Phoenix (1987 video game)

Phoenix is a single-player first-person space flight shooter released in 1987 by ERE Informatique for the Atari ST.[1] It was later published by Infogrames for the British market.

[2] The game consists of piloting a spaceship across hyperspace routes represented by colored wireframe tiles created with vector graphics while shooting hostile gun turrets and black holes.

[2] This movement is used to navigate the different colored sections and to dodge gun turrets and black holes.

Light blue tiles and shots from gun turrets drain the ship's energy level.

ACE (magazine) in January 1988 gave it a 887/1000, then in November of the same year dropped the rating to a 780/1000, calling the game "a bit simple for full price now".

Gameplay screenshot showing the hyperspace route tiles, including a red tile
Infogrames cover