Return Fire

Return Fire (1995)

by Silent Software, Prolific Publishing, Time Warner Interactive
Genres:Arcade
Themes:Action
Game modes:Single player, Split screen
Story:Return Fire is the spiritual successor to Fire Power and it fits in both the strategy and action genres. You can take control of one of 4 vehicles, a jeep, helicopter, tank and a missile launching vehicle (but actually called The Armoured Support Vehicle (ASV). There are are two ways to win, the easier one would be to capture the enemy's flag by bringing it to your bunker with the frail Jeep. This is the main objective. The other way to win is to destroy your enemy, a secondary objective.Show more
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user avatar@Thanerikuser avatar@Thanerik
January 31, 2025
This provides one of the mest multiplayer memories, when I was little, and playing this game with my little brother. The concept of capture the flag game with 4 difference vehicles, each with their unique strengths and weaknesses. The Jeep is fast, agile and can capture the flag. But it is frail. The tank is strong, but slow, and can't shoot the helicop, which only can be shooted down by the ASV. It provides many stragetically aspect to the game, and it's SO great as local multiplayer game!
user avatar@dan45ospuser avatar@dan45osp
February 12, 2025
Played this a lot with my father, it was a 90's multiplayer experience. Also I knew this games thanks to a Windows 95 Videogame Sampler, that had a lot of demos
The laughing skull when your vehicle gets destroyed and the dramatic classical music really provided Return Fire with a dark sense of humour. Sometimes me and my best friend would just decide to ground level the entire map. The game‘s slogan was: „Destroy! Destroy! Destroy!“ Good memories.
user avatar@kopichauser avatar@kopicha
February 15, 2025
Really love to have this game faithfully preserved. Had really great memories with this along with my friend. Even till this very day, we can't forget the moments of joy and laughter this game brought into our lives
user avatar@illrexuser avatar@illrex
April 06, 2025
This was a great early multiplayer game. I used to play it with my brother and he would chase me down with a helicopter everywhere. You had to wipe out a good part of the other players base in order for the jeep to get in and take the flag so there was a balance of offense and defense you had to consider. FYI the game can be played single player for practice too but it's just shooting at turrets.
I had a 3DO in college and this was THE dorm room game when I was in college before the N64 Mario Cart. Have such great memories of blaring the music while having heated two person battles. Even the spark leaving the lightbulb as the game loads before Handel's Messiah is my favorite load screen opening... I can't believe this hasn't been remade, always seemed like the perfect two person mobile game
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