Tyrian for iPhone OS Has Been Released

Rochester Hills, MI, July 02, 2009 --(PR.com)-- Mobila Interactive is pleased to announce release of its Tyrian port of iPhone OS.

This release is an iPhone OS port of Tyrian, an arcade-style vertical scrolling shooter which was originally developed by Eclipse Productions and published by Epic MegaGames on the PC platform in 1995. The story line is set in 20,031 where the player is thrown in to the shoes of Trent Hawkins, a skilled terraformation pilot whose mission is to find habitable areas on newly terraformed planets. On his latest assignment to planet Tyrian, he learns about existence of a rare mineral called Gravitium which only exists on Tryian. Gravitium's unique ability to control the force of gravity is the reason why Microsol, an evil giant corporation that terraformed Tyrian, is seeking to have absolute control over it. Microsol is planning to use Gravitium to power its warships, which would make them virtually unstoppable. Microsol will stop at nothing to gain full control over Gravitium, including eliminating anyone who knows about it -- and Trent is the next on the list. Trent's only hope is to escape to the free world of Savara. Managing to acquire a small fighter plane, Trent departs on his journey...

The game features:
* Full Story & Arcade modes
* Four Full Episodes: "Escape", "Treachery", "Mission: Suicide", and "An End to Fate"
* A total of over 50 levels guaranteeing hours of game play
* Seven difficulty levels
* Sophisticated weapon upgrade system with hundreds of combinations to chose from
* Support for cheat codes, secret game modes, easter eggs, and more
* Over 30 original game soundtracks and a Jukebox

Acknowledgements

Tyrian for iPhone OS is a re-write of the original Tyrian v2.1 game by Eclipse Productions and published by Epic MegaGames. iPhone OS version is based on OpenTyrian project's source code and is licensed under GNU GPL v2.

The original Tyrian for the PC platform was officially released as freeware in 2004 and was made available under an open license in 2007. It was programmed by Jason Emery, illustrated by Daniel Cook, and music was composed by Alexander Brandon and Andras Molnar.

Availability

Tyrian for iPhone OS is distributed via Apple App Store, and is available immediately. Promotional codes for the game may be request by reputable media outlets for assessment and review purposes. Its source code is available under GNU GPL v2 license upon request.

Support

Tyrian support website is located at:

http://www.mobilainteractive.com/tyrian/

All support questions, including Source Code Requests under GNU GPL v2, should be directed to:

support@mobilainteractive.com

Supported Platforms

This release of Tyrian is supported on iPhone OS 2.0 and higher. This includes:

iPhone 2G
iPhone 3G
iPhone 3GS
iPod Touch (1st gen.)
iPod Touch (2nd gen.)

Additional Materials

Tyrian on Wikipedia:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyrian_(computer_game)

YouTube Video:

http://www.youtube.com/v/OK9HUID8xz8

Screen Shots:

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This Press Release:

http://www.mobilainteractive.com/tyrian/tyrian_release_announcement.html

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