MetalTyrian
Tyrian 2000, one of my all-time favorite games, made to run natively on Apple Silicon Macs.
I wanted a nice Mac version that plays like a casual shooter, full screen with Metal graphics and easy controls. The visuals are lightly updated, with re-rendered backgrounds and HUD frame, crisper text, and new light and glow effects, while staying true to the original pixel art. I tuned this build for fun and beauty, although you can set it back to more traditional Tyrian play if you like.
It's built on OpenTyrian, and I'm thankful to the OpenTyrian team for keeping this game alive and playable for so many years. It's free, and the source is on GitHub.
Good to know
- For Macs with Apple Silicon, on macOS 13 Ventura or later.
- Unzip it and drag MetalTyrian to your Applications folder.
- Free. The Tyrian 2000 game data is freeware and comes inside the app.
Controls
- Arrows to steer and Space to fire, or W A S D for the left hand. A mouse, trackpad or gamepad works too.
- Z for sidekicks, X for the rear gun mode, C for a superbomb.
- 1, 2 and 3 switch autofire for the main guns, sidekicks and specials.
- P pauses and shows the controls.