Vortex
- Vortex (1982 on Apple II)
- Vortex (1983 on BBC Micro, Electron)
- Vortex (1988 on Amiga)
- VoRTeX (1995 on Windows)
- Vortex (2015 on Windows)
Description
Vortex was one of the few games designed to use the SNES Super FX 1 chip, a custom-made graphics accelerator RISC processor. The game is a 3D shooter similar to Star Fox by the same development studio, but with some subtle differences. Players can morph their vehicle at any time from the standard walker to a sonic jet, a land burner and a defensive hard shell, each with their own weapons, strengths and weaknesses.
The player is cast as a soldier fighting the Aki-Do Forces, an evil empire bent on taking over the entire universe. To stop them, the player has access to an experimental mech, the Vortex, to travel the seven worlds of the Aki-Do system and destroy the bases.
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- ヴォルテックス - Japanese spelling
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Game added by Big John WV.
Additional contributors: Sciere, Rik Hideto, firefang9212.
Game added March 14, 2008. Last modified January 17, 2024.