Gyrodine

Gyrodine
Famicom cover art
Developer(s)Crux
Publisher(s)Taito
Platform(s)Arcade, NES, MSX, PC-8801
ReleaseArcade
NES
Genre(s)Scrolling shooter
Mode(s)Single-player

Gyrodine (ジャイロダイン, Jairodain) is a top-down, vertically scrolling shooter developed by Crux and released in arcades by Taito in 1984. Ports to the Nintendo Entertainment System / Famicom and MSX followed. The player flies a helicopter that can shoot air and ground targets.