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{{Short description|1994 video game}}
{{Infobox video game
| title = Zeewolf
| image = Zeewolf Coverart.png
| caption = ''Zeewolf'' cover art
| developer = Binary Asylum
| publisher = Binary Asylum
| released = 1994
| genre = [[Shoot 'em up]]
| modes = [[Single-player]]
| platforms = [[Amiga]]
| designer = Andy Wilton
| composer = [[Allister Brimble]]
}}
'''''Zeewolf''''' is a single-player [[3D computer graphics|3D]] [[shoot 'em up]] computer game released for the [[Amiga]] platform in November 1994 by Binary Asylum.<ref name="hol">{{cite web |title=Zeewolf |url=http://hol.abime.net/1622 |website=Amiga Hall of Light}}</ref> A [[Sega Mega Drive]] version was planned but never released.<ref name="MMS31">{{cite magazine|url=https://archive.org/stream/mean-machines-sega-magazine-31#page/n13/mode/1up|title=News: Seeking Asylum|magazine=[[Mean Machines Sega]]|publisher=[[EMAP]]|issue=31|date=May 1995|page=14}}</ref><ref name="SEGAMagazin19">{{cite magazine|url=https://retrocdn.net/index.php?title=File%3ASegaMagazin_DE_19.pdf&page=6|title=Newsbox: Zeewolf|magazine=Sega Magazin|issue=19|publisher=[[Computec]]|date=June 1995|page=6|lang=de}}</ref> The player is tasked with flying a helicopter gunship over 32 combat missions.
A sequel, ''Zeewolf 2: Wild Justice'' followed in 1995.<ref>{{cite web |title=Zeewolf 2: Wild Justice |url=http://www.lemonamiga.com/games/details.php?id=1164 |website=Lemon Amiga}}</ref>
==Gameplay==
The player flies an [[attack helicopter]] (and occasionally other aircraft) over 32 missions. Objectives include locating targets, destroying enemy units and buildings, transporting friendly vehicles and rescuing hostages. Some objectives are time limited. The player is given a finite number of [[health (gaming)|lives]]. The player's craft can be destroyed by accumulated damage from enemy fire or from colliding with structures or terrain. The helicopter is equipped with cannon, rockets and guided [[air-to-air missile]]s. Fuel and ammunition are finite and the player has limited funds and locations in which to refuel or buy ammunition.
The game allows control by [[gamepad|joystick]] or mouse. Under joystick control pressing in a direction causes the aircraft to orient and travel in that direction and the craft automatically maintains altitude. Under mouse control the mouse's motion tilts the aircraft around the axis of the rotors. The aircraft can only [[pitch (flight)|pitch]] and [[Yaw angle|yaw]]; it cannot [[roll (flight)|roll]]. The mouse buttons control weaponry and throttle. The game enforces a [[flight ceiling]] at which the throttle will not increase altitude.
''Zeewolf'' uses a wraparound map in which the landscape endlessly repeats. An in-game map shows the location of the player within the landscape.
==Development==
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The concept was developed by Andy Wilton with additional programming by Jim Gardner. The levels were designed by Andy Smith and Bob Wade. [[Allister Brimble]] composed the title music and sound effects.
The terrain is constructed from an undulating landscape of fixed size tiles. The 3D engine renders vehicles, ships, buildings, trees, hostages and projectiles as solid polygons with shadow effects. The game uses a horizontal camera angle where only a boxed section of the terrain centred on the player's position is visible. This limitation in depth is necessary to achieve an acceptable [[frame rate]] with the stock Amiga hardware.
==Reception==
{{Video game reviews
|AmAction=85%<ref>{{cite magazine|last1=McNally|first1=Paul|last2=Roundell|first2=Paul|date=Christmas 1994|url=http://amr.abime.net/review_32287|title=Zeewolf|magazine=[[Amiga Action]]|issue=65|pages=28–29|accessdate=June 15, 2021}}</ref>
|AmComputing=90%<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://archive.org/details/amiga-computing-magazine-081/page/n119/mode/2up?view=theater|title=Zeewolf|magazine=[[Amiga Computing]]|date=December 1994|issue=81|pages=120–121|accessdate=June 15, 2021}}</ref>
|AmFormat=90%<ref>{{cite magazine|last=McGill|first=Steve|date=December 1994|url=http://amr.abime.net/review_2803|title=Zeewolf|magazine=[[Amiga Format]]|issue=66|pages=72–73|accessdate=June 15, 2021}}</ref>
|AmPower=74%<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Davies|first=Jonathan|date=December 1994|url=http://amr.abime.net/review_1635|title=Zeewolf|magazine=[[Amiga Power]]|issue=44|pages=38–40|accessdate=June 15, 2021}}</ref>
|CVG=91/100<ref>{{cite magazine|last1=Skews|first1=Rik|last2=Lord|first2=Gary|date=December 1994|url=https://retrocdn.net/images/6/6b/CVG_UK_157.pdf|title=Zeewolf|magazine=[[Computer and Video Games]]|issue=157|pages=56–57|accessdate=June 15, 2021}}</ref>
|Edge=8/10<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://segaretro.org/index.php?title=File:Edge_UK_016.pdf&page=74|title=Zeewolf|magazine=[[Edge (magazine)|Edge]]|issue=15|page=74|date=January 1995|accessdate=June 15, 2021}}</ref>
}}
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==References==
{{Reflist}}
[[Category:1994 video games]]
[[Category:Amiga games]]
[[Category:Amiga-only games]]
[[Category:Cancelled Sega Genesis games]]
[[Category:Helicopter video games]]
[[Category:Multidirectional shooters]]
[[Category:Single-player video games]]
[[Category:Video games developed in the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:Video games scored by Allister Brimble]]