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Phelios (フェリオス) is a 1988 arcade shoot-'em-up by Namco ported to the Sega Mega Drive in 1990.
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 schmup (grabbing them as they come out of enemies).
Version differences
- 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 siginifiantly 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.
Physical Scans
Mega Drive Version
| Sega Retro Average
|
| Publication
|
Score
|
Source
|
| Complete Guide to Consoles (UK)
|
70
|
№3, p77
|
| Complete Guide to Consoles (UK)
|
77
|
№4, p34
|
| Consoles + (FR)
|
70
|
№10, p94/95
|
| Joypad (FR)
|
84
|
№6, p140/141
|
| Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming (UK)
|
81
|
№1, p81
|
| Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming (UK)
|
71
|
№5, p93
|
| MegaTech (UK)
|
77
|
№1, p79[1]
|
| MegaTech (UK)
|
70
|
№3, p38/39[2]
|
| Player One (FR)
|
84
|
№16, p50/51
|
| Sega Power (UK)
|
60
|
№23, p54
|
| Sega Power (UK)
|
51
|
№27, p30/31
|
| Sega Pro (UK)
|
56
|
№2, p66[3]
|
| Sega Pro (UK)
|
60
|
№18, p66
|
| Supersonic (FR)
|
86
|
№1, p14
|
|
| Mega Drive, US
|
 Cover
|
 Cart |
| Mega Drive, EU
|
 Cover
|
 Cart  Manual |
| Mega Drive, JP
|
 Cover
|
 Cart |
| Mega Drive, BR
|
 Cover
|
 Cart |
External Links
↑ File:Megatech UK 01.pdf, page 79
↑ File:Megatech UK 03.pdf, page 38
↑ File:Segapro UK 02.pdf, page 68
↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 175
↑ Ação Games, "Setembro 1991" (BR; 1991-09-xx), page 23
↑ Complete Guide to Consoles, "Volume III" (UK; 1990-08-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
↑ Consoles +, "Juin 1992" (FR; 1992-0x-xx), page 94
↑ Console XS, "June/July 1992" (UK; 1992-04-23), page 132
↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "October 1990" (US; 1990-xx-xx), page 75
↑ Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1, "" (RU; 1999-xx-xx), page 346
↑ Famitsu, "" (JP; 1990-xx-xx), page 1
↑ GamePro, "November 1990" (US; 1990-xx-xx), page 98
↑ Famicom Hisshoubon, "1990-14 (1990-07-20)" (JP; 1990-07-06), page 13
↑ Hobby Consolas, "Mayo 1992" (ES; 1992-0x-xx), page 112
↑ Joypad, "Mars 1992" (FR; 1992-02-1x), page 140
↑ Joystick, "Septembre 1990" (FR; 1990-0x-xx), page 89
↑ Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "September 1992" (UK; 1992-xx-xx), page 81
↑ Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "January 1993" (UK; 199x-xx-xx), page 93
↑ Mega Drive Fan, "October 1990" (JP; 1990-09-08), page 79
↑ Mega Force, "Novembre 1991" (FR; 1991-11-19), page 81
↑ MegaTech, "Xmas 1991" (UK; 1991-12-06), page 79
↑ MegaTech, "March 1992" (UK; 1992-02-20), page 38
↑ Micromanía (segunda época), "Abril 1992" (ES; 1992-0x-xx), page 38
↑ Mean Machines Sega, "October 1992" (UK; 1992-09-xx), page 140
↑ Player One, "Janvier 1992" (FR; 199x-xx-xx), page 50
↑ Play Time, "4/92" (DE; 1992-03-04), page 88
↑ Power Play, "10/90" (DE; 1990-09-14), page 132
↑ Sega Power, "February 1992" (UK; 1992-01-02), page 30
↑ Sega Power, "October 1991" (UK; 1991-09-05), page 54
↑ Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 66
↑ Sega Pro, "December 1991" (UK; 1991-11-21), page 68
↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 87
↑ Supersonic, "Mai/Juin 1992" (FR; 1992-xx-xx), page 14
↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 135
↑ User, "Fevrouários 1991" (GR; 1991-0x-xx), page 66
, 
, 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 schmup (grabbing them as they come out of enemies).
