Syvalion, the Video Game by Taito Corp. [Japan]

Type of the machine : Video Game
Syvalion © 1988 Taito.

Control the mechanical dragon Syvalion and find your way through an ever changing magical dungeon.

Taito H System hardware
Prom Sticker : B51

Main CPU : 68000 (@ 12 Mhz), Z80 (@ 4 Mhz)
Sound Chips : YM2610 (@ 8 Mhz)

Screen orientation : Horizontal
Video resolution : 512 x 400 pixels
Screen refresh : 60.00 Hz
Palette colors : 528

Players : 2
Control : trackball
Buttons : 1

Spin-off of the Darius Series!(at the middle of the Syvalion storyline, the Player helps the people of the planet 'Darius'.

The Player Charater, Syvalion, makes an appearance in "Darius Brust (2009, PSP)".

The producer of this game is Hisayoshi Ogura, a Famous Member of Taito's Sound Team Zuntata. He is known for the musical score at the "Darius" Series, "The Ninja Warriors", "Legend of Kage", "Zolid Infitiny". In 2007, he left Taito.

Pony Canyon / Scitron released a limited-edition soundtrack album for this game (Syvalion : G.S.M. Taito 3 - D28B0014) on 21/03/1989.
Zuntata Records released a limited-edition soundtrack album for this game (Zuntata History L'ab-normal 1st - ZTTL-0038) on 01/04/1999.

* When you start a new game, you can choose between Training and Expert mode. In the Expert Mode, the stages design are different.

Produced by : Hisayoshi Ogura (OGR)
Music composed by : Yasuhisa Watanabe (YAC)
Staff : Fukio Mitsuji (MTJ), (T.S), (M.F), (G.K), (TSM), (NGI)

Consoles :

Nintendo Super Famicom (1992)
Sony PlayStation 2 (2005, "Taito Memories Vol. 1")
Microsoft XBOX (2006, "Taito Legends 2")
Sony PlayStation 2 (2006, "Taito Legends 2")

Computers :

Sharp X68000 (1990)
PC [CD-ROM] (2006, "Taito Legends 2")

Game's rom.