Return Fire

Released

1995 on 3DO

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Developers

Silent Software Incorporated

Moby Score

7.2

#9,114 of 155K

Critics

77% (43)

Players

(70)

Ranking

#13 on 3DO
#372 on PlayStation
#4,813 on Windows

Collected By

52 players

Genre: Action
Perspective: Diagonal-down
Visual: 2D scrolling
Gameplay: Shooter
Vehicular: Helicopter
Tank

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Return Fire is the spiritual successor to Fire Power and it fits in both the strategy and action genres. You can take control of one of 4 vehicles, a jeep, helicopter, tank, and a missile launching vehicle (but actually called The Armoured Support Vehicle (ASV).

There are two ways to win, the easier one would be to capture the enemy's flag by bringing it to your bunker with the frail Jeep. This is the main objective. The other way to win is to destroy your enemy, a secondary objective.

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Credits (3DO version)

17 People (13 developers, 4 thanks)

Directed by	Reichart Kurt von Wolfsheild
Produced by	Alexis C. Kasperavičius
Written by	William A. Ware
Game Graphics by	Van Arno
Music	Alexis C. Kasperavičius
Sound Effects	Alexis C. Kasperavičius
Audio Editing	Christopher G. Briles
3D Animation	John Savage Jeffrey T. Hall
Programming Tools	James J. Host Edgar C. Tolentino
Package Design & Layout	David G. Pascal Reichart Kurt von Wolfsheild ("The Baron")
Cover Art	Van Arno Reichart Kurt von Wolfsheild ("The Baron")
Photography	Emi Joy
Logistics	Virgilijus V. Kasperavičius
Attorney	Charles Dominick Lombino
Concept	Reichart Kurt von Wolfsheild ("The Baron")
Design	Reichart Kurt von Wolfsheild
Thanks to	Robert J. Mical Dave Needle Charles E. Fenton Andrea Lucas-Bundesmann

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Discussion

Subject	User	Date
Map editor	ikkejw (0)	2007-06-14 13:20:26
Strategy Guide	Matthew Copeland (0)	2007-06-21 14:40:06

Trivia

1001 Video Games

The 3DO version of Return Fire appears in the book 1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die by General Editor Tony Mott.

Cancelled Saturn version

Following the release of the game on the 3DO and Playstation systems, a version was planned for release on the Sega Saturn. Developer Prolific ported the code over and in fact even completed the game. However at that time, a version of the Sega Saturn system named the "Hi-Saturn" and manufactured by Hitachi was released. The system wasn't always compatible with existing games and so Prolific was asked to make sure the upcoming Return Fire would be compatible with this variant of the system. While making the necessary changes for the Hi-Saturn, the Sega Saturn's future as a profitable platform came under doubt and Return Fire, already finished, was canceled.

In 2003, SEGA-Saturn.net began to do research on unreleased games and contacted Prolific about the title. They were sent a fully functional Sega Saturn CD version of the game to test.

More information can be found at http://www.sega-saturn.net/returnfire.htm

Music

The game features a classic music score, including Richard Wagner's Ride of the Valkyries when using the helicopter (think Apocalypse Now), In the Hall of the Mountain King by Grieg with the ASV and Mars - The Bringer of War by Gustav Holst for the tank. The jeep features two songs: Flight of the Bumblebee by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov and the popular William Tell Overture by Gioacchino Rossini when a flag is being carried.

The introduction is a piece from Verdi's Dies Irae and the player is greeted by a portion of Handel's Hallelujah chorus from his Messiah oratorio when completes a level.