Ikari Warriors

originally released back in 1986, Ikari Warriors is a top-down shooter very much in the vein of both Who Dares Wins and Purple Heart, casting you as an American marine whose plane has crash-landed behind ememy lines in the Jungle, requiring you to press upwards through dirt tracks and across bridges, wiping out enemy troops with your machinegun and blowing up tanks pillboxes and helicopters (?) with grenades, which can also be used to take out large groups of enemy troops at once. You can move and fire in 360 degrees and can also jump into abandoned tanks, though these will blow up when you take too many hits or run out of fuel, requiring you to jump out at ...  Read the complete review

I had forgotten all about this game until I read about it right here on Dooyoo. Ikari Warriors was a model of what made the old games great despite the lack of resources. It combined addictive gameplay with pure simplicity to make it one of the best games of its time. Ikari Warriors was a direct conversion of the coin-op by the same name. The loose story behind the mayhem is that you are a pilot, shot down in enemy territory who must fight his way through numerous enemy territories to reach safety. It can be played in either 1 player or 2 player modes(I guess the other bloke is the navigator or something) but the objective is still the same. Basically, you start ...  Read the complete review

I can't believe that nobody has reviewed this game before ! While it's an old title now another generation can get totally hooked on it thanks to emulators and everything retro coming back in again . Ikari Warriors on the amiga was a direct conversion of the original coin op (which was a sequel to the game 'Road to victory' - also worth checking out) . The idea of the game - like every good game is simple . You and a friend are two pilots who have been shot down over enemy territory and you've got to complete your mission - which conveniently means you have to wade through miles of enemy territory . The game takes place as an ...  Read the complete review