Mini squadron
Published: September 25, 2009
Ex Lionhead and Sony Graphics Coder Tak Fung has released preview video of his upcoming shooter…
On seeing this trailer, I fell in love immediately with the cartoon art style, and frantic looking dog fighting. Seeing you shooting down enemy planes, bombers, and even UFO’s. There are over 50 aircraft to unlock, with various weapon types and powerups… plus wifi multiplayer battles. Tak has a great track record of working on large console games such as Fable 1 and 2, as well as music videos for bands including Massive Attack… so we have high expectations for the final game when it’s released.
“The idea and ethos with Mini Squadron is to bring a high quality, frenetic shoot-em-up to the iPhone, taking inspiration from old-skool games such as BIP on the Amiga (or BiPlane War I think before that on PC?) Wings of Fury, JetStrike and many other similar shooty games with lots of lil’ planes. I also love the games by Treasure (especially Ikaruga), and crazy japanese shooters such as Parodius, and I hope to get some of the originality and silliness of those games into Mini Squadron to make people chuckle whilst playing!” Tak Fung
The game is still in development and should be released late October, early November. Check out the video below:
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One Comment on "Mini squadron"
Penny Gamer on Thu, 19th Nov 2009 6:49 pm
Great game. Love the graphics. Simple, fun, and thoroughly planned and executed. Mini Squadron is a great time killer I love playing. I don’t have to think too hard, but the game is engaging enough to suck me in.