Sandwarriors

Sandwarriors is a 1997 video game developed by Astros Productions and published by Interplay Entertainment. The game is a combat/flight simulator.^[6][7]

Sandwarriors
Developers	Astros Productions Gremlin Interactive[1]
Publisher	Interplay Entertainment
Platform	DOS[2]
Release	EU: May 1997 [3]
Genre	Action[4]
Mode	Single-player[5]

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.^[8]

Development

Sandwarriors was first mentioned in September 1996.^[9]

The game was developed by Astros Productions, a company founded in 1982.^[10] It uses an advanced 3D engine called 3D ALITY.^[10]

In June 1997, Gremlin and VideoLogic partnered to release the game on PowerVR-enhanced PCs.^[11]

Reception

Reception

Review scores

Publication	Score
Edge	7/10[12]
Electric Games	80%[13]
PC Joker	57%[14]
PC Zone	7.4/10[8][15]
Power Play	55%[16]
PC Review	7/10[17]
PC Games	C+[18]
The Press	3/5[19]

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".^[8]

Games Domain said "SandWarriors would have been a good action game. As it is, there are too many flaws to make it worth buying".^[20]