History VideoGame / Tyrian

** Holes is another choice between Soh Jin and the easier Bubbles. It's nightmare depending on what difficulty level you've selected. On [[HarderThanHard Lord of the Game]], your ship is probably still very under-powered as this is will be your second stage. The enemies spam projectiles like there's no tomorrow. If you had a fully upgraded ship, then maybe this would be a fair fight.

** Holes is a nightmare depeding on what difficulty level you've selected. On [[HarderThanHard Lord of the Game]], your ship is probably still very underpowered as this is will be your second stage. The enemies spam projectiles like there's no tomorrow. If you had a fully upgraded ship, then maybe this would be a fair fight.

* InfinityMinusOneSword: The Mega Pulse is easy to find, available as early as the second level via an easy-to-find SecretLevel powerup, and is surprisingly powerful at full power. It is available long before the [[FrickinLaserBeams Zica Laser]], [[WaveMotionGun standard Laser]], and SDF Main Gun yet can feasibly be used for the entire game. It pairs well with the equally accessible rear Sonic Wave, which can be directed to fire four powerful waves forward with the SecondaryFire toggle.

* InfinityMinusOneSword: The Mega Pulse is easy to find, available as early as the second level via an easy-to-find SecretLevel powerup, and is surprisingly powerful at full power. It is available long before the [[FrickinLaserBeams Zica Laser]], [[WaveMotionGun standard Laser]], and SDF Main Gun yet can feasibly be used for the entire game. It pairs well with the equally accessible rear Sonic Wave, which can be directed to fire forward with the SecondaryFire toggle.

* InfinityMinusOneSword: The Mega Pulse is easy to find and is surprisingly powerful at full power. It is available long before the [[FrickinLaserBeams Zica Laser]], [[WaveMotionGun standard Laser]], and SDF Main Gun yet can feasibly be used for the entire game.

** The [=SuperCarrot=] [=FoodShip=] Nine, a [[CaptainObvious Carrot-shaped vessel]], shoots out food as its main weapons. Not to mention some of the bananas it fires out can cause a [[SphereOfDestruction really devastating explosion]]...

* ArtShift: Episode 5, exclusively in Tyrian 2000, due to different art director and also unintentionally justified due to it taking place long after Episode 4.

** On the first level, by taking an [[GuideDangIt obscure]] detour to [[SecretLevel Soh Jin]], one can obtain the most beefy purchasable shield in the game, provided they sell-off/downgrade enough of their ship components to be able to afford it. Congratulations, you now have some of the best protection in the game, though you'll probably be glad you have it on the HarderThanHard difficulties. The Gencore Phoenix becomes available within a stage or two and you can convert that shield power into maxed-out armor too.

** On the first level, by taking an [[GuideDangIt obscure]] detour to [[SecretLevel Soh Jin]], one can obtain the most beefy purchasable shield in the game, provided they sell-off/downgrade enough of their ship components to be able to afford it. Congratulations, you now have some of the best protection in the game, though you'll probably be glad you have it on the HarderThanHard difficulties.

* PathOfInspiration: The Order of Zinglon seems to be a fanatical-but-benevolent religious organization for most of the game, then turns out to be [[spoiler:the real Big Bad in Episode 5.]]

* BigGood: Transon Lohk, head of the [[MegaCorp Gencore Tech Alliance]], Microsol's biggest competitor. You get into contact with him early on and he issues you most of your orders for the better part of the game. [[spoiler: Then one day [[IsThisThingStillOn he leaves his transmitter on]] and you overhear a conversation between him and an underling declaring he's just going to keep using Trent to deal with whatever new galactic crisis comes up. Trent decides there and then that [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere he's getting the hell out of Dodge]].]]

* ApocalypseHow: Ixmucane gets a Class X in Episode 4 if [[spoiler: you fail to defeat the boss in level "Core", or if you beat the boss of "Core" but fail to defeat the boss of "?Tunnel?". In the former case, the planet ''turns into a sun''. In the latter case, the planet freezes over solid -- atmosphere and all.]]

** BiggerBad: [[spoiler: The Order of Zinglon in Episode 5.]]

* MegaCorp: Microsol, Gencore and several other unnamed groups. Microsol seems to be lead by the OmniscientCouncilOfVagueness and never runs out of leaders. Each episode presents a bigger bad guy. [[spoiler: In the final episode, it's revealed that the entire company is a mere front for the cult of Zinglon and its foul leader, the god himself.]] In addition, Microsol appears to be the manufacturer of all the game's best items save those made by the [[{{Precursors}} Zica]].

* {{Deconstruction}}: Episode 4 veers into a surprisingly poignant deconstruction of stereotypical "one man against the world" video game plots. Microsol keeps coming up with bigger and bigger threats, old foes return as EldritchAbomination [[BodyHorror Body Horrors]], the good guys are shamelessly taking advantage of Trent's uncanny ability to destroy these threats over and over again and Trent... Trent is tired of it all.

* {{Deconstruction}}: Episode 4 veers heavily into a surprisingly poignant deconstruction of stereotypical "one man against the world" video game plots. Microsol keeps coming up with bigger and bigger threats, old foes return as EldritchAbomination [[BodyHorror Body Horrors]], the good guys are shamelessly taking advantage of Trent's uncanny ability to destroy these threats over and over again and Trent... Trent is tired of it all.

It is freeware since 2004. The official page of author Jason Emery no longer exists (and was quite sparse), so it's better to refer to [[http://members.iinet.net.au/~vannevar/tyrian/ this excellent fansite]] or [[http://tyrian.wikia.com this excellent wiki]]. Since 2010, it is also available on [[http://www.gog.com/game/tyrian_2000 GOG.com]], with the game's music encoded into a collection of MP3 files (about 12 times as large, disk-space-wise, as the game itself) as a bonus download. [[http://lostgarden.com/2007/04/free-game-graphics-tyrian-ships-and.html Even the graphics were released with an open license.]] A source port of the game from Pascal to C, called ''[[https://bitbucket.org/opentyrian/opentyrian/wiki/Home OpenTyrian]]'', is available for many platforms and consoles.

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* LegallyDead: [[spoiler:Trent Hawkins]] is considered dead by most of the galaxy and given a hero's funeral after he disappears to another galaxy instead of returning to Savara to get a hero's welcome.

* ReportsOfMyDeathWereGreatlyExaggerated: After Trent destroys Microsol's forces and plans thus saving the galaxy, he decides to retreat to a faraway galaxy instead of being Transon's lapdog once more. The galaxy presumes he's dead and gives him a hero's funeral. 101 years later, he's awoken from cryosleep, still alive, and [[spoiler:Zinglon's forces]] are not happy with it.

* ImmuneToMindControl: Downplayed. The [[LizardFolk Hazudra]] are stated to be immune to any form of memory wiping thanks to having holographic memory. This is also the reason why Buce was killed since they couldn't wipe his mind. However, they're not immune to holographic mind control when young, [[spoiler:as shown by Javi who was brainwashed by Microsol]].

* ImmuneToMindControl: The [[LizardFolk Hazudra]] are stated to be immune to any form of brainwashing thanks to having holographic memory. This is also the reason why Trent Hawkins' friend Buce was killed by Microsol, since Microsol failed to brainwash him.

* TheUnfought: In the final level of Episode 3, "Fleet", there's a Microsol ship called the Illuminator firing a WaveMotionGun from offscreen. You never get to fight it. This is both justified and lampshaded by Data Cubes -- the Illuminator itself is invisible, and the boss battle is against a mine-deploying secondary platform that, when destroyed, will be a signal for the Illuminator to retreat.

* TheUnfought: In the final level of Episode 3, "Fleet", there's a Microsol ship called the Illuminator firing a WaveMotionGun from offscreen. You never get to fight it. This is both justified and lampshaded by Data Cubes -- the boss battle is against a mine-deploying secondary platform that, when destroyed, will be a signal for the Illuminator to retreat.

* AttackItsWeakPoint: The boss of Ixmucane is a floating robot encased in rock. The only way to damage it is to hit its core when it is open, otherwise, it is impervious to all weapons.
** [[spoiler:Javi's]] Dreadnaught in Episode 4. The game actually makes a set of green arrows pointing to the vulnerable part(s). [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] by an explanation from one of your allies in a datacube prior to the mission, stating that he has a scanner that is strong enough to transmit the weak point of the Dreadnought to your ship, indicating them with green arrows.

* ImAHumanitarian: From one of the datacubes describing the restaurants on Savara:
-->"Many also cater to the more exotic tastes by serving the patrons of competing restaurants, literally!"

* ToServeMan: The inhabitants of Gyges are keen on eating most organic things... that means ''anyone'', which includes humans.