Sylph is a tribute to Takeshi Miyaji of Game Arts and G-Mode and a love letter to the original 1986 title Silpheed for the PC-8801. Musical inspiration is taken from the MS-DOS port’s Roland MT-32 score as composed by Mecano Associates and arranged by Mark Seibert, and is being composed and arranged by Mordi. If you’re not familiar with Silpheed, it is a science fiction shoot’em up that treated the genre with a level of respect, sophistication and technical supremacy unseen at the time. Sylph progresses across 20 areas from Earth to Pluto before the final confrontation with the battleship Gloire and terrorist leader Xacalite at the helm. Earn additional weaponry as you blast your way through this hard-nosed, old-school shooter.
The screenshots and gameplay video show partial crew compliment release after ship destruction. Intermittent hull breach releases will be implemented next.