Warhawk (1995 video game)

Warhawk, subtitled The Red Mercury Missions, released as AirAssault (エア・アサルト, Ea Asaruto) in Japan, is a 1995 combat flight simulation video game developed by Sony Interactive Studios America and SingleTrac[3] and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation.

Enemies in the game vary from tanks and aircraft to massive fixed gun emplacements and futuristic robots.

The plot of the game centers around a megalomaniac named Kreel who has become a global threat and is threatening various nations with his seemingly unstoppable armies.

Players take the role of two pilots named 'Hatch' and 'Walker', who are part of an international force devoted to fighting Kreel and his varied minions.

[5] Associate producer/designer Mike Giam explained how the game's basic concept was formed: "We looked at shooters like After Burner and StarFox, and we juxtaposed their arcade feeling with the freedom of a computer flight sim.

[7] By the end of November 1995 Singletrac had started work on a conversion of Warhawk for Windows 95, with a planned early 1996 release.

Gameplay screenshot