Windjammers is an arcade developed by Data East, released 8 January 1994 on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita and Neo Geo AES.
What Windjammers is
Windjammers is an arcade game developed by Data East and released in 1994. It was published by DotEmu. It is available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Neo Geo AES, Neo Geo CD, Arcade and Neo Geo MVS.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Windjammers is a sports arcade game released by Data East for the Neo Geo arcade system in 1994. The game mechanics are essentially the same as Pong or air hockey, where players continuously shoot a flying disc at the goal zone of the opponent attempting to score. The game can be played against the computer or in a 2 player versus. Dotemu ported the game to PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita in August 2017, Nintendo Switch in October 2018, and iiRcade in February 2021. Dotemu would later develop and publish a sequel, Windjammers 2, which was released on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, PC and Google Stadia on January 20, 2022.
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.
How it was received
Windjammers holds a critic score of 79 out of 100. That places it above 66% of the 2,164 rated arcade games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 1994 averaged 72, so it scored 7 points above the year average.
What it launched against
Windjammers launched on 8 January 1994, within three weeks of Theme Park, NBA Jam and NBA Jam Tournament Edition. It reviewed better than 2 of the 3. It was a PlayStation 4 launch-window title.
Released around the same time: Theme Park, NBA Jam, NBA Jam Tournament Edition.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Windjammers yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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Quick answers
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