''Gunbird Special Edition'' (''Gunbird 1 & 2'' in Japan) is a compilation

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video game for the

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that includes the arcade versions of

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's '' Gunbird'' (1994) and '' Gunbird 2'' (1998). It was developed by Psyworks and published by

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in Japan in 2004 and by

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in Europe in 2005. New features include eight difficulty settings, an adjustable view option (letter boxed and vertical, full screen and horizontal), and the Practice Mode.

Reception

''Gunbird Special Edition'' received generally moderately positive reviews. ''

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'' awarded it seven stars of ten: "If you’re after a good-looking old-skool blaster, and have superhuman skills, then you'll want to show your mates exactly what you can do with this".

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gave it a score of 7.7/10: "Neither game is short of bullets or personality – you just have to be prepared to look past the dated visuals". Jeuxvideo.com, however, was much more critical of the game; they scored it only 9/20 and recommended buying ''

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'' instead.

References

External links

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Playstation.com entry
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