Sandwarriors

Sandwarriors is a 1997 video game developed by Astros Productions and published by Interplay Entertainment. The game is a combat/flight sim.^[5]

Sandwarriors
Developer(s)	Astros Productions Gremlin Interactive[1]
Publisher(s)	Interplay Entertainment
Platform(s)	DOS[2]
Release	EU: May 1997 [3]
Genre(s)	Action[4]

Gameplay

Sandwarriors is a sci-fi game set in 6225 BC on a distant desert planet, where two warring factions battle for control of a mysterious timegate leading to Earth. Players take on the role of a soldier for the House of Osiris, piloting a spaceship and using various weapons to ensure their faction wins the war. The game features 3D cockpit-based combat with visuals, detailed environments, and special effects. Sandwarriors includes preset flight maneuvers.^[6]

Development

The game was developed by Astros Productions, a company founded in 1982.^[7] It uses an advanced 3D engine called 3D ALITY.^[7]

Reception

Reception

Review scores

Publication	Score
Edge	7/10[8]
Electric Games	80%[9]
PC Joker	57%[10]
PC Zone	7.4/10[6][11]
Power Play Magazine	55%[12]

PC Zone gave the game a score of 7.4 out of 10 stating "It's not a bad game by any means; it simply just doesn't distinguish itself from the pack. As Ron Pickering used to say to the losing team on the programme We Are The Champions, that's just 'hard lines".^[6]

Games Domain said "SandWarriors would have been a good action game. As it is, there are too many flaws to make it worth buying".^[13]