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Silpheed

TitleSilpheed
First release1986
DeveloperGame Arts
PublisherGame Arts
PlatformsDOS, Mega Drive / Genesis, Sega CD / Mega-CD
Genreshoot 'em up
Co-opNo
Releases
DOS: 1989-01-01
Wikidata IDQ909573

In Silpheed, the player pilots a spaceship through levels of increasing difficulty, in a pseudo-3D vertically scrolling field, shooting everything in his path. New weapons will become available as he gathers points, and power-ups are sprinkled throughout the levels. The game is one of the first-ever that used music as a selling point.

Description: TheGamesDB (community-contributed, no licence stated; internal use only) Facts from Wikidata (CC0), gaps filled from TheGamesDB. Only retro platforms tracked by this site are listed; the year is the earliest release date recorded on Wikidata.
Sources
Wikidata (Q909573) · last updated 2026-09-27 · CC0
TheGamesDB (25357) · last updated 2026-07-18 · no licence stated · internal use only
Image credits
Box art (2): Source: TheGamesDB (user-uploaded) · © Game Arts · internal use only. TheGamesDB page
Screenshots, Logos (4): Source: libretro-thumbnails (upstream libretro-thumbnails (art by developers/publishers; see repo README)) · © Game Arts · internal use only.
Sprites
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Videos
SILPHEED (MEGA-CD, FULL GAME)
Zeusdaz - The Unemulated Retro Game Channel · Sega CD / Mega-CD version · longplay · 47:02auto-matched
Watch on YouTube ↗ · auto:channel-harvest, checked 2026-10-25 18:42 UTC
Silpheed (Sega CD) Playthrough
NintendoComplete · Sega CD / Mega-CD version · longplay · 46:19auto-matched
Watch on YouTube ↗ · auto:channel-harvest, checked 2026-10-25 18:42 UTC
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