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Firepower 2000

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First release
Nov 1992
Genres
Shooter · Action, Science fiction
Platforms
Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Super Famicom

Choose between a Helicopter Gunship or an Armoured Jeep and prepare to enter enemy territory as part of the elite assault team of SPECIAL WEAPONS INTERDICTION VEHICLES. Battle against enemy 'copters, thanks, hovercraft, snowmobiles, mechanised flying fish, giant weapons installations andmuch more in this vertically scrolling shot 'em up. But beware, the enemy is armed with the latest deadly weaponry, including the lethal SILWORM IV homing missile.

Also known as Mega SWIV, Super SWIV

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Storyline
A secret "underground race" on an island in the mid-Atlantic ocean has stolen top military vehicles and equipment from around the world and have rebuilt powerful war machines from them. They are even piloted by robots with one mission: to destroy. Military and intelligence officials of major countries have detected them, but they are afraid that they will be unable to prepare against an assault by this underground race. Their plan is to send you in to infiltrate their base and destroy them before they have a chance to unleash the war upon the rest of the world.Read more

A secret "underground race" on an island in the mid-Atlantic ocean has stolen top military vehicles and equipment from around the world and have rebuilt powerful war machines from them. They are even piloted by robots with one mission: to destroy. Military and intelligence officials of major countries have detected them, but they are afraid that they will be unable to prepare against an assault by this underground race. Their plan is to send you in to infiltrate their base and destroy them before they have a chance to unleash the war upon the rest of the world.

Release dates
Super Nintendo Entertainment System
Nov 1992
Super Famicom
Nov 13, 1992
Super Nintendo Entertainment System
Q3 1993
All 4 release dates
Sega Mega Drive/Genesis
1994
Game modes
Multiplayer, Single player
Perspective
Bird view / Isometric
Keywords
modern warfare, helicopter, shoot 'em up, multiple protagonists, modern military
… All 8, upgradeable weapons, vertical scrolling, retroachievements
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IGDB · recorded 20 Oct 2026

Language data: IGDB · recorded 20 Oct 2026