Sandwarriors
{{Short description|1997 video game}}
{{Infobox CVG
| title = Sandwarriors
| image = Sandwarriors cover.jpg
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| developer = Astros Productions
Gremlin Interactive{{cite web|url=http://www.escapade.com/departments/01089703.htm|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/19970125135401/http://www.escapade.com/departments/01089703.htm|title=Interplay Previews "SandWarriors" and "Redneck Rampage|archivedate=January 25, 1997|date=January 8, 1997|accessdate=January 13, 2025}}
| publisher = Interplay Entertainment
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| released = {{Video game release|EU|May 1997}}{{cite web|url=http://www.gremlin.co.uk/games/sandwarriors/index.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/19970119100127/http://www.gremlin.co.uk:80/games/sandwarriors/index.html|title=Sandwarriors|website=Gremlin Interactive|archivedate=January 19, 1997|accessdate=February 15, 2024}}
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}}Sandwarriors is a 1997 video game developed by Astros Productions and published by Interplay Entertainment. The game is a combat/flight sim.{{cite web|first=Lawrence|last=Lobay|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/103810174/the-winnipeg-sun/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20220615164435/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/103810174/the-winnipeg-sun/|title=Software gift ideas for the holidays|newspaper=Winnipeg Sun|page=18|archivedate=June 15, 2022|date=December 15, 1997|accessdate=June 16, 2022|via=Newspapers.com|url-status=live}}
Development
The game was developed by Astros Productions, a company founded in 1982.{{cite web|url=http://www.astrosproductions.com/main.htm|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/19980117015257/http://www.astrosproductions.com:80/main.htm|title=Astros Productions Limited|website=Astros Productions|archivedate=January 17, 1998|accessdate=April 30, 2023}} It used an advanced 3D engine called 3D ALITY.
Reception
{{Video game reviews
|rev1=Edge
|rev1Score=7/10{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/Edge_Gaming/Edge%20Gaming%20Magazine%20045/page/n75/mode/2up|title=Sandwarriors|magazine=Edge|page=76|date=May 1997|accessdate=June 16, 2022}}
|rev2=Electric Games
|rev3=PC Joker
|rev3Score=57%{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/pcjoker-juni-1997-images/page/56/mode/2up|title=Sandwarriors|magazine=PC Joker|language=de|page=57|date=June 1997|accessdate=June 16, 2022}}
|rev4=PC Zone
|rev4Score=7.4/10{{cite web|first=Charlie|last=Brooker|url=https://archive.org/details/PC_Zone_51_June_1997/page/n89/mode/2up|title=Sandwarriors Review|magazine=PC Zone|page=89,90|date=June 1997|accessdate=June 16, 2022}}{{cite web|first=Charlie|last=Brooker|url=https://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=3384|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090126071923/https://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=3384|title=Sandwarriors Review|magazine=PC Zone|archivedate=January 26, 2009|date=August 13, 2001|accessdate=June 16, 2022}}
|rev5=Power Play Magazine
}}
PC Zone gave the game a score of 7.4 out of 10 stating "It's not a bad game by any means; it simply just doesn't distinguish itself from the pack. As Ron Pickering used to say to the losing team on the programme We Are The Champions, that's just 'hard lines".
Games Domain said "SandWarriors would have been a good action game. As it is, there are too many flaws to make it worth buying".{{cite web|url=http://www.gamesdomain.com/gdreview/zones/reviews/pc/sep97/sand.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20001210104500/http://www.gamesdomain.com/gdreview/zones/reviews/pc/sep97/sand.html|title=SandWarriors Main Review|website=Games Domain|archivedate=December 10, 2000|accessdate=January 13, 2025}}
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References
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External links
- {{official website|https://web.archive.org/web/19980117015316/http://www.astrosproductions.com/sand1.htm}} (archived)