{{Short description|1992 video game}} {{Infobox video game | title = '''''Super SWIV'''''<br>'''''Firepower 2000'''''<br>'''''Mega SWIV''''' | image = Super SWIV cover.png | caption = European SNES cover art | developer = The Sales Curve | publisher = Time Warner Interactive (EU)<br>Sunsoft (US)<br>Coconuts Japan (JP) | designer = | writer = | artist = Ned Langman, Robert Whitaker | composer = David Whittaker | series = | released = '''Super NES'''<br>{{Video game release|NA|November 1992|JP|November 1992|EU|August 1993}}'''Mega Drive'''<br>{{Video game release|EU|March 1995<ref name="MegaSWIV-SM15">{{cite web|title=Mega Drive Review - Mega SWIV|url=https://archive.org/details/sega-uk-15/page/n83/mode/1up|magazine=Sega Magazine|publisher=EMAP|accessdate=9 March 2025|date=March 1995|page=84}}</ref>}} | genre = Scrolling shoot'em up | modes = Single-player, multiplayer | platforms = Super NES, Mega Drive }} '''''Super SWIV''''' ('''''Firepower 2000''''' in the US) is a top-down shoot 'em up released for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System in 1992. It was released as '''''Mega SWIV''''' on the Mega Drive in 1995. It is the sequel to the 1991 game SWIV. It was followed by ''SWIV 3D'' in 1996.
<!-- Deleted image removed: thumb|left|Mega SWIV package insert -->The game's story involves a secret underground race on an island in the Atlantic Ocean which has stolen top military vehicles and equipment from around the world and built powerful war machines from them. Military and intelligence officials of major countries detect them, but are afraid that they will be unable to prepare against an assault by this underground race. They send the player character in to infiltrate their base and destroy them.
Players can control either a helicopter or a jeep. The helicopter is not stopped by obstacles but the jeep can fire in any direction. There are nine weapons (five permanent, four short-lasting specials) the player can pick up along the way.
==Reception== {{expand section|date=March 2021}} {{Video game reviews | GR = 82.40% (SNES)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gamerankings.com/snes/588336-firepower-2000/index.html|title=Firepower 2000 SNES Review Score|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190513171129/https://www.gamerankings.com/snes/588336-firepower-2000/index.html|archive-date=2019-05-13}}</ref> | rev1 = Wizard | rev1Score = B (SNES)<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Rubenstein |first=Glenn |date=April 1993 |title=At the Controls |url=https://archive.org/details/WizardMagazine020/page/n19/mode/2up |journal=Wizard |issue=20 |pages=18–20 |access-date=April 24, 2022}}</ref> }}''Super Gamer'' reviewed the SNES version and gave an overall score of 70% writing: "Another vertical scroller with the addition of simultaneous two-player action. Sadly graphics and gameplay are rather dull and unoriginal."<ref>{{Cite journal|date=May 1994|title=Super Swiv Review|url=https://archive.org/details/super-gamer-02/page/122/mode/2up|journal=Super Gamer|location=United Kingdom|publisher=Paragon Publishing|issue=2|pages=123|access-date=March 23, 2021}}</ref> In 1995, ''Total!'' rated ''Super SWIV'' 72nd on its Top 100 SNES Games writing: "It looks a bit dated but this shooter is brilliantly designed. It's a two-player jobby too."<ref>{{Cite journal |date=July 1995 |title=Top 100 SNES Games |url=https://archive.org/details/total-43/page/n45/mode/2up |journal=Total! |issue=43 |pages=47 |access-date=February 27, 2022}}</ref> Glenn Rubenstein of ''Wizard'' praised ''Firepower 2000'' for there finally being an above average shooter for the SNES that was ''not'' produced by Konami, however not much effort was put into the graphics or plot. He commented that the gameplay being heavy on action made it an overall winner concluding: "Should be big with shooter fans, but the general player probably won't get too into it."<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Rubenstein |first=Glenn |date=April 1993 |title=At the Controls |url=https://archive.org/details/WizardMagazine020/page/n19/mode/2up |journal=Wizard |issue=20 |pages=18–20 |access-date=April 24, 2022}}</ref>
==See also== *''SWIV'', a version of the game on various home computer platforms
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *''[http://www.mobygames.com/game/firepower-2000 Firepower 2000]'' at MobyGames
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