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Air Warrior

General info

Not Amiga Original

Relationships

WHDLoad

No WHDLoad installer.

Stats

7,656

AGA / ECS / OCS

Version info

No
Max 60, Sim 60

Hard Disk Installer

Yes

Compilations

Releases

Year
Name
Licence
Type
Country
Publisher
Languages
Manual Languages
Disks
Rarity
?
Air Warrior
Commercial
Budget
Denmark
Danish, English
Danish, English, German
3
Rare
?
Air Warrior
Commercial
Budget
Worldwide
Danish, English
Danish, English, German
3
Rare
1990
Air Warrior
Commercial
Full Price
Worldwide
Danish, English
Danish, English, German
3
Rare

Notes

[1] AIR WARRIOR was ambitiously released as the world's first online multiplayer, multiplatform air/land combat simulator for the Apple Macintosh in 1986 and the Amiga, Atari ST and PC in 1987/88. The first physical retail release of the game was made on Amiga floppy disk in 1990 and essentially served as a starter pack for the online multiplayer version. Specifically, it was intended for use with a modem (at least 1200 baud, but preferably 2400/9600 baud or faster with later updates) to dial-up dedicated online multiplayer services that existed in various countries in the 1980s/90s (e.g. GEnie, Delphi, CRIS, AOL, CompuServe, Earthlink, Gamestorm and Compulink in the USA; GEnie in Canada; On-Line Entertainment, CompuServe and Connect Online in the UK; Nifty-Serve in Japan; OzEmail in Australia). 

Unfortunately, these services ceased long ago in the late 1990s and online multiplayer gameplay is no longer possible. The game, however, can be played offline from disk, but only passive solo flights are possible and much of the graphical detail witnessed in online multiplayer combat is absent.

[2] Game design/creation by Kelton Flinn and David Albrecht. Amiga conversion by David Albrecht.

[3] Min. Requirements (V2.5a): 512k ram.
Recommended (V2.5a): 1MB ram or more (for use of graphic modes above standard low-res and/or use of digital sound or customised sound files created by players using sound digitisers).

Min. Requirements (V2.9c): Workbench 1.3/2.x, 1MB chip/2MB fastram (possibly less memory in degraded graphics modes), hard drive (due to the very large size of the terrain file).
Recommended (V2.9c): 68020 CPU or faster (for optimised gameplay), AGA chipset (for better performance in hires mode), 1MB chip/2MB fastram or more, hard drive.

[4] Magazine Publisher: New Computer Express no. 149, 21-Sept-1991 [tri-format (Amiga/ST/PC) coverdisk #3 - download Amiga version HERE]

[5] Game features analogue-digital joystick/mouse/keyboard control and support for low-res (standard/interlace modes), medium resolution & hires picture screens and artwork views. Additionally, the game supports digital sound and the creation of customised sound files by players using sound digitisers (see 'readme.2.5a' file on disk 1).

[6] Original release contents include a large A1 game poster with a map of the European theatre on the reverse side, as well as an On-line Entertainment flight connect modem offer.

[7] A Danish budget version of AIR WARRIOR with localised in-game menus was released by Euro Power Pack circa mid-1990s.


Known releases:

- V2.x (1990)
- V2.5a (23-Mar-91) [downloadHERE]
- V2.9a (199x)
- V2.9b (199x)
- V2.9c (27-Jun-94) [downloadHERE]

Conversion Notes

Based on 1986 Kesmai/GEnie online multiplayer Macintosh release.
PC versions: CGA, EGA, SVGA

N.B. Never released for the 3DO console despite being officially announced.

CDTV

Version info

No
Max 1, Sim 1

Features

Credits

Hard Disk Installer

Unknown

Compilations

Releases

Year
Name
Licence
Type
Country
Publisher
Languages
Manual Languages
Disks
Rarity
1992
Air Warrior
Commercial
Full Price
Worldwide
English
English
1
Rare

Notes

[1] AIR WARRIOR was ambitiously released as the world's first online multiplayer, multiplatform combat simulator for Amiga, Macintosh, Atari ST and PC in 1988. The first physical retail release of the game was made on floppy disk in 1990 and basically served as a starter pack for the online multiplayer version. Specifically, it was intended for use with a modem (at least 1200 baud, but preferably 2400 or 9600 baud or faster) to dial-up dedicated online multiplayer services that existed in various countries in the 1980s/90s (e.g. GEnie, Delphi, CRIS, AOL, CompuServe, Earthlink, Gamestorm and Compulink in the USA; On-Line Entertainment, CompuServe and Connect Online in the UK; OzEmail in Australia).

Unfortunately, these services ceased long ago in the late 1990s and online multiplayer gameplay is no longer possible. The game, however, can be played offline from CD, but only solo flights are possible and much of the graphical detail witnessed in online multiplayer combat is absent.

[2] Game features analogue-digital joystick/mouse/keyboard control and support for low-res (standard/interlace modes), medium resolution & hires picture screens and artwork views.

Conversion Notes

Based on 1986 Kesmai/GEnie online multiplayer Macintosh release.
PC versions: CGA, EGA, SVGA

N.B. Seemingly, never released for the 3DO despite being advertised.

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Box: AGA / ECS / OCS
Box scan AGA no. 1

UK Release (front)

Box scan AGA no. 2

UK Release (back)

Box scan AGA no. 3

German Release (front)

Box scan AGA no. 4

German Release (back)

Box scan AGA no. 5

Budget Release (front) [Danish]

Box scan AGA no. 6

Budget Release (back) [Danish]

Box: CDTV
Disk: AGA / ECS / OCS
Disk scan AGA no. 1

Budget Release (Danish) [Euro Power Pack]

Disk scan AGA no. 2

Disk: CDTV
Misc: AGA / ECS / OCS
AGA no. 1

Manual Cover - User's Manual [Original Release]

AGA no. 2

Manual Cover - Cadet's Guide [Original Release]

AGA no. 3

GEnie Online Multiplayer Advert (North America)

AGA no. 4

AIR WARRIOR - Review Update [Source: GEnie Livewire magazine, July 90, pp14-15; courtesy of The Ancient Gaming Noob blog]

AGA no. 5

UK Advert (Amiga Format, Issue 31, 2/1992, Page 225)

AGA no. 6

UK Advert (Amiga Format, Issue 32, 3/1992, Page 213)

AGA no. 7

UK Advert (CU Amiga 5/1992, Page 42)

AGA no. 8

Finnish Advert [Source: Atari Mania]

Misc: CDTV

Manual info

AGA / ECS / OCS

No manuals found.

CDTV

No manuals found.

AGA / ECS / OCS

No cheats found.

CDTV

No cheats found.

Conversion info

Apple Macintosh (Classic)
No conversion screens found.
Atari ST/E
No conversion screens found.
Fujitsu FM Towns/FM Towns Marty
No conversion screens found.
PC (DOS)
Conversion PC (DOS)

EGA

Conversion PC (DOS)

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SVGA

Conversion PC (DOS)

Map info

AGA / ECS / OCS

No maps found.

CDTV

No maps found.

MAGAZINE REVIEWS

Magazine
Issue
Rating
Reviewer
Release type
Review
Scans
Amiga Action
43 (Apr 1993)
Steve White
3
Amiga Games
Nov 1992
69%
Martin Klaus
1
Amiga Joker
Oct 1992
13%
Peter Braun
1
Amiga Mania
Sep 1992
88%
Huw Pryce
2
Australian Commodore and Amiga Review
Vol 10 No 12 (Dec 1993)
82%
Phil Campbell
1
Datormagazin
No 6 (Mar 1993)
98%
Sten Ekedahl
0
Strategy Plus
13 (Nov 1991)
Paul Rigby
0

MAGAZINE PREVIEWS

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AGA / ECS / OCS

Lore Score: 58%

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CDTV

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