Knife Edge: Nose Gunner

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Knife Edge: Nose Gunner
Developer(s)	Kemco
Release date(s)	November 27th, 1998 November 1st, 1998
Genre(s)	3D Shooter/Rail Shooter
Mode(s)	1-4 player, simultaneous
Platform(s)	Nintendo 64

Knife Edge: Nose Gunner is a video game for Nintendo 64 made by Kemco. It was released November 27th, 1998 in Japan and November 1st, 1998 in North America. It is a rail-shooter and the only one for the console. Knife edge quickly gained a reputation for being one of the worst video games ever made.

[edit] Characters

The following descriptions were taken from IGNs walkthrough found here.

• Knife Edge, Prototype Heavy Assault Fighter: One of the two experimental assault craft being developed at a space station orbiting Mars, as a part of a new military defense project. Armed with several Vulcan-class machinecannons, missile launchers,laser cannons, and ample loads of ammunition, it may just have what it takes to beat back the unknown enemies.

• Second Lieutenant Michael Samson, Nose Gunner: A young but highly skilled soldier assigned as the gunner for the Knife Edge. He has come to Mars and joined the assault craft project for the excitement, but now it seems he is getting more than he has bargained for. (During certain Movies, the lines spoken by Michael are printed in white.)

• Wing Commander Gregory MacKenzie, Commanding Officer: Michael and Armstrong's boss. For a career officer, he is a pretty easy-going guy who seems to get along well with those under his command.

• Dr. Linx, Exo-Archeobiologist: A specialist in ancient alien theoretical biology. She and her colleagues have been studying the strange ruins found at the north pole of Mars when the incident began. Her current whereabouts are unknown. (During certain Movies, the lines spoken by Dr. Linx are printed in yellow.)

• Armstrong, Nose Gunner: The gunner for the other experimental assault craft. Both he and Michael are sent in to rescue survivors and to attack the enemy, but something very bad happens to him shortly into their mission.

[edit] Gameplay

Knife Edge is for one to four players. You, the player, while moving about the locations of the game in the Knife Edge helicopter\ship on a rail, control a cursor that fires unlimited vulcan cannon bullets. When more than one player is playing each cursor is color coded to tell the difference. On top of having the regular gun there is the option for a secondary weapon. Each player can have one of the six weapons at at time and can switch by simply pausing the game.

The six other weapons are:

• Homing Missiles
• Plasma Torpedo
• Nuke
• Flak Discharge
• Laser Cannon
• Special Bomb (limited ammo)

Movement of the vehicle is clearly predetermined, but the player is given some ability to move in the form of the four C-buttons on the Nintendo 64 controller. When a button is depressed the ship will move slightly in the corresponting direction. This is used primarily to avoid objects\attacks.