Game

Warhead

1990 · Atari ST/STE · Amiga · Simulator

About this game

Warhead is a mission-based space combat simulation set in 2045, where Earth faces an alien invasion from Sirius. Players pilot the FOE-57 spacecraft for the Fist of Earth organization, completing missions to defend humanity against insect-like alien forces. Objectives include destroying enemies, protecting allied forces, and conducting search and rescue operations. The game features mouse-controlled navigation with keyboard commands for autopilot modes, multiple weapons (including mines and stinger missiles), HUD displays, various viewpoints, and targeting systems. Players progress through sequential missions, with the SolBase orbital station serving as humanity's primary military headquarters.

In 2045, an insect-like alien species from the Sirius star system launched a devastating assault on Earth, causing a planetary winter and killing a third of the human population. The attack dissolved all national borders, uniting humanity under a single defence force known as the Fist of Earth. Operating from SolBase, a military station orbiting the Sun, the organisation dispatches a lone pilot in the FOE-57 fighter craft on a series of missions to repel the Sirian threat and safeguard what remains of civilisation.