SWIV 3D

{{Short description|1996 video game}} {{Infobox video game | title = SWIV 3D | collapsible = | state = | image = SWIV 3D cover.jpg | caption = | developer = Sales Curve Interactive | publisher = Sales Curve Interactive | series = SWIV | programmer = {{Unbulleted list|James Sharman|Richard Matthias}} | artist = {{Unbulleted list|Glenn Broadway|Pieter Warmington}} | engine = | released = 1996 | genre = Shoot 'em up | modes = Single-player | platforms = Microsoft Windows, DOS }}

'''''SWIV 3D''''' (also known as '''''SWIV 3D Assault''''') is a 3D video game remake of ''SWIV'' developed and published by Sales Curve Interactive in 1996. It is the last game in the ''Silkworm''/''SWIV'' series and the only game of the series to use a voxel-based 3D engine.

==Gameplay== In ''SWIV 3D'' the player must pilot a helicopter navigating through a series of landscapes destroying buildings to fulfil mission goals. There are also opportunities to use an armoured SUV.

==Development== SCi attempted to license some tracks by Hallucinogen for the soundtrack, but due to a difficulty with getting royalties cleared, they were not able to secure the license in time for the game's release.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=The Future Sound of Game Music|magazine=Next Generation|issue=24 |publisher=Imagine Media|date=December 1996|page=90}}</ref>

In early 1997, Interplay Productions bought the U.S. publishing rights for the game from Sales Curve, intending to publish the game for the PlayStation in June 1997.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Inside Scoop|magazine=GamePro|issue=104 |publisher=IDG|date=May 1997|page=24}}</ref> However, this version of the game was never released. Interplay did, however, re-release the game as ''SWIV 3D Assault'' in the US. Its only notable in-game difference was the implementation of Glide support.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.interplay.com/games/swiv.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19980116234208/http://www.interplay.com/games/swiv.html |title=Swiv |website=Interplay Productions |archive-date=January 16, 1998 |access-date=November 22, 2025}}</ref>

==Reception== {{Video game reviews |rev1=''GameSpot'' |rev1Score=8.6/10<ref name="GameSpot">{{cite web|first=Tal|last=Blevins|url=https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/swiv-3d-review/1900-2533333/|title=SWIV 3D Review|website=GameSpot|date=May 2, 2000|accessdate=August 31, 2021}}</ref> |rev2=''PC Review'' |rev2Score=8/10<ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/pc-review-62/page/62/mode/2up|title=SWIV 3D|magazine=PC Review|page=63|date=December 1996|accessdate=August 31, 2021}}</ref> |rev3=''Gambler'' |rev3Score=71%<ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/gambler_magazine-1997-02/page/n15/mode/2up|title=SWIV 3D|magazine=Gambler|language=pl|page=16|date=February 1997|accessdate=August 31, 2021}}</ref> |rev4=''PC Games'' |rev4Score= 82%<ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/pcgamesmagazine-1997-01/page/n213/mode/2up|title=SWIV 3D|magazine=PC Games|language=de|page=214|date=January 1997|accessdate=August 31, 2021}}</ref> |rev5=''Computer and Video Games'' |rev5Score= 3/5<ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/Computer_and_Video_Games_Issue_181_1996-12_EMAP_Images_GB/page/n88/mode/1up|title=SWIV 3D|magazine=Computer and Video Games|language=en|page=90|date=December 1996|accessdate=March 30, 2025}}</ref> }}

''GameSpot'' rated the game an 8.6 of 10, stating, "''SWIV 3D'' kicks ass in the shooter genre and avid action gamers will almost certainly kick themselves for not picking up a copy."<ref name="GameSpot"/>

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Category:1996 video games Category:Combat flight simulators Category:DOS games Category:Helicopter video games Category:Video game remakes Category:Video games developed in the United Kingdom Category:Windows games Category:SCi Games games Category:Single-player video games