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SAF: Secret Armored Force

Family Productions last side-scroller released in the final days of DOS gaming, SAF: Secret Armored Force gets rid of all the technical issues from which former games by the company suffered. Even the…

28 April 1997

SAF: Secret Armored Force is a video game, released 28 April 1997 on PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What SAF: Secret Armored Force is

SAF: Secret Armored Force was released in 1997. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Family Productions last side-scroller released in the final days of DOS gaming, SAF: Secret Armored Force gets rid of all the technical issues from which former games by the company suffered. Even the scrolling runs perfectly smooth, and there are real transparency effects, which are not too common with DOS games overall. Although not a sequel per se, the game soon evokes memories of lazenca, not only because the player once again takes place in a mecha. Instead of having to chose between two models, though, the machine in SAF unites the agility of the Ripple with the weapons and jetpacks of the Cyber-Troll and for good measure throws in the left & right fire buttons of the shmup sequences…
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How it plays

Its themes are action.

What it launched against

SAF: Secret Armored Force launched on 28 April 1997, within three weeks of Star Fox 64, Shadow Warrior and Jonah Lomu Rugby.

Released around the same time: Star Fox 64, Shadow Warrior, Jonah Lomu Rugby.

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When did SAF: Secret Armored Force come out?
SAF: Secret Armored Force was released on 28 April 1997 for PC (Microsoft Windows).