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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 |
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Floppy and CD-ROM release. Both are identical in terms of content. |
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GOG.com |
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Windows and OS X. Pre-packaged with DOSBox.[2] |
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Microsoft Store |
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While seemingly intended to mostly be a fanport to Xbox consoles, a PC version is also included. |
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- 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.
- Open-source ports of Tyrian are also available. OpenTyrian is based off the original release, while its fork OpenTyrian2000 is based off the later re-release.[3]
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
Save game data location
Video
General settings in configuration tool.
- A hidden "Wild" and "Laptop VGA" graphics settings can be enabled in
SETUP.EXE
by highlighting the Game Detail option and then pressing W; this also works in OpenTyrian/OpenTyrian2000 through the in-game Options menu by highlight the Detail Level option.
Input
Audio
Audio feature |
State |
Notes |
Separate volume controls |
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Music and Sound Effects. |
Surround sound |
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FM (AdLib) music is mono. Use General MIDI for Stereo music. |
Subtitles |
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Everything is text-based. |
Closed captions |
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Mute on focus lost |
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For DOSBox change the priority background value in the DOSBox configuration file. |
Royalty free audio |
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Red Book CD audio |
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CD music tracks are present for the CD release, but does not play in-game. |
General MIDI audio |
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- Includes a Jukebox, which can be accessed in
SETUP.EXE
in the DOS version or through OpenTyrian's options menu from the title screen.
Localizations
Language |
UI |
Audio |
Sub |
Notes |
English |
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Network
Multiplayer types
Connection types
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[5]
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- Delete
TYRIAN.CFG .
- Run the game and set your sound and detail settings.
- Play without using the in-game calibration setting (calibrate the controller in the operating system if necessary).
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Other information
API
Technical specs |
Supported |
Notes |
DOS video modes |
VGA |
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Middleware
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Middleware |
Notes |
Input |
SDL, SDL2 |
For SDL support, use DOSBox or OpenTyrian. For SDL2 support, use OpenTyrian2000. |
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 |
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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 |
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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) |
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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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 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