OpenTyrian DS v0.3

Itching for some oldschool shoot-em-up action on your Nintendo DS? Then homebrew developer Dopefish‘s OpenTyrian DS should be what you need. Now in its 0.3 version, this blast from the DOS gaming library should keep you occupied, with more improvements and updates to make the gaming happy flow. Check it out in the full article.

Download: OpenTyrian DS v0.3

Homebrew shoot-em-up action explodes on your Nintendo DS with the arrival of developer Dopefish‘s OpenTyrian DS, now on its 0.3 version! For those not in the know, OpenTyrian is a port of the vertical shoot-em-up (that’s shmup to you purists) original on DOS, and now it’s been made to play perfectly on your DS. Clever, right? From DOS to DS. There’s some sort of poetry going on there.

Recent Changes:

• Redesigned the bottom screen in single-player Arcade and Full Game modes.
• Improved stability and performance.
• Fixed a control mapping issue; you should now be able to properly map all buttons to controls.
• Improved music playback (thanks to moi, Renard). Some of the .WAV files have been modified for this; please download the complete package instead of just the .NDS file.

Changes for version 0.2:

• Fixed a bug that was corrupting save games, causing a crash when you tried to load the game.
• Removed the horizontal scaling in most places, to make the text easier to read. On some screens you may need to scroll slightly left or right; use the L and R buttons for this. If you prefer the old scaled mode, you can toggle this feature on the OpenTyrian menu.
• Added menu options to start Super Arcade mode or Destruct, from the OpenTyrian menu.

Customary warning goes here: whenever dealing with homebrew, be sure to read up first before doing anything. In this case, going through the readme file bundled in the archive prior to attempting installation is generally a good idea. Enjoy!

Download: OpenTyrian DS v0.3