Gyrodine

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Gyrodine
Famicom cover art
Developer(s)	Crux
Publisher(s)	Taito
Platform(s)	Arcade, NES, MSX, PC-8801
Release	Arcade JP: 1984 NES JP: March 13, 1986[1]
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.