Hover Strike

Hover Strike
Cover art in all regions
Developer(s) Atari Corporation
Publisher(s)
  • NA/EU: Atari Corporation
Producer(s) Leonard Tramiel
Designer(s) Hank Cappa
Harry Kinney
Lance J. Lewis
Programmer(s) Cary Gee
Craig Suko
Denis L. Fung
Artist(s) Chris Thompson
Donald Wang
Ed Pearson
Writer(s) Elizabeth Shook
Composer(s) Brad Wait
Platform(s) Atari Jaguar
Release
Genre(s) Shooter
Mode(s) Single-player, co-op

Hover Strike[lower-alpha 1] is a shooter video game developed and published by Atari Corporation in North America on April 1995 and Europe on May of the same year.[1][2] It was also published in Japan by Messe Sansao on the same year as well.[3]

Gameplay

Gameplay screenshot.

The game takes place in the future where the hero is placed in a Hovercraft. The game allows you to shoot your way through 30 different 3D levels which include terrain like ice,water,mountains and an enemy base you must infiltrate. Some of the weapons include guided missiles, missiles,grenades and lasers. Most of the enemies in the game are low flying aircraft that follow and shoot at the player. There are also turrets and enemy hovercrafts that are on the battlefield. Most of the missions order you to take down a certain amount of enemy rockets, sensors,or re spawning bases. Like T-Mek, it began life as an update to the classic arcade game Battlezone but was renamed when it drifted from the source material.

Reception

Reception
Aggregate score
AggregatorScore
GameRankings45%[4]
Review scores
PublicationScore
AllGame[5]
CVG69 / 100[6]
Consoles +70%[7]
Electronic GamesC-[8]
Game Players65%[9]
GamePro13 / 20[10]
Joypad85%[11]
LeveL80[12]
MAN!AC54%[13]
Mega Fun62%[14]
Next Generation[15]
Player One90%[16]
Play Time80%[17]
ST-Computer75%[18]
Ultimate Future Games18%[19]
Video Games60%[20]

Next Generation reviewed the Jaguar version of the game, rating it two stars out of five, and stated that "despite some interesting challenges, this is, unfortunately, a serious simulator misfire."[15]

Legacy

A remake, entitled Hover Strike: Unconquered Lands, was released for the Atari Jaguar CD in October 23 of the same year.[21] The remake featured improved graphics and additional levels.

In 1996, the game's trademark was abandoned.[22][23]

In May 2017, the game's source code was made freely available on a Jaguar-dedicated Facebook group.[24]

Notes

  1. ↑ Japanese: ホバーストライク Hepburn: Hobā Sutoraiku

References

  1. ↑ Smith, Jason. "Atari Jaguar Timeline". Jaguar Sector II. Archived from the original on 29 June 2013. Retrieved 2018-05-25.
  2. ↑ Castle, Justin (July 21, 2018). "Historical Atari Jaguar UK Magazine Advert/Reviews Collection" (PDF). Issuu. p. 340. Retrieved 2018-09-04.
  3. ↑ DD (October 14, 2012). "JAGUER販売カタログ". astralunit.blog.fc2.com (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 25 August 2018. Retrieved 2018-09-04.
  4. ↑ "Hover Strike for Jaguar". GameRankings. Retrieved 2018-07-14.
  5. ↑ Scoleri III, Joseph. "Hover Strike - Overview". Archived from the original on 14 November 2014. Retrieved 2018-06-15.
  6. ↑ Clays, Simon (July 1995). "CVG Review - Hover Strike". Computer and Video Games. No. 164. Future Publishing. pp. 70–71.
  7. ↑ Peter (June 1995). "Jaguar Review - Hover Strike". Consoles + (in French). No. 44. M.E.R.7. p. 86.
  8. ↑ Kunkel, Bill (July 1995). "Reviews - Console - Hoverstrike (Atari/Jaguar)". Electronic Games. No. 68. Katz Kunkel Worley Inc. p. 72.
  9. ↑ Lundrigan, Jeff (June 1995). "Jaguar - Review - Hover Strike". Game Players. No. 72. Signal Research. p. 64.
  10. ↑ Larry, Scary (June 1995). "ProReview: Hover Strike". GamePro. No. 71. IDG. p. 82.
  11. ↑ Nini, Nourdine (July 1995). "Le Zapping Des Tests - Hover Strike". Joypad (in French). No. 44. Yellow Media. p. 56.
  12. ↑ Who, Dr. (June 1995). "Recenze - Jaguar - Hover Strike". LeveL (in Czech). No. 5. Naked Dog, s.r.o. p. 36.
  13. ↑ Versionen, Andere (June 1995). "Spiele-Tests - Hover Strike". MAN!AC (in German). No. 20. Cybermedia Verlagsgesellschaft mbH. p. 78.
  14. ↑ Girlich, Stephan (June 1995). "Test Jaguar - Hover Strike". Mega Fun (in German). No. 33. CT Computec Verlag GmbH & Co. KG. p. 92.
  15. 1 2 "Finals - Jaguar - Hover Strike". Next Generation. No. 6. Imagine Media. June 1995. p. 103.
  16. ↑ Pottier, Christophe (June 1995). "Tests - Jaguar - Hover Strike". Player One (in French). No. 54. Média Système Édition. pp. 90–91.
  17. ↑ Girlich, Stephan (July 1995). "Reviews - Hover Strike". Play Time (in German). No. 49. Computec Media Group. p. 119.
  18. ↑ F, R (September 1995). "Jaguar: Hover Strike". ST-Computer (in German). No. 112. falkemedia. p. 110.
  19. ↑ "Hover Strike - Is it really worth the bother?". Ultimate Future Games. No. 8. Future Publishing. July 1995. p. 75.
  20. ↑ Schaedle, Wolfgang (June 1995). "Atari Jaguar - Reviews – Hoverstrike". Video Games (in German). No. 43. Future-Verlag. p. 89.
  21. ↑ ""Hoverstrike: Unconquered Lands" charges to forefront; fast-action CD-ROM released for Atari Jaguar 64". TheFreeLibrary.com. Business Wire. October 23, 1995. Retrieved 2018-06-15.
  22. ↑ W. Harding, Craig (April 18, 1996). "HOVER STRIKE - Trademark Details". justia.com. Retrieved 2018-09-11.
  23. ↑ W. Harding, Craig (April 18, 1996). "HOVER STRIKE Trademark Information". trademarkia.com. Retrieved 2018-09-11.
  24. ↑ Buchanan-Smith, Matt (May 28, 2017). "Hover Strike Source (Tank)". Facebook. Retrieved 2018-09-11. Source Code for the Atari Jaguar game Hover Strike which was code named 'Tank'. There is another version of the source code floating about which is apparently for the CD version. Not seen any documentation for this but I think it's the cart version, originally from the Atari HQ CD
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