Altitude is an indie, released 1 May 2009 on Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It is free to play. The main story takes about 44.6 hrs to finish.
What Altitude is
Altitude was released in 2009. It was published by Nimbly Games. It is available on Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Java.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Players control one of five customizable aircraft and battle in teams across 2D landscapes. As a player gains experience in battle they unlock new planes and customizations called perks.
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action and comedy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player. There are 52 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
Altitude holds a critic score of 80 out of 100. That places it above 65% of the 5,098 rated indie games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2009 averaged 67, so it scored 13 points above the year average.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 44.6 hrs.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for 2.0 Ghz, 512 MB of RAM and 128 MB VRAM. At 1GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today.
What it launched against
Altitude launched on 1 May 2009, within three weeks of Minecraft, Plants vs. Zombies, Punch-Out!! and Shin Megami Tensei: Persona. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4.
Released around the same time: Minecraft, Plants vs. Zombies, Punch-Out!!, Shin Megami Tensei: Persona.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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