Software:Sandwarriors

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Short description: 1997 video game
Sandwarriors
Developer(s)Astros Productions
Gremlin Interactive[1]
Publisher(s)Interplay Entertainment
Platform(s)DOS[2]
Release
  • EU: May 1997
[3]
Genre(s)Action[4]
Mode(s)Single-player[5]

Sandwarriors is a 1997 video game developed by Astros Productions and published by Interplay Entertainment. The game is a combat/flight simulator.[6][7]

Gameplay

Sandwarriors is a sci-fi game set in 6225 BC on a distant desert planet, where two warring factions battle for control of a mysterious timegate leading to Earth. Players take on the role of a soldier for the House of Osiris, piloting a spaceship and using various weapons to ensure their faction wins the war. The game features 3D cockpit-based combat with visuals, detailed environments, and special effects. Sandwarriors includes preset flight maneuvers.[8]

Development

Sandwarriors was first mentioned in September 1996.[9]

The game was developed by Astros Productions, a company founded in 1982.[10] It uses an advanced 3D engine called 3D ALITY.[10]

In June 1997, Gremlin and VideoLogic partnered to release the game on PowerVR-enhanced PCs.[11]

Reception

Reception
Review scores
PublicationScore
Edge7/10[12]
Electric Games80%[13]
PC Joker57%[14]
PC Zone
Power Play55%[15]
PC Review7/10[16]
PC GamesC+[17]
The Press3/5[18]

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".[8]

Games Domain said "SandWarriors would have been a good action game. As it is, there are too many flaws to make it worth buying".[19]

References

  1. ↑ "Interplay Previews "SandWarriors" and "Redneck Rampage". January 8, 1997. Archived from the original on January 25, 1997. https://web.archive.org/web/19970125135401/http://www.escapade.com/departments/01089703.htm. Retrieved January 13, 2025. 
  2. ↑ 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. 
  3. ↑ "Sandwarriors". Archived from the original on January 19, 1997. https://web.archive.org/web/19970119100127/http://www.gremlin.co.uk:80/games/sandwarriors/index.html. Retrieved February 15, 2024. 
  4. ↑ "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. 
  5. ↑ Aprile, Jason. "Sandwarriors". Archived from the original on May 29, 2003. https://web.archive.org/web/20030529164759/http://www.cdmag.com/articles/009/199/sandwarriors_review.html. Retrieved October 8, 2025. 
  6. ↑ 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. 
  7. ↑ "Sand Warriors". Archived from the original on November 15, 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141115033337/http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=6025. Retrieved October 8, 2025. 
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named PC Review
  9. ↑ "News". September 17, 1996. p. 6. Archived from the original on October 8, 2025. https://web.archive.org/web/20251008120659/https://www.newspapers.com/article/yorkshire-evening-press/182575076/. Retrieved October 8, 2025. 
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 "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. 
  11. ↑ "PowerVR and Gremlin Interactive Bring the Ultimate Gaming Experience to the PC". June 19, 1997. Archived from the original on July 17, 1997. https://web.archive.org/web/19970717163921/http://www.videologic.com/NEWS/gremlin_NEC.htm. Retrieved October 8, 2025. 
  12. ↑ "Sandwarriors". May 1997. p. 76. https://archive.org/details/Edge_Gaming/Edge%20Gaming%20Magazine%20045/page/n75/mode/2up. Retrieved June 16, 2022. 
  13. ↑ "Sandwarriors". 1997. Archived from the original on May 16, 2005. https://web.archive.org/web/20050516050756/http://www.electric-games.com/reviews/sandwar.html. Retrieved January 13, 2025. 
  14. ↑ "Sandwarriors" (in de). June 1997. p. 57. https://archive.org/details/pcjoker-juni-1997-images/page/56/mode/2up. Retrieved June 16, 2022. 
  15. ↑ "Sandwarriors" (in de). July 1997. p. 136,137. https://archive.org/details/powerplaymagazine-1997-07/page/n135/mode/2up. Retrieved June 16, 2022. 
  16. ↑ "Sandwarriors". May 1997. p. 48. https://archive.org/details/pc-review-68/page/48/mode/2up. Retrieved October 8, 2025. 
  17. ↑ "Sandwarriors". October 1997. p. 123. https://archive.org/details/pc-games-vol.-04-no.-08-october-1997/page/123/mode/2up. Retrieved October 8, 2025. 
  18. ↑ "Game Reviews". May 27, 1997. p. 10. Archived from the original on October 8, 2025. https://web.archive.org/web/20251008121520/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-press-york-ed/182575282/. Retrieved October 8, 2025. 
  19. ↑ "SandWarriors Main Review". Archived from the original on December 10, 2000. https://web.archive.org/web/20001210104500/http://www.gamesdomain.com/gdreview/zones/reviews/pc/sep97/sand.html. Retrieved January 13, 2025. 



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