Gunbird

Gunbird
Developer(s)Psikyo
Publisher(s)Arcade
Psikyo
Jaleco (USA)
Saturn
Atlus
PlayStation
XS Games
Yahoo Mobile
Cave
Windows (Steam)[2]
Console Classics (expired), City Connection[3]
PS4, Xbox One, Switch
City Connection
Director(s)Naozumi Yorichika
Producer(s)Junichi Niwa
Shinsuke Nakamura
Designer(s)Emi Taniguchi
Wataru Yamazaki
Hyoue Ogawa
Hideyuki Oda
Yoko Tsukagoshi
Ikuya Yoshida
Norikazu Takemori
Hidenori Kamioka
Programmer(s)Toshinori Sugita
Seiki "SSS" Sato
Shiori Saito
Keisuke Takagi
Artist(s)Hirofumi Nakamura
Writer(s)Hiroshi Yamada
Composer(s)Masaki Izutani
SeriesGunbird
Platform(s)Arcade, PlayStation, Saturn, Yahoo Mobile, PlayStation Network, Nintendo Switch, Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
ReleaseArcade
Saturn
  • JP: December 15, 1995
PlayStation
  • JP: December 15, 1995
  • EU: 2002
  • NA: March 19, 2003
Yahoo Mobile
2002
PlayStation Network
  • NA: June 25, 2009
Steam[1]
  • NA: July 17, 2015
(Mobile Light Force)
  • WW: May 11, 2020
(Gunbird)
Switch
  • NA: December 7, 2017
PS4, Xbox One
  • WW: July 27, 2022
Genre(s)Scrolling shooter
Mode(s)Single-player, two-player co-op
Arcade systemPsikyo 1st Generation[4]

Gunbird (ガンバード) is a vertically scrolling shooter developed by Psikyo and released as an arcade video game in 1994. In the US, it was published by Jaleco. It has been re-released multiple times, including on the Sega Saturn, PlayStation, Steam, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. When originally localized outside Japan by XS Games, Gunbird was retitled Mobile Light Force. The game was followed by Gunbird 2 in 1998 and was included in Gunbird Special Edition for PlayStation 2.

  1. ^ "Mobile Light Force (AKA GunBird) Released on Steam! | Console Classics". Consoleclassics.co. 2015-07-17. Archived from the original on 2016-03-26. Retrieved 2016-05-19.
  2. ^ "Mobile Light Force (aka Gunbird) on Steam". Store.steampowered.com. 2015-07-17. Archived from the original on 2016-05-20. Retrieved 2016-05-19.
  3. ^ "GUNBIRD on Steam".
  4. ^ "Psikyo 1st Generation Hardware (Other)". System 16. 2016-03-31. Archived from the original on 2016-03-10. Retrieved 2016-05-19.