Boy and Game Boy Advance versions.[5] Following that announcement, in April 2007 Daniel Cook announced the free availability of his Tyrian artwork (not including the later work for the Game Boy Color edition and for Tyrian 2000) under generic liberal terms of the open content Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.[6][7] OpenTyrian was originally stored on the BitBucket repository before moving on to GitHub.[8]
The music of Tyrian was created by Alexander Brandon with additional music by Andras Molnar, and is in the LDS (Loudness Sound System) format. The Tyrian 2000 CD includes 25 of the tracks in red book audio format. The red book tracks are omitted from the freeware version due to the download size. The tracks "ZANAC3" and "ZANAC5" are reproductions of two songs from the MSX/NES game Zanac.
An incomplete version of the Tyrian demo was uploaded. To download the right version click here. For those who don't know, Tyrian is a PC vertical scrolling shooter that you might as well try out because it's a lot of fun. The demo is quite long and full-featured!
Updates to the code, including the Patch 01 fixes, are also present in this version, making it the most recent official release of the game. For comparison, the free full version which was released in 2004 is still the 1999 Eclipse version.
A functional copy of the newer demo can assembled from the incomplete distribution files and the SB Live! patch. The same files can be used to update the full retail or freeware version of the game to the 2000 version. The sidebar interface will be in French though.
Also, there are dark brown pixels in the French version where the original English one has bright grey (e.g. at the top side of the shield meter), suggesting that the French version somehow got converted with a wrong palette. I checked the 1999 English demo (the free full release uses the same version of TYRIAN.PIC), and the colours there are also the same in two-player mode as in the French version:
We're sticking with the space-theme from last week's Star Wars game to bring you Tyrian 2000 this week, a free download from GreatOldGames.com that channels the spirit of Capcom's 1942 and other classic vertical-scrolling shooters from the arcade era. You'll download the title from the gog.com website, which requires an account with an email address. Click below for the link, then follow the download steps:
1) Create an account by clicking "Sign Up" on the top toolbar.2) Click the green "Add to Cart" button once you're signed in.3) Click the green "Checkout Now" button that appears in the upper right corner. You will not be charged any money.4) Click the "Account" button on the top toolbar to access your game library.5) Click the icon for Tyrian 2000 in your list of games.6) Select the PC or Mac version for download, then click on the Installer.7) Run the game on your rig. You may be prompted to turn "Enable accessibility devices" on, as you'll be hitting the space bar - a lot - which can wreak havoc on your operating system.
Tyrian is one of those memorable DOS shooters from 1995. Released as freeware in 2004, you can download the original game for free. Tyrian is a DOS game and therefore perfectly playable with DOSBox. There are however some alternatives to play Tyrian directly on Windows 11 and Windows 10.
I started my tests with some games from GOG.com, and I ran into problems when I "restarted" Dosbox based games. "Restarted" means: When I installed the (free) Tyrian 2000 or Wing Commander 3 using the installation scripts (direct download does not seem to work because of wrong MD5s, so I chose the installation from file)
nice. tyrian was one of the kick ass games when i was younger. as i want to make a spaceshooter now, i will use elements of the sprites if they are free. i will show you the game when its finished.greetings,m.
This is my Tyrian/Tyrian 2000 page. All the graphics and stuff are mine or World Tree Games's, you can't steal them.It was last updated on 23rd March, making it about the only updated Tyrian page on the net (NOTE: this is no longer true). Why don't you start a page too? There are at least TEN remakes and fan games inspired by X-Com and Tyrian is at least as good as that. Oh well.If you know of any Tyrian mods or active webpages or extra downloadables or cheats I don't have or anything Tyrian related email me here. I AM JUST A FAN AND I WAS NOT INVOLVED IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF TYRIAN SO STOP ASKING ME FOR PERMISSION TO REMAKE IT. But still tell me about any remakes you're making.
23rd March 2007 - Hey maybe I should update this thing. I just got an email from Alex Brandon about his new website and a website someone else has set up with all his Tyrian songs on it (but not Andreas Molnar's!(spelling?????)). The songs can play right in your browser exactly how they sound in the game (assuming you used adlib sound like a real man). Anyway the site is here.OH YEAH some dudes over on the forums got the Tyrian sourcecode and they're porting it. After they do that I think they're planning to totally h4x0r it and add features and stuff. If you're sitting there thinking "WHY WASN'T I TOLD" then you should be checking the forums more cause that's where all the cool stuff happens (and on the chatroom - connect to chat.freenode.net on an IRC client and join the channel #tyrian). Hmm what else, I got emailed a cool hacked version of Tyrian that I should upload, and some other stuff, so if you're reading this after easter email me and remind me to do it okay?
4th April 2005 - Daniel Cook (Tyrian's artist) has updated his website and added some art he made for other games. See if you can spot the datacube.8th March 2005 - I ripped BEER.LDS from the .MUS file and added it to tyrianlds.zip on the downloads page. And it's my birthday tomorrow!
16th January 2005 - I got an email from a guy named Matthew Ghingold who has received permission from Jason Emery to make Tyrian 2. Set after the events of Tyrian 2000 Trent is back in Tyrian sector and caught up in another war. Further plot details are still being finalized but is expected to have the same reluctant hero theme of the original. It will have several levels on each planet like those in Tyrian 2000 but in 3D. It will also have third person fighting in vehicles, spaceships and on foot (if you eject) in a free roaming 3D battlefield. There will be allied forces fighting with you which have their own AI but as General you can order tactics and manipulate them. These battles are described as shoot 'em ups in an arena-type setting similar to Rogue Squadron or Tachyon: The Fringe. Overall it will be a classic shoot 'em up but a lot more spiced up than most gamers are used to. To me it sounds like it will be more immersive than the original.He has put together a development team and this is what he says about them:Tyrian 2 Team (We are currently NOT accepting new members tothe Tyrian 2 team, sorry):Robert Witko - This guy is the main programmer dude. He knows everyformat back and front and, if he doesn't, it usually takes him aroundhalf an hour to do so. Not only is he going to be the guy behind thecurtains working on game mechanics but I also plan on him giving therest of the group a lesson or two so later on in the project we cantake some of the workload off his back.David Shire [Dorvis]- Our executive 3D artist. When I say "executive"I mean "the only person legitimately qualified." I suck at 3D, Robgave up at 3D (gasp) and Schjimm doesn't know 3D from pencil shavings(no offense). With any luck he'll be able to show the rest of us someof the ropes so, again, down the line he won't be the only onecarrying the weight of his field.Matthew Richardson [Schjimm]- He's the executive creative editor andgame mechanics integration assistant. In short he makes sure a) nostupid ideas of mine make it into the final game and b) he'll beworking along with me in taking Rob's programming and putting Dave'sgraphics to it. He'll also help integrate music, voices, sound effectsand with sound effect generation.Matthew Ghingold [That's me][Olly]- I'm the Chris Kringle of theorganization; I pull everyone and everything together so it all fits.I'll be delegating tasks, seeing to it that we stick to the original,keep in contact with Jason Emery and will be executive game mechanicsintegration meaning I take Dave's images and, like Schjimm, put themto Rob's codes. I'm also delegated the sad task of making sureeverybody (myself included) is doing what they're supposed to bedoing. There are a million ways I can do this wrong; anybody who'sever heard of Warrior's Destiny will easily agree wtih me (the cardgame, not the online RPG). Haven't heard of it? Good. Do yourself atremendous favor and keep it that way.Jason Crowe [Pandable]-Sure, everybody listed above is important. Butwithout this guy no quality game will ever be worth playing. He putsthe icing on the cake. He makes all the beauty of the game shinethrough the screen and into the players ears. Pandable is oursoundtrack guy. He'll be conceptualizing, writing, editing andrecording all the game's music for integration. A game without musicis like a sentence without a verb. Confusing and pointless.Doubtlessly the most important guy on board.Jason Emery (CEO, World Tree Games)- He has no real participation inprogramming (unless he'd like to) but I do feel the need to mentionhim because he has complete veto power over the game. If we want toget it published we have to go through him. He's a very nice and verycool guy. If our game is high quality enough then, with any luck,he'll pursue publishing. I'd like to make sure both of the last twosentences remain true throughout the project. I'll be contacting himwith constant project updates as well so his imput on the game is justas important, if not more important, than everyone else's on theTyrian 2 team. Thanks a million, Mr. Emery. Without you none of thiswould be possible.I'll post a link when they get a website but for now they are focussing on getting development under way. 2ff7e9595c
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