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<h2>Overview</h2><p>Syvalion is a Taito shoot 'em up that bucks trends by removing the forced scrolling and allowing the player to move in any direction at any pace they wish. The protagonist is a golden metallic dragon with several trailing segments that can breathe fire in eight directions to destroy enemies - the trailing segments make it vulnerable, so the player needs to keep moving to stay out of harm.</p><p>The game was originally released in Arcades in 1988. It was later ported to the Sharp X68000 in 1990 and the SNES in Japan and Europe in 1992/93 - an American SNES version was planned but cancelled. In 2006, Syvalion was eventually re-released for the PlayStation 2 as a part of <a href="/taito-legends-2/3030-7781/" data-ref-id="3030-7781">Taito Legends 2</a>, which made it available to US audiences for the first time.</p><p><a href="//www.giantbomb.com/darius-burst/3030-27949/" data-ref-id="3030-27949">Darius Burst</a>, from Taito's acclaimed Darius series, features a boss will multiple forms. One of the forms greatly resembles the metal dragon of this game.</p>