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Phelios (フェリオス) is a Sega Mega Drive shoot-'em-up developed by Namco. First published in Japan by Namco in July 1990, it was brought to the United States by the same publisher later that October, and eventually published in Europe in December 1991. The game is a port of the developer's titular 1988 arcade shoot-'em-up Phelios.
Contents
Story
Typhon kidnapped Artemis while she was riding Pegasus, imprisoned her, and had Medusa turn her to stone. You play as Apollo, who mounts Pegasus and comes to Artemis's rescue.
Gameplay
, , and all act identically. Pressing the button fires a regular shot; holding it down charges your shot. Powerups are collected just like in any other shmup (grabbing them as they come out of enemies).
Versions
- The arcade version uses plenty of zoom and rotation effects, which could mostly not be replicated in the Sega Mega Drive version due to hardware limitations.
- Stage layouts, enemy and boss behaviour are significantly different between the arcade version and the Sega Mega Drive version. Namco's other shooting game, Dangerous Seed, was also subdued to such a remixing process.
- For unknown reasons, the Mega Drive port shows only English text in all versions. However, the Japanese have Japanese voice acting while the others have the English one.
Magazine articles
- Main article: Phelios/Magazine articles.
Promotional material
Physical scans
Mega Drive version
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Technical information
ROM dump status
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External links
- Sega of Japan Virtual Console pages: Mega Drive
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 https://sega.jp/history/hard/megadrive/software_l.html (Wayback Machine: 2020-07-02 23:21)
- ↑ ', "" (; ), page 75
- ↑ ', "" (; ), page 11
- ↑ ', "" (; ), page 11
- ↑ ', "" (; ), page 11
- ↑ ', "" (; ), page 36
- ↑ https://www.nintendo.co.jp/wii/vc/software/07.html (Wayback Machine: 2018-03-05 23:01)
- ↑ http://vc.sega.jp:80/vc_phelios/ (Wayback Machine: 2008-04-21 16:54)
- ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 175
- ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 23
- ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 77
- ↑ Complete Guide to Consoles, "Volume IV" (UK; 1990-11-xx), page 34
- ↑ The Complete Guide to Sega, "" (UK; 1991-05-xx), page 48
- ↑ The Complete Guide to Sega, "" (UK; 1991-05-xx), page 94
- ↑ Console XS, "June/July 1992" (UK; 1992-04-23), page 132
- ↑ Console XS, "June/July 1992" (UK; 1992-04-23), page 75
- ↑ Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1, "" (RU; 1999-xx-xx), page 346
- ↑ Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1, "" (RU; 1999-xx-xx), page 1
- ↑ Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1, "" (RU; 1999-xx-xx), page 98
- ↑ Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1, "" (RU; 1999-xx-xx), page 13
- ↑ Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1, "" (RU; 1999-xx-xx), page 112
- ↑ Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1, "" (RU; 1999-xx-xx), page 140
- ↑ Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1, "" (RU; 1999-xx-xx), page 89
- ↑ Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1, "" (RU; 1999-xx-xx), page 81
- ↑ Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "January 1993" (UK; 199x-xx-xx), page 93
- ↑ Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "January 1993" (UK; 199x-xx-xx), page 79
- ↑ Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "January 1993" (UK; 199x-xx-xx), page 81
- ↑ MegaTech, "Xmas 1991" (UK; 1991-12-06), page 79
- ↑ 29.0 29.1 MegaTech, "Xmas 1991" (UK; 1991-12-06), page 38
- ↑ Mean Machines Sega, "October 1992" (UK; 1992-09-xx), page 140
- ↑ Mean Machines Sega, "October 1992" (UK; 1992-09-xx), page 50
- ↑ Mean Machines Sega, "October 1992" (UK; 1992-09-xx), page 88
- ↑ Mean Machines Sega, "October 1992" (UK; 1992-09-xx), page 132
- ↑ Mean Machines Sega, "October 1992" (UK; 1992-09-xx), page 30
- ↑ Sega Power, "October 1991" (UK; 1991-09-05), page 54
- ↑ Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 66
- ↑ Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 68
- ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 87
- ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 14
- ↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 135
- ↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 66
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