Iron Helix
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Iron Helix | ||||||||||
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System(s): Sega Mega-CD | ||||||||||
Publisher: Spectrum Holobyte | ||||||||||
Developer: Brian A. Rice, Inc. | ||||||||||
Developer(s) of original games: Drew Pictures | ||||||||||
Genre: Adventure | ||||||||||
Number of players: 1 | ||||||||||
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Iron Helix is a first-person adventure game released for the Sega Mega-CD, Windows PCs and Macintosh computers. The Mega-CD version was released exclusively in North America.
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Gameplay
Iron Helix is a slow-paced first-person adventure game with an element of strategy. The player controls a robot with the objective of stopping a rogue spaceship from being able to deploy the "Iron Helix" doomsday weapon. The robot is unarmed (save for a limited-used jamming signal used by pressing ), and is instead tasked with obtaining various items and eventually shutting the ship down. At the same time, a security drone hunts the player, though can only track doors that are opened or closed.
Most of the game is rendered as full motion video, with moving around the ship being simulated by pre-rendered footage in the top left of the screen.
Magazine articles
- Main article: Iron Helix/Magazine articles.
Promotional material
also published in:
Physical scans
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Based on 8 reviews |
Technical information
ROM dump status
System | Hash | Size | Build Date | Source | Comments | |||||||||
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475,506,192 | CD (US) | T-124015 |
References
- ↑ Press release: 1994-06-06: DREW PICTURES: AWARD-WINNING 'IRON HELIX' SCIENCE-FICTION ADVENTURE GAME GOES SEGA CD
- ↑ GamePro, "November 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 205
- ↑ EGM², "November 1994" (US; 1994-1x-xx), page 290
- ↑ Sega Visions, "December/January 1994/1995" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 87
- ↑ Electronic Games (1992-1995), "February 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 110
- ↑ Freak, "3/95" (IL; 1995-xx-xx), page 1
- ↑ Game Players, "Vol. 8 No. 2 February 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 62
- ↑ GamePro, "February 1995" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 50
- ↑ MAN!AC, "12/94" (DE; 1994-11-09), page 66
- ↑ Mega Force, "Janvier 1995" (FR; 199x-xx-xx), page 74
- ↑ Sega Power, "June 1995" (UK; 1995-04-20), page 60
- ↑ Video Games, "2/95" (DE; 1995-01-18), page 97