Airburst
Encyclopedia
Airburst is a 2001
Mac OS
game developed by Strange Flavour
and published by Freeverse. On October 25, 2007, it was announced for Xbox Live Arcade
game for the Xbox 360
. There is currently no release date for the Xbox 360 release but the game is available for testing on Partnernet, the private Xbox 360 developer site.
", in which players divert a "deadly chainsaw-bladed burster ball" with a paddle towards other players' platforms, which are made of balloons. Each player is armed with a bat which can be used to deflect the ball away from their balloons and towards their opponents. There are also a host of power-ups that affect gameplay.
The XBLA version uses ReplicaNet
for online play.
as Airburst Extreme.
s, and six additional characters (four new protagonist
s and two new antagonist
s) in Airburst Extreme.
2001 in video gaming
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Mac OS
Mac OS
Mac OS is a series of graphical user interface-based operating systems developed by Apple Inc. for their Macintosh line of computer systems. The Macintosh user experience is credited with popularizing the graphical user interface...
game developed by Strange Flavour
Strange Flavour
Strange Flavour is an independent computer game software developer based in United Kingdom. They create Macintosh software and are currently developing games for the iPhone and Microsoft's Xbox Live Arcade service on the Xbox 360....
and published by Freeverse. On October 25, 2007, it was announced for Xbox Live Arcade
Xbox Live Arcade
Xbox Live Arcade is a type of video game download distribution available primarily in a section of the Xbox Live Marketplace, Microsoft's digital distribution network for the Xbox 360, that focuses on smaller downloadable games from both major publishers and independent game developers...
game for the Xbox 360
Xbox 360
The Xbox 360 is the second video game console produced by Microsoft and the successor to the Xbox. The Xbox 360 competes with Sony's PlayStation 3 and Nintendo's Wii as part of the seventh generation of video game consoles...
. There is currently no release date for the Xbox 360 release but the game is available for testing on Partnernet, the private Xbox 360 developer site.
Gameplay
The game has been described as "an inverted version of PongPong
Pong is one of the earliest arcade video games, and is a tennis sports game featuring simple two-dimensional graphics. While other arcade video games such as Computer Space came before it, Pong was one of the first video games to reach mainstream popularity...
", in which players divert a "deadly chainsaw-bladed burster ball" with a paddle towards other players' platforms, which are made of balloons. Each player is armed with a bat which can be used to deflect the ball away from their balloons and towards their opponents. There are also a host of power-ups that affect gameplay.
The XBLA version uses ReplicaNet
ReplicaNet
- Introduction :Distributed computing and distributed object systems are designed to allow software modules or objects to work together where the objects can be located on different computers connected by a network...
for online play.
Airburst Extreme
An enhanced version was released in 2004 for Mac OS XMac OS X
Mac OS X is a series of Unix-based operating systems and graphical user interfaces developed, marketed, and sold by Apple Inc. Since 2002, has been included with all new Macintosh computer systems...
as Airburst Extreme.
Characters
There are four playable characterCharacter (arts)
A character is the representation of a person in a narrative work of art . Derived from the ancient Greek word kharaktêr , the earliest use in English, in this sense, dates from the Restoration, although it became widely used after its appearance in Tom Jones in 1749. From this, the sense of...
s, and six additional characters (four new protagonist
Protagonist
A protagonist is the main character of a literary, theatrical, cinematic, or musical narrative, around whom the events of the narrative's plot revolve and with whom the audience is intended to most identify...
s and two new antagonist
Antagonist
An antagonist is a character, group of characters, or institution, that represents the opposition against which the protagonist must contend...
s) in Airburst Extreme.
Reviews
- ATPM.com (Original)
- Inside Mac Games (Extreme)