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{{Short description|1991 video game}}
{{Infobox VG
{{Infobox video game
| title = Gynoug
| image = [[Image:Gynoug.jpg|254px]]
| title = Gynoug
| collapsible = yes
| caption = Gynoug - European box art
| state = expanded
| developer = [[Masaya (company)|Masaya]]
| image = Gynoug.jpg
| released = {{vgrelease|JP=January 25, 1991|NA=1991|EU=1991}}
| alt = Gynoug
| genre = [[Shoot 'em up#Scrolling shooters|Scrolling shooter]]
| caption = European Mega Drive box art
| publisher = {{vgrelease|JP=[[Nippon Computer Systems Corporation|NCS Corporation]]|NA=[[DreamWorks (publisher)|DreamWorks]]|EU=[[Sega]]}}
| developer = NCS Corporation
| platforms = [[Sega Mega Drive]], [[Virtual Console]]
| publisher = {{Video game release|JP|[[Masaya (company)|Masaya]]|NA|DreamWorks|EU|[[Sega]]}}
| modes = [[Single-player video game|Single-player]]
| composer = [[Noriyuki Iwadare]]
| media = [[ROM cartridge|Sega Mega Drive cartridge]]
| platforms = {{ubl|[[Sega Genesis]]|[[Virtual Console|Wii Virtual Console]]|[[Nintendo Switch]]|[[PlayStation 4]]|[[Xbox One]]}}
| released = '''Sega Genesis'''{{Video game release|JP|January 25, 1991|NA|1991|EU|1991}}'''Wii Virtual Console'''{{Video game release|JP|May 20, 2008}}'''Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One'''{{Video game release|WW|November 12, 2021}}
| genre = [[Shoot 'em up#Scrolling shooters|Scrolling shooter]]
| modes = [[Single-player video game|Single-player]]
}}
}}
{{nihongo|'''''Gynoug'''''|ジノーグ|Jinōgu}}, released as '''''Wings of Wor''''' in North America, is a [[shoot 'em up]] [[video game]] for the [[Sega Mega Drive]], developed by [[Masaya (company)|Masaya]] and published by [[Nippon Computer Systems Corporation|NCS Corporation]] in 1991. The game sprites were designed by the sprite designer of legendary shooting title ''[[Cho Aniki]]'', a game best known for its [[homoerotic]] overtones, wacky humor and vivid, surreal imagery.
{{nihongo|'''''Gynoug'''''|ジノーグ|Jinōgu}}, known in North America as '''''Wings of Wor''''', is a 1991 [[Shoot 'em up#Scrolling shooters|scrolling shooter]] [[video game]] developed by NCS Corporation and published by [[Masaya (company)|Masaya]] for the [[Sega Genesis]]. The game was released in North America and Europe in 1991 and in Japan on January 25, 1991, and re-released on the [[Virtual Console|Wii Virtual Console]] exclusively in Japan on May 20, 2008, and was re-released for the [[Nintendo Switch]], [[PlayStation 4]] and [[Xbox One]] on November 12, 2021.<ref>{{cite web |title=Classic shoot 'em up Gynoug coming to PS5, Xbox Series, PS4, Xbox One, and Switch on November 12 |url=https://www.gematsu.com/2021/11/classic-shoot-em-up-gynoug-coming-to-ps5-xbox-series-ps4-xbox-one-and-switch-on-november-12 |website=Gematsu |date=3 November 2021 |access-date=November 3, 2021}}</ref>


==Plot==
== Plot ==
The heavens are being attacked by the demons of Iccus, led by a being known only as the Destroyer. The angel Wor must bring the fight to Iccus itself and put an end to the Destroyer's dark plans.
The land of Iccus is being invaded by legions of demons and monsters, led by a being known only as the Destroyer. The heavens send the angel Wor to defend Iccus and put an end to the Destroyer's dark plans.


==Levels==
== Development ==
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Boss names are from the instruction manual.


===Round 1===
== Reception ==
{{Video game reviews
The game begins in some caves with deep, dark passageways and a river in the background.
| rev1 = ''[[MegaTech]]''
| rev1Score = 92%<ref>MegaTech rating, [[EMAP]], issue 6, page 78, June 1992</ref>
'''Mid-round boss''': Dragoon, a grey, seemingly fossilised tortoise with an elongated neck ending in a toothy skeletal head. It shoots orange spores out of its neck.
| rev2 = ''[[Mega (magazine)|Mega]]''
| rev2Score = 52%<ref>Mega rating, issue 9, page 23, [[Future Publishing]], June 1993</ref>
| rev3 = ''[[Mean Machines]]''
| rev3Score = 88%<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.outofprintarchive.com/articles/reviews/MegaDrive/Gynoug-MeanMachines6-3.html|title=Out-of-Print Archive • Mega Drive/Genesis reviews • Gynoug}}</ref>
| award1Pub = ''MegaTech''
| award1 = Hyper Game
}}


''[[Mean Machines]]'' magazine reviewed the title, giving it 88%.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.meanmachinesmag.co.uk/review/100/gynoug.php|author=Julian Rignall, Matt Regan|title=Mean Machines review – Gynoug|publisher=[[Mean Machines]]|year=1991|accessdate=2008-03-22}}</ref>
'''End-of-round boss''': Locomotive Breath, a locomotive engine with a man's face which spits out missiles.


''MegaTech 5'' magazine praised the power-ups and the graphics used for the bosses.
===Round 2===
An overground level, with Wor flying through the open air over water and birds (among other enemies) dropping missiles. Eventually the round moves underwater to an encounter with a mini-Oglithan (see below) before meeting the real thing.


== References ==
'''Mid-round boss''': Oglithan, a conical shell which floats around turning itself inside-out, revealing a fleshy inside and emitting a spray of spores, as well as larger missiles.
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'''End-of-round boss''': Masseboth, a wooden ship with a bearded man's face as a [[figurehead]], spitting spores. After a while, the ship sinks before rising up to reveal a much larger face underneath the ship, wearing the ship on its head. Spores are emitted from the [[rudder]] as well as from the face's mouth. "Masseboth" is also Hebrew (מצּבה, ''matz-tsay-baw'') for "standing stones" or "column" but this seems to have little to do with this boss itself.

===Round 3===
A quasi-[[gothic architecture|gothic]] city, with spitting gargoyles and other enemies.

'''Mid-round boss''': Peeble, a segmented serpentine creature which zooms away from and into the screen to collide with Wor.

'''End-of-round boss''': Gark, a huge engine with a face like Locomotive Breath, which emits a serpentine whip of spores from its eyes. Its lower "jaw", a plough, drops away at times to reveal its "tongue", a fiery sword emitting fireballs.

===Round 4===
A entirely mechanised level, with engines and pipes in the background.

'''Mid-round boss''': Monotrog, a set of floating heads around a machine with a propeller and missiles.

'''End-of-round boss''': Orrpus, a disembodied human upper body, half-mechanised and half-flesh, with machinery on its shoulder/back. It shoots out red discs (like red blood cells) from its mouth and lower side.

===Round 5===
A bizarre world with floating aberrations, reminiscent of inside the human body (especially the eye).

'''Mid-round boss''': Slog, a cross-legged grey humanoid orbitted by fast-moving spheres, spitting blue spores. In English, to slog is to hit or strike, possibly referring to the creature's missiles, or else simply an attempt to create a primitive, bestial name (cf. "ug").

'''End-of-round boss''': Perfidy, a bizarre grey individual with an inactive lower body resembling a whole octopus stretched across the bottom of the screen, joined to the upper body, an armless grey torso and head, by a flexible muscle joint. The upper body moves wildly, emitting red missiles. In English, perfidy is treachery or a betrayal.

===Round 6===
Another sky-like level, with clouds above and below and rays of light in the background.

'''Mid-round boss(es)''': All of the previous mid-bosses one after another: Dragoon, Oglithan, Peeble, Monotrog and Slog.

'''End-of-round boss(es)''': Orrpus (Round 4) appears first. Afterwards, the final boss appears: a previously unencountered turquoise humanoid with an exposed rib cage and a jellyfish-like creature on its back, all while curled up in a foetal position but ending in a large clawed hand instead of legs. It shoots white spores from its midsection, which float around slowly and do not disappear until the boss's defeat. The instruction manual gives the last boss no name, simply exhorting the player to "PREPARE FOR THE WORST!".

==Reception==
{{VG Reviews
|rev1 = ''[[MegaTech]]''
|rev1Score = 92%<ref>MegaTech rating, [[EMAP]], issue 6, page 78, June 1992</ref>
|rev2 = ''[[Mega (magazine)|Mega]]''
|rev2Score = 52%<ref>Mega rating, issue 9, page 23, [[Future Publishing]], June 1993</ref>
|rev3 = ''[[Mean Machines]]''
|rev3Score = 88%<ref>http://www.outofprintarchive.com/articles/reviews/MegaDrive/Gynoug-MeanMachines6-3.html</ref>
|award1Pub = ''MegaTech''
|award1 = Hyper Game
}}
''[[Mean Machines]]'' magazine reviewed the title, giving it 88%.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.meanmachinesmag.co.uk/review/100/gynoug.php|author=Julian Rignall, Matt Regan|title=Mean Machines review - Gynoug|publisher=[[Mean Machines]]|year=1991|accessdate=2008-03-22}}</ref>


== External links ==
''[[MegaTech 5]]'' magazine praised the power-ups and the graphics used for the bosses.
* {{MobyGames|id=/wings-of-wor|name=''Gynoug''}}


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==Notes==
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{{Masaya Games}}
==External links==
*[http://gamespot.com/genesis/action/gynoug/index.html ''Gynoug / Wings of Wor''] at [[GameSpot]]
*{{MobyGames|id=/wings-of-wor|name=''Gynoug / Wings of Wor''}}


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Latest revision as of 20:57, 24 September 2024

Gynoug
Gynoug
European Mega Drive box art
Developer(s)NCS Corporation
Publisher(s)
Composer(s)Noriyuki Iwadare
Platform(s)
ReleaseSega Genesis
  • JP: January 25, 1991
  • NA: 1991
  • EU: 1991
Wii Virtual Console
  • JP: May 20, 2008
Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
  • WW: November 12, 2021
Genre(s)Scrolling shooter
Mode(s)Single-player

Gynoug (ジノーグ, Jinōgu), known in North America as Wings of Wor, is a 1991 scrolling shooter video game developed by NCS Corporation and published by Masaya for the Sega Genesis. The game was released in North America and Europe in 1991 and in Japan on January 25, 1991, and re-released on the Wii Virtual Console exclusively in Japan on May 20, 2008, and was re-released for the Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One on November 12, 2021.[1]

Plot

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The land of Iccus is being invaded by legions of demons and monsters, led by a being known only as the Destroyer. The heavens send the angel Wor to defend Iccus and put an end to the Destroyer's dark plans.

Development

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Reception

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Mean Machines magazine reviewed the title, giving it 88%.[5]

MegaTech 5 magazine praised the power-ups and the graphics used for the bosses.

References

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  1. ^ "Classic shoot 'em up Gynoug coming to PS5, Xbox Series, PS4, Xbox One, and Switch on November 12". Gematsu. 3 November 2021. Retrieved November 3, 2021.
  2. ^ MegaTech rating, EMAP, issue 6, page 78, June 1992
  3. ^ Mega rating, issue 9, page 23, Future Publishing, June 1993
  4. ^ "Out-of-Print Archive • Mega Drive/Genesis reviews • Gynoug".
  5. ^ Julian Rignall, Matt Regan (1991). "Mean Machines review – Gynoug". Mean Machines. Retrieved 2008-03-22.
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