Sandwarriors
This is an arcade sci/fi flight game similar in style to "Inca" series, but with an ancient Egyptian setting (like Stargate). The story goes as such, in the year 6225 B.C. on the far flung, sand covered planet…
Sandwarriors is a shooter developed by Astros Productions, released 30 September 1997 on DOS and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Sandwarriors is
Sandwarriors is a shooter game developed by Astros Productions and released in 1997. It was published by Interplay Entertainment. It is available on DOS and PC (Microsoft Windows).
The premise, in the publisher's words
This is an arcade sci/fi flight game similar in style to "Inca" series, but with an ancient Egyptian setting (like Stargate). The story goes as such, in the year 6225 B.C. on the far flung, sand covered planet of Tawy, a high-tech civil war is taking place. Over many generations two opposing Houses have formed, House Horus and the evil House Set, both completely determined to annihilate the other. As an elite warrior of the Horus empire, you are commanded by God Horus to pilot the Sandships of the gods to destroy your evil enemies or die trying!
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it launched against
Sandwarriors launched on 30 September 1997, within three weeks of Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee, Grand Theft Auto, Resident Evil: Director's Cut and Ultima Online.
Released around the same time: Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee, Grand Theft Auto, Resident Evil: Director's Cut, Ultima Online.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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