Iridion II (2003) — Release Date, Cheats, Price & Requirements

Iridion II

Be the new saviour as the Iridion force strikes back! A century has passed since the Iridion Empire was defeated. Humans have populated the old Iridion galaxy giving mankind freedom and peace. Suddenly, all…

82 12 May 2003

What Iridion II is

Iridion II is an arcade game developed by Shin'en and released in 2003. It was published by Majesco Entertainment. It is available on Game Boy Advance and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

Be the new saviour as the Iridion force strikes back! A century has passed since the Iridion Empire was defeated. Humans have populated the old Iridion galaxy giving mankind freedom and peace. Suddenly, all communications with the human outposts are lost. The Iridions are back! Planet Earth is too far away to offer help. The only chance? A lone powerful spaceship...Yours!

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

How it was received

Iridion II holds a critic score of 82 out of 100. That places it above 83% of the 2,164 rated arcade games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2003 averaged 69, so it scored 13 points above the year average.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for 1.5 Ghz, 1 GB RAM and 100% DirectX compatible graphics. At 1GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today.

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What it launched against

Iridion II launched on 12 May 2003, within three weeks of Silent Hill 3, Rise of Nations, Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow and Fire Emblem. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Silent Hill 3, Rise of Nations, Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow, Fire Emblem.

Iridion II — frequently asked questions

When did Iridion II come out?

Iridion II was released on 12 May 2003 for Game Boy Advance and PC (Microsoft Windows).

What are the minimum PC requirements for Iridion II?

At minimum, Iridion II needs 1.5 Ghz, 1 GB RAM, 100% DirectX compatible graphics graphics, 100 MB available space of storage.

How many GB is Iridion II?

The PC version needs about 0.1 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("100 MB available space"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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