Sandwarriors

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Sandwarriors
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Developer(s) Astros Productions
Gremlin Interactive [1]
Publisher(s) Interplay Entertainment
Platform(s) DOS [2]
Release
  • EU: May 1997
[3]
Genre(s) Action [4]

Sandwarriors is a 1997 video game developed by Astros Productions and published by Interplay Entertainment. The game is a combat/flight sim. [5]

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Gameplay

Sandwarriors is a sci-fi game set in 6225 BC on a distant desert planet, where two warring factions battle for control of a mysterious timegate leading to Earth. Players take on the role of a soldier for the House of Osiris, piloting a spaceship and using various weapons to ensure their faction wins the war. The game features 3D cockpit-based combat with visuals, detailed environments, and special effects. Sandwarriors includes preset flight maneuvers. [6]

Development

The game was developed by Astros Productions, a company founded in 1982. [7] It uses an advanced 3D engine called 3D ALITY. [7]

Reception

PC Zone gave the game a score of 7.4 out of 10 stating "It's not a bad game by any means; it simply just doesn't distinguish itself from the pack. As Ron Pickering used to say to the losing team on the programme We Are The Champions, that's just 'hard lines". [6]

Games Domain said "SandWarriors would have been a good action game. As it is, there are too many flaws to make it worth buying". [13]

References

  1. ↑ "Interplay Previews "SandWarriors" and "Redneck Rampage". January 8, 1997. Archived from the original on January 25, 1997. Retrieved January 13, 2025.
  2. ↑ McKenzie, Grant (November 23, 1997). "The Future is ugly, but so are the enemies". Calgary Herald . p. 33. Archived from the original on June 15, 2022. Retrieved June 16, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ "Sandwarriors". Gremlin Interactive . Archived from the original on January 19, 1997. Retrieved February 15, 2024.
  4. ↑ "Sandwarriors Preview". PC Player (in German). June 1997. p. 16. Retrieved June 16, 2022.
  5. ↑ Lobay, Lawrence (December 15, 1997). "Software gift ideas for the holidays". Winnipeg Sun . p. 18. Archived from the original on June 15, 2022. Retrieved June 16, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
  6. 1 2 3 Brooker, Charlie (June 1997). "Sandwarriors Review". PC Zone . p. 89,90. Retrieved June 16, 2022.
  7. 1 2 "Astros Productions Limited". Astros Productions. Archived from the original on January 17, 1998. Retrieved April 30, 2023.
  8. ↑ "Sandwarriors". Edge . May 1997. p. 76. Retrieved June 16, 2022.
  9. ↑ "Sandwarriors". electric-games.com. 1997. Archived from the original on May 16, 2005. Retrieved January 13, 2025.
  10. ↑ "Sandwarriors". PC Joker (in German). June 1997. p. 57. Retrieved June 16, 2022.
  11. ↑ Brooker, Charlie (August 13, 2001). "Sandwarriors Review". PC Zone . Archived from the original on January 26, 2009. Retrieved June 16, 2022.
  12. ↑ "Sandwarriors". Power Play Magazine (in German). July 1997. p. 136,137. Retrieved June 16, 2022.
  13. ↑ "SandWarriors Main Review". Games Domain . Archived from the original on December 10, 2000. Retrieved January 13, 2025.
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