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1989 · Glyn Williams · Adventure · Flight simulation

Warhead

A man sent to exile gets his memory erased by a god after a bad trauma happened. Survive, craft and fight your way back to the Empire.

Released: 1989
Platforms: Atari ST Windows
Genres: Adventure Flight simulation Indie Role-playing Space simulator Strategy
Developers: Glyn Williams
Publishers: —
Modes: Single-player
Themes: Action
Country: United Kingdom
Languages: Chinese (Simplified), English, German, Portuguese (Portugal)

About

Warhead is a 3D space combat simulator for Amiga (A500 and A2000) and Atari ST platforms. It was created by British developer Glyn Williams in 1989.

The game takes place during a war between the alien forces of Sirius and the humans of Earth. The player fights for the Earth forces. The game is played as sequential missions. Completing a mission successfully lets the player advance to the next mission.

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Story

The story revolves around the fight between the forces of Sirius and the humans of Earth. The player has been enrolled as a fighter pilot for the "Fist of Earth" space force. The player is led to believe that the forces of Sirius have attacked humans for an unknown reason.

The enemy are an insect-like species from the star system Sirius. It is suspected that their present evolutionary form was achieved at the time there were non-avian dinosaurs on Earth. It is also theorised that insects on Earth and Sirius share the same ancestor.