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Active Lancer

Join Lancer Squad, an elite unit of flight-capable troops, on their current mission to battle an extraterrestrial army set on taking control the universe's evil war machine. Active Lancer confronts you (and a…

20 October 2003

Active Lancer is an arcade developed by Freeverse Software, released 20 October 2003 on Mac.

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What Active Lancer is

Active Lancer is an arcade game developed by Freeverse Software and released in 2003. It is available on Mac only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Join Lancer Squad, an elite unit of flight-capable troops, on their current mission to battle an extraterrestrial army set on taking control the universe's evil war machine. Active Lancer confronts you (and a companion if necessary) against waves of alien spacecraft, tanks, boats, and gun turrets over 15 stages of increasing difficulty. It's straight-up arcade shooter action with vertical scrolling. It has fifteen levels of vertical scrolling shooting, five hope-shattering monsters, three upgradeable weapon kinds, each with their own sort of charge shot, three distinct pilots, each with their unique strengths, and two-player action over a network or on a single machine.
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative and Single player.

What it launched against

Active Lancer launched on 20 October 2003, within three weeks of Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne, Call of Duty, SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom and Mario Kart: Double Dash!!.

Released around the same time: Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne, Call of Duty, SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom, Mario Kart: Double Dash!!.

Official trailer

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Quick answers

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When did Active Lancer come out?
Active Lancer was released on 20 October 2003 for Mac.

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