Gemini Wing

Overview

Humans and aliens are living in harmony in the future, until a tabloid journalist stirs up hatred towards aliens. They respond by invading the planet, and it's down to the protagonist to clear up a situation scarily similar to reality in this arcade conversion. Gemini Wing is a vertically-scrolling shoot 'em up, which is distinguished by its unusual power-up system. Instead of gaining occasional tokens which lead to lasting weaponry improvements, occasional flurries of tokens are released to ensure a quick burst of improved fire. The organic backgrounds are detailed, and have many sections which fire at the player character.

Developed by

Tecmo

Published by

Virgin Mastertronic, System Sacom, Tecmo

Facts

Game modes

Single player, Multiplayer

Player perspectives

Bird view / Isometric

Themes

Action, Science fiction

Release dates

• Arcade: 1987
• Amiga: 1989
• Amstrad CPC: 1989
• Atari ST/STE: 1989
• Commodore C64/128/MAX: 1989
• MSX: 1989
• ZX Spectrum: 1989
• Sharp X68000: Oct 31, 1990