Hyper Dyne Side Arms
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Hyper Dyne Side Arms
Title screen
Developer: | Capcom |
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Release date: | Arcade: November 6, 1986 PC Engine: July 14, 1989 PCE CD-ROM: December 15, 1989 |
Previous game: | Gun.Smoke |
Next game: | Ares no Tsubasa |
Hyper Dyne Side Arms (JP: サイドアーム "Side Arms") is a horizontal scrolling shoot em' up released in 1986 by Capcom.
The game has recieved ports on several European home computers, and had 2 ports on the PC Engine (HuCard and CD-ROM).
Contents
Gameplay Overview
Side Arms is a 3-button shooter with 10 stages. A + B shoot to the left and right respectively, the C button swaps between weapon types.
On default settings, 1 score extend is granted at 100,000 points. Extends can also appear as an item.
Items
On death, only the last weapon used is lost.
Icon | Description |
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Bit Adds a orb around the player's ship; can be equipped up to 4 times. | |
Shotgun Mid-range wide shot; maxes out at level 4. | |
Mega Bazooka Launcher High powered missile with piercing properties; maxes out at level 3. | |
3-Way Spread shot; maxes out at level 3. | |
Yashichi Forward firing rapid shot. | |
Sakichi Semi-auto shot that fires upward, forward, and downward. | |
Pow Increases the player's speed; can be equipped up to 3 times. | |
woP Decreases the player's speed. | |
Combination Combines the player's ship (α) with an ally ship (β). Gives the player a 8-way shot, goes down in 2 hits. | |
Mobichan Grants a 1-up; found in certain areas. |
Item Cycle | Yashichi / Sakichi |
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Strategy
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