Editing Hyper Dyne Side Arms (section)

{{Short description|1986 video game}}
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{{Infobox video game
| title = Hyper Dyne Side Arms
| image = HyperDyneSideArms arcadeflyer.png
| caption = European arcade flyer
| developer = [[Capcom]]
| publisher = '''Arcade''' {{vgrelease|JP/EU|Capcom<ref name="EU">{{cite web |title=Video Game Flyers: Hyperdyne Side Arms, Capcom (EU) |url=https://flyers.arcade-museum.com/?page=thumbs&db=videodb&id=1688 |website=The Arcade Flyer Archive |access-date=12 June 2021}}</ref>|NA|[[Romstar]]}} '''Ports''' {{vgrelease|EU|GO! Media Holdings}}
| designer = [[Yoshiki Okamoto]] (as Kihaji Okamoto)<br/>[[Noritaka Funamizu]] (as Poo)
| composer = Ayako Mori (Arcade)<br/>Takashi Tateishi (PC Engine)
| genre = [[Scrolling shooter]]
| modes = [[Single-player video game|Single-player]], [[multiplayer]]
| platforms = [[Arcade video game|Arcade]], [[TurboGrafx-16|PC Engine]], [[TurboGrafx-16#TurboGrafx-CD/CD-ROM²|PC Engine CD-ROM]], [[Amstrad CPC]], [[Atari ST]], [[Amiga]], [[Commodore 64]], [[DOS]], [[ZX Spectrum]]
| released = '''Arcade'''{{vgrelease|JP|November 6, 1986<ref>{{cite web |title=Side Arms (Registration Number PA0000313265) |url=https://cocatalog.loc.gov |website=[[United States Copyright Office]] |access-date=12 June 2021}}</ref>|NA|November 1986<ref>{{cite book |last1=Akagi |first1=Masumi |title=アーケードTVゲームリスト国内•海外編(1971–2005) |trans-title=Arcade TV Game List: Domestic • Overseas Edition (1971–2005) |date=October 13, 2006 |publisher=Amusement News Agency |language=ja |location=Japan |isbn=978-4990251215 |page=112 |url=https://archive.org/details/ArcadeGameList1971-2005/page/n113}}</ref>|EU|Late 1986<ref name="EU"/>}}'''PC Engine'''{{vgrelease|JP|July 14, 1989|NA|1989}}'''PC Engine CD-ROM'''{{vgrelease|JP|December 15, 1989}}
}}

{{Nihongo foot|'''''Hyper Dyne Side Arms'''''|サイドアーム|Saido Āmu|group=lower-alpha|lead=yes}} is a 1986 [[side-scrolling shooter]] [[video game]] developed and published by [[Capcom]] for [[arcade video game|arcades]]. The player takes control of a flying [[mecha|mecha fighter]] who must battle an alien army. ''Side Arms'' uses a two-directional attacking system similar to Capcom's previous shoot-'em-up ''[[Section Z]]''.