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Golden Hornet

Golden Hornet is a retro style twin-stick shooter inspired by 'Choplifter', 'Fort Apocalypse', and Stern Electronics' arcade game 'Rescue'. Become a pilot of the multipurpose helicopter 'Golden Hornet' —…

22 December 2017

Golden Hornet is an arcade developed by Hijong Park, released 22 December 2017 on PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Golden Hornet is

Golden Hornet is an arcade game developed by Hijong Park and released in 2017. It was published by PsychoFlux Entertainment. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only. It runs on GameMaker: Studio.

The premise, in the publisher's words

There was a country called Videl, divided into North and South after their first civil war. And still, there was a lot of conflict between them. On May 26th, 2020, as the North Videl began to invade in the dawn, the Second Videl War broke out. To fight against the North Videl army, the Golden Hornet — the South Videl's most advanced multipurpose helicopter — was put into operation. Being piloted by two elite chopper pilots; the mission of the Golden Hornet is to save the prisoners of war, and destroy the enemy outposts.
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How it plays

Its themes are action and warfare. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Golden Hornet launched on 22 December 2017, within three weeks of Hello Neighbor, Yakuza Kiwami 2, Horizon Zero Dawn: Complete Edition and OKAMI HD.

Released around the same time: Hello Neighbor, Yakuza Kiwami 2, Horizon Zero Dawn: Complete Edition, OKAMI HD.

Official trailer

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Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.

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Quick answers

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When did Golden Hornet come out?
Golden Hornet was released on 22 December 2017 for PC (Microsoft Windows).

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