Trigon
Title screen
| Developer: | Konami |
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| Music: | Kenichi Matsubara K. Yamane |
| Program: | Hideyuki Tsujimoto H. Okazaki Tadasu Kitae |
| Art: | Kuniaki Kakuwa Y. Noguchi Masami Inafuku Masahiro Yoshihashi Hiroshi Matsuda |
| Release date: | Arcade: May 23, 1990 PS4/Switch: August 20, 2020 |
| Previous game: | Space Manbow |
| Next game: | Parodius Da! |
Trigon (Japanese: トライゴン "Toraigon") is a vertically-scrolling shmup developed and published by Konami in 1990. It is one of the few Konami shooters to utilize a standard bomb system.
The game was localized overseas as Lightning Fighters.
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Contents
Gameplay Overview
Controls
Trigon is a 2-button game with 9 stages. Finishing all of them will start the second loop.
- A button: Fires the standard shot/vulcan missiles.
- B button: Uses a Bomb.
Items
Twin, Hunting, and Blast Trigon only appear in 2P mode. Bombs can be stacked up to 6 at a time.
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Vulcan Missiles Powerful single stream of missiles with built-in autofire. Upgrades increase the firing rate and missile size. |
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Spread Shot Standard 2-way shot. Upgrades max out at a 16-way shot. |
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Dragon Laser Releases a fire dragon which travels across the screen for roughly 6 seconds. Deals large amounts of damage to most bosses. |
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Lightning Sword Launches a massive laser that grants protection from bullets/enemies. Lasts for 2 seconds. |
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Single Trigon An auxiliary drone that automatically fires toward the direction of any enemy. Can be moved in any direction when no enemies are onscreen. |
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Twin Trigon Variant of Single Trigon that fires in 2 directions. |
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Hunting Trigon Trigon type that uses a tracking laser. |
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Blast Trigon Trigon type that fires napalm shots. |
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Star Score item. Point value increases with subsequent collection: 1,000 > 2,000 > 3,000 > 4,000 > 5,730. Value resets upon death. |
Extra Lives
On default settings, there are two extra lives, one at 150,000 and the other at 500,000.
Loops
Trigon ends at the 2nd loop. Upon a completion of a loop, the player is stripped of all their power-ups and bombs.
Strategy
WIP
Regional Differences
Trigon is the Japan version with a Japan only disclaimer screen. Checkpoints upon death and the Trigon powerup exist in 1p mode.
Lightning Fighters can be three different versions: The US and Asia versions have no checkpoints and no Trigon weapon in 1p mode. Players will spawn with one Lightning Sword (Particle Beam) each life unlike versions with checkpoints which respawn with no bombs in stock. The World version of the game is also called Lightning Fighters but DOES have the Trigon weapon and checkpoints in 1p mode.
The only way to determine which version of Lightning Fighters is being looked at depends on the attract screens:
- US version will have the "winners don't do drugs" disclaimer.
- Asia has a "for use in Asia except Japan" disclaimer that looks like Japan version's disclaimer.
- World has no drugs or region disclaimers whatsoever.
2p mode is identical across all versions with two players. More specifically, LF US and Asia are always in 2p mode even with just 1 ship.
