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Tyrian

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Tyrian
Tyrian cover
Developers
Eclipse Productions
Publishers
Tyrian Epic MegaGames
Tyrian 2000 XSIV Games
Release dates
DOS 1995
Windows (DOSBox) December 14, 2010[1]
macOS (OS X) (DOSBox) October 18, 2012
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Tyrian on Wikipedia

Key points

Officially available as freeware.

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions
GOG.com Support Page
Hardcore Gaming 101 - Comprehensive feature
Tyrian/Tyrian2000 - Fan Site with forums and downloads

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
DRM-free
 Floppy and CD-ROM release. Both are identical in terms of content.
DOS
GOG.com
DRM-free
 Windows and OS X. Pre-packaged with DOSBox.[2]
Windows
macOS (OS X)
The AdLib soundtrack is available for free here. Pre-recorded MIDI tracks can be found for free here.

Version differences

Tyrian 2000 is a 1999 re-release with an additional episode, some extra content and bug fixes. The CD-ROM version also includes CD-audio tracks, which were omitted from the freeware release to reduce the download size.
OpenTyrian, an open source port is also available.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
DOS <path-to-game>\TYRIAN.CFG
Windows <path-to-game>\TYRIAN.CFG[Note 1]<path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)[Note 2]
macOS (OS X) <path-to-game>\TYRIAN.CFG<path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)[Note 2]

Save game data location

System Location
DOS <path-to-game>\TYRIAN.SAV
Windows <path-to-game>\TYRIAN.SAV[Note 1]
<path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)[Note 2]
macOS (OS X) <path-to-game>\TYRIAN.SAV
<path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)[Note 2]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy

Video settings

General settings in SETUP.EXE
General settings in SETUP.EXE
300px
GOG DOSBox graphics settings.

Template:Video settings

A hidden "ultra" graphics preset can be enabled in SETUP.EXE by highlighting the Game Detail option and then pressing W.

Input settings

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

Audio Sliders.
Audio Sliders.

Template:Audio settings

This game supports General MIDI for music.
Includes a Jukebox, which can be accessed in SETUP.EXE.

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
Local play
2 Co-op
Shared-screen. Arcade mode only.
LAN play
2 Co-op
Uses IPX protocol. Arcade mode only.
Online play
For DOSBox use DOSBox IPX/modem emulation.

Connection types

Type Native Notes
Matchmaking
Peer-to-peer
Uses modem or serial connection
Dedicated
Self-hosting
Direct IP

Issues fixed

Gamepad is unplayable

Calibrating a gamepad in-game will cause control issues due to not reaching the corners during calibration.
Delete TYRIAN.CFG[citation needed]
  1. Delete TYRIAN.CFG.
  2. Run the game and set your sound and detail settings.
  3. Play without using in-game calibration (calibrate in the operating system if necessary).

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
DOS video modes VGA
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
Use OpenTyrian.
macOS (OS X)
Use OpenTyrian.
Linux
Use OpenTyrian.

Launcher (for DOS version in DOSBox or Windows 95/58)

The main game, the configuration tool, and the ship editor all use separate executables. Paste this in a batch file and run from the DOS prompt or add to the AutoExec section of the DOSBox configuration file to easily select the different executables (Click [Expand] to view}}):
TYRIAN.BAT
@echo OFF
:menu
cls
ECHO ----------------------------------------------
ECHO  Tyrian 2000
ECHO ----------------------------------------------
ECHO  1) Play Game
ECHO  2) Options
ECHO  3) Ship Editor
ECHO  4) Quit to Windows
ECHO ----------------------------------------------

choice /c1234 /s What do you want to do? [1-4]: /n 
if errorlevel 4 goto quit
if errorlevel 3 goto ship 
if errorlevel 2 goto setup 
if errorlevel 1 goto start 

:start
cls
TYRIAN.EXE
goto menu

:setup
cls
SETUP.EXE
goto menu

:ship
cls
SHIPEDIT.EXE
goto menu

:quit
cls
exit

System requirements

DOS
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 5.0
Processor (CPU) 386 33 MHz 486DX/2 66 MHz
System memory (RAM) 4 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 10 MB
Video card (GPU) VGA
Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) XP, Vista
Processor (CPU) 1 GHz 1.4 GHz
System memory (RAM) 256 MB 512 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 17 MB
Video card (GPU) DirectX 7 compatible DirectX 9 compatible
macOS (OS X)
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 10.6.8
Processor (CPU) Intel Core Duo 2 GHz
System memory (RAM) 1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 17 MB
Video card (GPU) 64 MB of VRAM

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 File/folder structure within the installation folder reflects the path(s) listed for DOS game data. For the GOG.com release, file changes in DOSBox are redirected to <path-to-game>/cloud_saves/ even if GOG Galaxy is not used (this folder contains all redirected files, so some files in the cloud_saves folder might be temporary files or other files that do not contain saves or settings).

References