Guardic is a shooter developed by Compile, released 31 December 1986 on MSX.
What Guardic is
Guardic is a shooter game developed by Compile and released in 1986. It is available on MSX only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Guardic is a shoot 'em up video game for the MSX computer. It was created and developed by Satoshi "Pac" Fujishima while working for Compile, the creators of other shoot 'em up games such as Zanac, The Guardian Legend, and Blazing Lazers. Guardic is unique in that the player can choose stages, which are connected by a maze. Each stage is a non-scrollable single screen and has 1 to 3 groups of different enemies. The player can "buy" ship power-ups like speed, weaponry, and special powers before each stage—a departure from the traditional scrolling-shooter power-up system. In the end of each stage, the ship could safely fly through a scrollable maze to another stage.
How it plays
Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it launched against
Guardic launched on 31 December 1986, within three weeks of World Games, Gauntlet, The Sentinel and Rebelstar.
Released around the same time: World Games, Gauntlet, The Sentinel, Rebelstar.
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Quick answers
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When did Guardic come out?
Guardic was released on 31 December 1986 for MSX.
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