Iron Helix is an adventure developed by Drew Pictures, released 31 December 1993 on Sega CD, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Iron Helix is
Iron Helix is an adventure game developed by Drew Pictures and released in 1993. It was published by Hatnet. It is available on Sega CD, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
The premise, in the publisher's words
Set far in the future, the human race is in the middle of a cold war with an alien race called the Thanatosians. During a target practice by an Earth fleet that will destroy an uninhabited planet, the heavy destroyer Jeremiah O'Brien is infected with an unknown virus that mutates the crew. No longer recognized due to the changes in their DNA, the O'Brien's security robot, simply known as "the Ship's Defender", assumes they are invaders and kills them. An apparent technical malfunction has caused the O'Brien's computer to believe that it was in a real life war situation, and select the planet Calliope as a target for destruction. Like all of the human fleet's Cerberus-class destroyers, the…
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action, horror, science fiction and survival. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it launched against
Iron Helix launched on 31 December 1993, within three weeks of Doom, Mega Man X, Theme Park and Windjammers.
Released around the same time: Doom, Mega Man X, Theme Park, Windjammers.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
Screenshots
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