Hawk-F123.
PLEASE post your impressions...I am very curious about this one
Ahhh, I bought this a long time ago and it certainly isn't as bad as folks make it out to be. But it certainly isn't anything to get too excited about either.
I liked that it was a challenging (if short) shooter. It's very old-skool (all the sprites / backgrounds / action seem very FLAT ), but it's neat that DODGING is a crucial skill in this game. You can't simply blast everything (at least, I haven't found a way).
I should warn you that I am a masochist and continued to play this game even though it quickly became frustrating and seemed to have lots of "cheap" areas.... but I've often found that skill / memorization can solve many accusations of a game being "cheap", so I don't know if the game is actually cheap or if I simply lack the SKILLZ. I haven't played the game in years.
I do remember this: I liked the JAZZY-ROCK soundtrack. Many folks will dismiss it, but I think it was somewhat refreshing. Some tracks are very commercial-poppy-Jazzy-rock, while other veer closer to generic tunes ("Top Gun" - inspired?).
There is a funny, extremely basic / generic opening cinema -- it doesn't really get you "pumped-up", but the names of the pilots are on their helmets and, IIRC, "BOM KILLER" (or something like that) is one of the pilots' names. Awesome.
Since this game is (or at least it was), very, very cheap ($5-10), I'd say it was definitelly worth getting for fans of the shooter genre. It is playable, it offers a challenge, and offers some novelty value to the masochists out there.
There is a HuCard game that is very similar to this...
Power Gate, a game I bought a long time ago and was devastated by its lameness. Now, however, I don't mind how lame it is (it's in the league of F 123 Hawk, perhaps a notch below, I can't remember)
, but back in the day I paid a lot for it (early 90's).
I don't recall beating either game, but I know that I must have gotten awfully close because I put a lot of hours into both of these games.
DISCLAIMER: Most folks will denounce both Power Gate and Hawk F 123 as complete and utter trash. My philosophy is to try to enjoy games if they are "playable".
