Silpheed is a Sega CD game where players control a spaceship in a pseudo-3D, vertically scrolling field, encountering scaling difficulty levels. It involves shooting obstacles, accumulating points to unlock advanced weaponry, and collecting power-ups scattered across levels. Notably, Silpheed is amongst the pioneering games that capitalized on music integration for a unique appeal.
In Silpheed, the player pilots a spaceship through levels of increasing difficulty, in a pseudo-3D vertically scrolling field, shooting everything in his path. New weapons will become available as he gathers points, and power-ups are sprinkled throughout the levels.
The game is one of the first-ever that used music as a selling point.