AirForce Delta (Game Boy Color)

GameSpot editors' review

• CNET editors' rating: 2.0 stars Mediocre
  Detailed editors' rating
  Overall score: 4.5 (2.0 stars)

• Reviewed by:
  Frank Provo
• Reviewed on: 01/19/2001
• Updated on: 05/17/2006
• Released on: 11/21/2000
• Originally published on GameSpot: AirForce Delta (Game Boy Color) Review

Mayday! Mayday! Konami's Airforce Delta has crashed and burned its way onto the Game Boy Color. Developer Climax set out to re-create the splendor of the Dreamcast version, but instead it has merely created a mindless Afterburner wannabe. The game comes fully loaded with the sweetest graphics of any shooter on the system - and that's about it. Someone forgot to fill its tanks with gameplay. Oops.

In the world of Airforce Delta, you assume the role of a hotshot fighter pilot allied with the losing side of a bloody civil war. The People's Federation is a stone's throw from stirring Armageddon, and throughout the game's 12 missions, it's up to you to stop them. Frag some enemies, earn some cash, buy a few planes, and save the world - sounds good, right? Wrong. First, the game itself is brutally repetitious. Although each mission calls for navigating treacherous terrain and wiping out an enemy base, the real goal of each level is to destroy a set number of enemy aircraft and tanks before time runs out, you run out of fuel, or you're blown to bits. In between missions, you can purchase additional airplanes to add to your hangar, and the number of airplanes also represent the number of remaining continues.In all, there are eight aircraft: F5-E Tiger II, Mirage 2000, F-18 Hornet, Harrier, MiG-29, A-10 Thunderbolt, F-22 Raptor, and the XF-33 experimental space jet.

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