Steam game

Golden Hornet

Golden Hornet is a retro style twin-stick shooter. Become a pilot of the multipurpose helicopter 'Golden Hornet' — rescue hostages and destroy enemy outposts.

$0.99 December 22, 2017

By Hijong Park

Windows Controller: full
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Golden Hornet - Hijong Park. Popular. Released December 22, 2017
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Overview

About this game

Golden Hornet is a retro style twin-stick shooter inspired by 'Choplifter', 'Fort Apocalypse', and Stern Electronics' arcade game 'Rescue'. Become a pilot of the multipurpose helicopter 'Golden Hornet' — rescue hostages and destroy enemy outposts.

Story

There was a country called Videl, divided into North and South after their first civil war. And still, there was a lot of conflict between them.


On May 26th, 2020, as the North Videl began to invade in the dawn, the Second Videl War broke out. To fight against the North Videl army, the Golden Hornet — the South Videl's most advanced multipurpose helicopter — was put into operation.

Being piloted by two elite chopper pilots; the mission of the Golden Hornet is to save the prisoners of war, and destroy the enemy outposts.

Gamemodes

  • Campaign:
    Explore the level, save the hostages and destroy all enemy targets. There are 8 chapters in total, and each chapter consists of 3 levels.
  • Arcade:
    Endless rescue misson. Save as many hostages as possible, and get the highest score you can achieve. Supports online leaderboard.

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