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Phoenix

Phoenix: Operation Firestorm / Phoenix: The Crusade

General info

Amiga Original
4497

Relationships

WHDLoad

No WHDLoad installer.

Stats

4,775

UNRELEASED

AGA / AmigaCD / AmigaNG PPC–AmigaPPC (AmigaOS 4) / AmigaPPC (WarpOS/PowerUp) / RTG

Version info

Yes
Max 1, Sim 1

Features

Hard Disk Installer

Yes
The game was planned for release on CD only, but would have required HD installation for gameplay.

Compilations

Releases

Year
Name
Licence
Type
Country
Publisher
Languages
Manual Languages
Disks
Rarity
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Phoenix
AKA Phoenix: The Crusade
AKA Phoenix: Operation Firestorm
Commercial
Full Price
Worldwide
English
Unknown

Notes

[1] Game design/story & graphics by Emmanuel Henné. Code By Markus Pöllmann; additional routines by Jyrki O. Saarinen (Nose/Stellar) and Tim Böscke (Azure/Artwork). Game theme & score by Markus Castrén (Ganja/NVX^SCX; Slice/Mystic).

[2] Min. Specifications (planned): 68040 CPU, AGA chipset or gfx card, 8Mb fastram, 4xCDROM, HD
Recommended Specifications (planned): PowerPC CPU (or better), S3 Virge or Permedia 2 gfx card, 16Mb fastram, sound card, 24xCDROM, HD

[3] The space combat adventure PHOENIX was planned for release with the following features:

* Exciting and absorbing story with over 25 missions and branches
* Action-packed battles against a ruthless enemy
* State-of-the-art 3D engine with real time effects, such as lensflare, motion blur, shock waves, explosions, fog etc.
* Virtual cockpit
* A variety of different opponents ranging from quick small drones to huge motherships
* Computer opponents with sophisticated artificial intelligence
* Comments about your wingmen will be animated in the cockpit with speech synthesis
* Built-in data analysis: the latest figures based on interviews with the crew are collected for you to form your own opinion
* Online guidance and help on the game CD
* Powerful, atmospheric soundtrack
* Fully CG animated sequences illustrating progress throughout the game.

[4] Previews of PHOENIX appeared in:

- Amiga Future (Issue 11, Feb/March 98, pp32-33) [German]

- Amiga Format (Issue 117, Dec 98, p31)

- Amiga Future (Issue 18, Apr/May 99, p12) [German]

Conversion Notes

The Macintosh conversion was being handled by Titan Computer, but like the Amiga version was never released.
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[PAL Lores, AGA: 320x256, 256 colours] Approaching the Montego Bay

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Getting closer.....

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The ship consists of over 70 polygons

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Liga Ron Grant

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Soondar

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Roggat

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Killer

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Bal Gadduun

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Titlescreen (alt 1)

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Titlescreen (alt 2)

Box: AGA / AmigaCD / AmigaNG PPC–AmigaPPC (AmigaOS 4) / AmigaPPC (WarpOS/PowerUp) / RTG
Disk: AGA / AmigaCD / AmigaNG PPC–AmigaPPC (AmigaOS 4) / AmigaPPC (WarpOS/PowerUp) / RTG
Misc: AGA / AmigaCD / AmigaNG PPC–AmigaPPC (AmigaOS 4) / AmigaPPC (WarpOS/PowerUp) / RTG

Manual info

AGA / AmigaCD / AmigaNG PPC–AmigaPPC (AmigaOS 4) / AmigaPPC (WarpOS/PowerUp) / RTG

No manuals found.

AGA / AmigaCD / AmigaNG PPC–AmigaPPC (AmigaOS 4) / AmigaPPC (WarpOS/PowerUp) / RTG

No cheats found.

Conversion info

Apple Macintosh (Classic)
No conversion screens found.

Map info

AGA / AmigaCD / AmigaNG PPC–AmigaPPC (AmigaOS 4) / AmigaPPC (WarpOS/PowerUp) / RTG

No maps found.

MAGAZINE REVIEWS

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MAGAZINE PREVIEWS

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Amiga Format
117 (Dec 1998)
Nick Veitch
Preview
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