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Warhawk

Warhawk is an action/simulation game built around a futuristic VTOL craft. The player maneuvers with 360 degrees of flight control through 6 unique levels. Take to the skies over desert and volcanic planets…

31 December 1986

Warhawk is an arcade developed by Proteus Developments, released 31 December 1986 on Amstrad CPC, Atari 8-bit, Atari ST/STE and Commodore C64/128/MAX.

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What Warhawk is

Warhawk is an arcade game developed by Proteus Developments and released in 1986. It was published by Firebird Software. It is available on Amstrad CPC, Atari 8-bit, Atari ST/STE and Commodore C64/128/MAX.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Warhawk is an action/simulation game built around a futuristic VTOL craft. The player maneuvers with 360 degrees of flight control through 6 unique levels. Take to the skies over desert and volcanic planets, through ancient castles and towers, and against massive airships in WarHawk. As a member of the Strikeforce Omicron, your goal is to wipe out the aggressive forces of Kreel. You will have complete 360 degree movement over large 3D worlds as you evade or attack in any direction: reverse, bank left or right, dive, barrel-roll, perform loops or even use the Immelmann turn to blast enemies out of the sky.
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Warhawk launched on 31 December 1986, within three weeks of World Games, Gauntlet, The Sentinel and Rebelstar.

Released around the same time: World Games, Gauntlet, The Sentinel, Rebelstar.

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When did Warhawk come out?
Warhawk was released on 31 December 1986 for Amstrad CPC, Atari 8-bit, Atari ST/STE and Commodore C64/128/MAX.

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