Aironauts
Aironauts is a flying aerobatic stunt action game for up to two players, set in a dystopian future society where prisoners are pitted against one another in arena battles to the death. Players choose from 8…
Aironauts is a video game, released 19 September 1999 on PlayStation.
What Aironauts is
Aironauts was released in 1999. It is available on PlayStation only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Aironauts is a flying aerobatic stunt action game for up to two players, set in a dystopian future society where prisoners are pitted against one another in arena battles to the death. Players choose from 8 characters, each with distinct weapons and looks, and take to the skies in a battle to the death for the viewing public on "SKP-TV". Every level, called battle area, consists of a series of challenges, e.g. destroying certain items or a checkpoint race, ended with a one-to-one boss fight. After every area the player can trade collected and earned angel wings for power-ups which improve his abilities, e.g. speed or armor. The game features Deathmatch, Stunt and Battle Modes.
How it plays
Its themes are action.
What it launched against
Aironauts launched on 19 September 1999, within three weeks of Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings, Homeworld, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater and Freespace 2.
Released around the same time: Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings, Homeworld, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater, Freespace 2.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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