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Airwolf was released in 1985 by Elite Systems Ltd., a British developer known for ports and licensed games. It’s based on the popular 1984-1987 TV series Airwolf, centered around a high-tech helicopter. The game is a side-scrolling shooter where players pilot the Airwolf helicopter through a series of missions.... show more

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Commodore Computer Museum 🕹1 year ago

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ESDigital Games2 years ago

Steel Seed is a single player stealth-action adventure game set in a dark sci-fi world. In her epic journey inside a hostile underground facility run by AIs, Zoe is alone with Koby, a flying drone, as her only companion Add wishlist:

Craig Taylor1 year ago

Unbelievably hard game, liked the music though!

Triority Interactive Novels1 year ago

Didn't think much of it, much like Caverns of Eriban

Jed Maxwell1 year ago

A friend of mine had this he said "like getting through a brick wall with a teaspoon"

Mazxs Consta1 year ago

Waste of a licence. The only good thing about this game is the tune. God knows why they set the game in a cave and with wierd aliens type things. 2/10.

Caoimhín Kevin ᚲᛖᚹᛁᚾ1 year ago

Played it many times. You had to have nerves like a dr 🤣

Sapper Pantsoff1 year ago

Not the easiest to play and got a bit boring.

Dominic Hailstone1 year ago

Well programmed title. Stupidly difficult, and having random cartoony sprites to battle only made things seem like the developers didn't care. Well thought out and decent title though, just insanely challenging.

Short For TERRIFIC1 year ago

I remember feeling let down as a fan of the show; I wanted a fast, exhilarating chopper combat sim, with the jet booster from the show... instead we got a frustratingly tricky maze game.

Simon Thomas 🇦🇺1 year ago

So hard to play it was almost not fun, almost.

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