A start-up Australian gaming publisher, Insofta Games, has released its first shoot ’em up game for Windows PC.
Air Bandits 1.0 has gamers playing a pilot of a vintage fighter plane who must soar over the unfriendly territory, bomb the ground targets and take down enemy aircrafts, while avoiding their fire. The level is won when you destroy all targets displayed as red spots on the mini-map. Advancing through 26 increasingly challenging levels, users encounter many different types of ground targets, including fuel supplies, explosives, tanks, anti-aircraft guns and pillboxes.
To help you survive, there are some rescue tricks that work to your advantage. You can, for example, upgrade your health and get more ammo if you take down Zeppelins. Another lifesaving feature is destructible terrain, which allows you to dig tunnels in the ground. When there’s a high rock on your way and you want to save your time, you can blast at it from the machine gun and drill a tunnel for your plane to fly through.
Special effects for fire, explosions and smoke are said to be rendered aesthetically well and definitely add to the game play. Air Bandits features physics-based destruction. If you shoot at a ground target, it explodes, throwing the chunks of metal and ground all over the place almost realistically.
With its fast paced action, cool tricks, stunning visual effects, and hours of replayability, Air Bandits 1.0 offers an absolutely yummy cocktail for the casual gamers of all ages.
Air Bandits 1.0 runs on Windows 95/98/Me/2000/XP/2003/Vista. A demo version is available. Downloading the demo gives the player an opportunity to experience 60 minutes of the unique, fun action of Air Bandits 1.0 before buying the full version.
RRP
$19.95