Propeller Arena
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| Developer(s) | Sega-AM2 |
| Publisher(s) | Sega |
| Release date(s) | cancelled |
| Genre(s) | Action |
| Mode(s) | Single player, multiplayer |
| Rating(s) | ESRB: Not Rated (NR) |
| Platform(s) | Dreamcast |
Propeller Arena: Aviation Battle Championship is a videogame for the Dreamcast console. It was developed by Sega-AM2, completed, but never officially released. The main reason was probably that a certain level was visually very similar to the September 11, 2001 attacks. Also, with the Dreamcast's commercial failure, Sega believed this game's release wouldn't bring in profit.
Hopes of a port to another console never materialized. However, a disk image of the game was eventually leaked, becoming a popular download on many peer-to-peer networks.
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[edit] Plot
In a near future, there will be an air combat tournament with planes from the WW2 era. From the game's intro:
- This is coming to you from Aviation Radio Station. The year is 2045. Who thought of this? I don't know! But it's a crazy tournament of cool battles in the sky. Aviation Battle Championships begin! Proud warriors of the world's skies gather in hopes of winning the prize!
[edit] Characters
Several pilots join the tournament, each with their own reasons.
[edit] Eagle Jam
Gary Hamilton is an USAF pilot and leads a team of ancient aircraft restorers. In a time of peace, he wants to try his skill in real combat.
[edit] Shameless Cats
Emily Williams is an actress who enters the competition to honor her beloved late grandfather, an adventurer and pilot, who taught her to fly at an early age.
- Hamilton and Williams fly the P-51 D.
[edit] Muscle Brothers
Tim Golden is a bodybuilder and former Air Force cadet who was tricked into getting in the tournament.
[edit] Pizza Fat
Michael Cantrelle is the heir of a large pizza franchise, a military item collector, and a slouch. He is promised a tank by his father if he wins the prize.
- Golden and Cantrelle fly the P-38 J.
[edit] Pengo Jets
Rally Miller is an actor, aircraft aficionado, and narcissist, who thinks his fighter will attract women even more than his jet plane.
[edit] 8-Bit Beat
Silver Boy is the mysterious leader of a German techno act. The character may be a parody of Zack from the Dead or Alive series.
- Miller and Silver Boy fly the Bf 109 E.
[edit] Hex Candy
Lucy Walman is a singer in a girl band, enrolled in the tournament by her manager as a promotional stunt.
[edit] Golden Knife
Peter Goldsmith is a Gulf War veteran who was seen as a cheater by his peers for going after enemy planes that had already been damaged by them, and wants to prove his worth as a pilot.
- Walman and Goldsmith fly the Spitfire Mk. VB.
[edit] Gameplay
Propeller Arena can be roughly described as "Quake in the skies": it is not a typical flight simulator, but a series of quick dog fight deathmatches in rather limited areas, in a way similar to a multiplayer first-person shooter.
The game has four modes: the main game, Championship, which is a sequence of dogfights; Quick Battle, a single dogfight; Training Arena, a number of training missions and minigames; and Network, the online mode. Beating the game and the training missions unlocks extra characters and levels.
[edit] Soundtrack
The game's soundtrack, all consisting of punk rock, was prepared by both "branches" of Sega: a Japanese team had 12 songs composed and produced in-house, while an American team arranged a deal with the Fat Wreck Chords label to license 9 songs from the bands Consumed, Zero Down, No Use for a Name, Mad Caddies, and Rise Against.
[edit] External links
- SEGA-Universe - game trailer
