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Steel Talons

Steel Talons brought realism-oriented helicopter combat to the arcades, and later to home systems. The action is viewed from behind your helicopter, with the 3D polygon world rotating around you, taking in…

31 December 1991

Steel Talons is a simulator developed by Atari Games, released 31 December 1991 on Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, Super Nintendo Entertainment System and Arcade.

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What Steel Talons is

Steel Talons is a simulator game developed by Atari Games and released in 1991. It is available on Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, Super Nintendo Entertainment System and Arcade.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Steel Talons brought realism-oriented helicopter combat to the arcades, and later to home systems. The action is viewed from behind your helicopter, with the 3D polygon world rotating around you, taking in mountains, rivers and deserts. There are 12 missions in total, each of which requires you to destroy targets in a set time limit. There are also training and head-to-head (against a CPU-controlled drone) modes. You have a limited number of automatically-targeting missiles as well as a cannon. A tracking map tells you where you are on the level, and where the enemies are.Contact with the ground, mountains or other vehicles will damage or destroy your helicopter.
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How it plays

Its themes are action.

What it launched against

Steel Talons launched on 31 December 1991, within three weeks of Micro Machines, Alien Breed, Baseball Stars 2 and Commander Keen in Keen Dreams.

Released around the same time: Micro Machines, Alien Breed, Baseball Stars 2, Commander Keen in Keen Dreams.

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When did Steel Talons come out?
Steel Talons was released on 31 December 1991 for Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, Super Nintendo Entertainment System and Arcade.

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