Steel Talons
| Steel Talons | |
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 Arcade flyer | |
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| Composer(s) | Brad Fuller |
| Platform(s) | Arcade, Lynx, Atari ST, Genesis, SNES |
| Release | 1991: Arcade 1992: Lynx |
| Genre(s) | Combat flight simulator |
| Mode(s) | Single-player 2-player multiplayer |
| Arcade system | Atari Hard Drivin[1] |
Steel Talons is a 3D arcade game released by Atari Games in 1991. The player takes on the role of a pilot for an "AT1196 Steel Talons combat helicopter". Steel Talons was ported to the Sega Genesis, Atari Lynx, Atari ST, and the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. A Jaguar port was announced, but never released.[3][4][5][6]
Gameplay
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The helicopter is equipped with a machine gun, rockets, and a limited number of air-to-surface guided missiles. The game came as a two-player cockpit cabinet and featured both cooperative and competitive game play modes. In the single-player mode, there are 19 computer simulated missions. In the two player mode, two players may work together in the simulation world, or they may choose to go at combat with each other where the mission objective is to destroy the other player.
The arcade version has a joystick, and analog collective lever on the left side that controls the altitude of the helicopter, an analog with two buttons, and rudder pedals. The back of the seat had a speaker which would thump when the player took enemy fire. The arcade version has a button called "real heli mode" which make flying much more difficult as the player could drift, but it also allowed much more freedom of movement and could be an advantage during multiplayer games.
Development
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Release
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Steel Talons was showcased at the 1991 Las Vegas Amusement Expo.[7][8]
Reception
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References
- ^ "Atari Hard Drivin' Hardware (Atari)". system16.com. Archived from the original on 2017-09-11. Retrieved 2018-09-25.
- ^ a b "Steel Talons". arcade-history.com. Archived from the original on 2018-09-25. Retrieved 2018-09-25.
- ^ "News - La Jaguar ronronne - On attend sur Jaguar". Génération 4 (in French). No. 64. Computec Media France. March 1994. p. 42. Archived from the original on 2018-09-25. Retrieved 2018-09-25.
- ^ "Jaguar's Domain". GameFan. Vol. 2, no. 6. Shinno Media. May 1994. pp. 90–92.
- ^ "Warpzone - Demnächst für Eure Konsolen". Video Games (in German). No. 30. Future-Verlag. May 1994. p. 79. Archived from the original on 2018-08-04. Retrieved 2018-09-25.
- ^ "Warpzone - Jaguar - Angekündigte Jaguar-Spiele". Video Games (in German). No. 32. Future-Verlag. July 1994. p. 32. Archived from the original on 2018-08-04. Retrieved 2018-09-25.
- ^ Cook, John (November 1991). "Arcades: Atari Games". The One. No. 38. emap Images. p. 94–95.
- ^ "Coin Ops - Best Use Of 3-D Technology". Sinclair User. November 1991. p. 62–63.
External links
- Steel Talons at GameFAQs
- Steel Talons at Giant Bomb
- Steel Talons at Killer List of Videogames
- Steel Talons at MobyGames
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