Steel Talons

             

              Manufacturer: Atari
              Year: 1991

Descpription: A two-player cockpit 3-D solid-polygon helicopter simulator.
One or two players may play at the same time. Players may compete head to head
or cooperate to destroy computer controlled targets in a virtual terrain simulation.

In single-player mode the player attempts to advance through 19 different computer
simulated missions. The helicopter is armed with a 30mm computer guided heat
tracking cannon and a heat seeking rocket launcher. The object of the mission is to
destroy moving computer targets (trucks, jeeps, tanks, etc.), some of which fight back.

A mission is complete when all the targets have been destroyed. For the player, fuel is
the governing factor since each mission expends fuel for flight and each time the player
crashes or is hit an additional amount of fuel is lost. A rating is given at the end of each
mission based upon the time of completion. Extra fuel is also awarded based upon time
and in comparison to a player database of completion times for that mission.