Gunbird

Gunbird
DeveloperPsikyo
PublishersArcade
Psikyo
Jaleco (USA)
Saturn
Atlus
PlayStation
XS Games
Yahoo Mobile
Cave
Windows (Steam)
Console Classics (expired), City Connection
PS4, Xbox One, Switch
City Connection
DirectorNaozumi Yorichika
ProducersJunichi Niwa
Shinsuke Nakamura
DesignersEmi Taniguchi
Wataru Yamazaki
Hyoue Ogawa
Hideyuki Oda
Yoko Tsukagoshi
Ikuya Yoshida
Norikazu Takemori
Hidenori Kamioka
ProgrammersToshinori Sugita
Seiki "SSS" Sato
Shiori Saito
Keisuke Takagi
ArtistHirofumi Nakamura
WriterHiroshi Yamada
ComposerMasaki Izutani
SeriesGunbird
PlatformsArcade, PlayStation, Saturn, Yahoo Mobile, PlayStation Network, Nintendo Switch, Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
ReleaseArcade
Saturn
  • JP: December 15, 1995
PlayStation
  • JP: December 15, 1995
  • EU: 2002
  • NA: March 19, 2003
Yahoo Mobile
2002
PlayStation Network
  • NA: June 25, 2009
Steam
  • NA: July 17, 2015
(Mobile Light Force)
  • WW: May 11, 2020
(Gunbird)
Switch
  • NA: December 7, 2017
PS4, Xbox One
  • WW: July 27, 2022
GenreScrolling shooter
ModesSingle-player, multiplayer
Arcade systemPsikyo 1st Generation

Gunbird (ガンバード) is a vertically scrolling shooter developed by Psikyo and released as an arcade video game in 1994. In the US, it was published by Jaleco. It has been re-released multiple times, including on the Sega Saturn, PlayStation, Steam, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. When originally localized outside Japan by XS Games, Gunbird was retitled Mobile Light Force. The game was followed by Gunbird 2 in 1998 and was included in Gunbird Special Edition for PlayStation 2.