Steel Harbinger

• Title — Steel Harbinger • Developer — Mindscape Group • Publisher — Mindscape Group • Genre — Multidirectional shooter • Modes — Single-player • Platforms — PlayStation

In the year 2069, North America is shaken by war. Canada and Mexico are combating the United States. Not long after the start of the war, alien pods rain down from space onto North America, sprouting metallic tentacles upon landing. The tentacles attack humans and animals, transforming them instantly into monstrous alien biomechanisms (half-organic compound, half-machine) bent on destroying any human life they encounter. Dr. Bowen, a scientist, studies one of these pods in an attempt to learn about the alien species. The pod breaks out of control and attacks his daughter, Miranda Bowen (played by actress Wendi Kenya). Dr. Bowen severs the attacking tentacle, but Miranda is already infected. Thus she transforms into Steel Harbinger: a half-human, half-biomechanical alien, and humanity's last hope for survival. Miranda must battle her way through Kansas, Las Vegas, San Francisco, Houston, Cape Canaveral, Washington, the Antarctic, an alien planetoid, and the Moon in an effort to save the Earth.

Steel Harbinger is an overhead shooter. The game features modern and futuristic weaponry, including handguns, the US M16 rifle, rocket launchers, energy rifles, the Canadian Icarus beam, and more. As a half-alien, Miranda's biology is different from that of a normal human. Miranda can be fatally wounded by saline water as falling into it will rapidly deplete health. To replenish lost health, Miranda is able to consume body parts from slain aliens and human victims. The primary objective is to activate a military satellite that will protect the Earth from falling alien tentacle pods. Other objectives involve killing aliens and saving human survivors.

• Bill Stanton—Original Concept and (uncredited) Art Lead, Design Lead • Peter Lipson, Brian Greenstone & Jeff Davies—Programming • Scott Harper, Duncan Knarr, Ken Brose, Dean Lee, Cheryl Blaha & Bill Stanton—Art • Mark Flitman—Executive Producer • Linda Norton—Associate Producer

• Timothy Armstrong—Director • Joe Matulich—Producer • Angela Ford—Associate producer • Bill Zarchy—director of Photography