Gunbird

Gunbird is a vertical-scrolling shooter first released in arcades in 1994. Set in a steampunk world, it follows Marion, a little great wizard, in a comical story about a magical mirror that grants wishes. You can play alone or in two-player mode, where character dialogue changes.

Characters and planes

Choose from five characters:

• Marion: the little great wizard.
• Barnas: a flying robot warrior who fights with a rocket punch.
• Yang Nyan: a Chinese magician girl with an offensive and defensive ruyi stick.
• Tetsu: a carpenter who puts power first.
• Ash: a sky explorer who puts speed first.

During a run, collect P items to power up and add sub-weapons. B items give you bombs that clear enemy bullets and help you evade foes, and charge shots let you attack enemies.

Arcade mode

Arcade mode has seven selectable difficulty levels, including HARD and VERY HARD. Local rankings track scores across all difficulty levels and with your chosen plane. Dialogue scenes appear during intermissions and when bosses appear.

Score Attack

Score Attack sets a fixed difficulty and number of lives for a more demanding challenge. Compete for high scores against players around the world through online rankings.

Game settings

You can adjust the difficulty, set the number of lives from 1 to 9 and continues from 0 to unlimited, and configure the controls. Assign Shot, Auto Shot and Bomb in the key configuration. Choose vertical screen orientation for arcade-style play, or use vertical orientation while playing horizontally for a different way to play. Screen filters range from Normal to +2.