Software:Sandwarriors

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Sandwarriors
Sandwarriors cover.jpg
Developer(s)Astros Productions
Publisher(s)Interplay Entertainment
Platform(s)DOS[1]
Release1997
Genre(s)Action[2]

Sandwarriors is a 1997 video game developed by Astros Productions and published by Interplay Entertainment. The game is a combat/flight sim.[3]

Development

The game was developed by Astros Productions a company founded in 1982.[4] It used an advanced 3D engine called 3D ALITY.[4]

Reception

Reception
Review scores
PublicationScore
PC Joker57%[5]
PC Zone7.4/10[6][7]
Edge7/10[8]
Power Play Magazine55%[9]

PC Zone gave the game a score of 7.4 out of 10 stating "It's not a bad game by any means; it simply just doesn't distinguish itself from the pack. As Ron Pickering used to say to the losing team on the programme We Are The Champions, that's just 'hard lines"[6]

References

  1. McKenzie, Grant (November 23, 1997). "The Future is ugly, but so are the enemies". p. 33. Archived from the original on June 15, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220615164544/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/103810375/calgary-herald/. Retrieved June 16, 2022. 
  2. "Sandwarriors Preview" (in de). June 1997. p. 16. https://archive.org/details/PC-Player-German-Magazine-1997-06/page/n15/mode/2up. Retrieved June 16, 2022. 
  3. Lobay, Lawrence (December 15, 1997). "Software gift ideas for the holidays". p. 18. Archived from the original on June 15, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220615164435/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/103810174/the-winnipeg-sun/. Retrieved June 16, 2022. 
  4. 4.0 4.1 "Astros Productions Limited". Archived from the original on January 17, 1998. https://web.archive.org/web/19980117015257/http://www.astrosproductions.com:80/main.htm. Retrieved April 30, 2023. 
  5. "Sandwarriors" (in de). June 1997. p. 57. https://archive.org/details/pcjoker-juni-1997-images/page/56/mode/2up. Retrieved June 16, 2022. 
  6. 6.0 6.1 Brooker, Charlie (June 1997). "Sandwarriors Review". p. 89,90. https://archive.org/details/PC_Zone_51_June_1997/page/n89/mode/2up. Retrieved June 16, 2022. 
  7. Brooker, Charlie (August 13, 2001). "Sandwarriors Review". Archived from the original on January 26, 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20090126071923/https://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=3384. Retrieved June 16, 2022. 
  8. "Sandwarriors". May 1997. p. 76. https://archive.org/details/Edge_Gaming/Edge%20Gaming%20Magazine%20045/page/n75/mode/2up. Retrieved June 16, 2022. 
  9. "Sandwarriors" (in de). July 1997. p. 136,137. https://archive.org/details/powerplaymagazine-1997-07/page/n135/mode/2up. Retrieved June 16, 2022.