Super Havoc Squad: 16-bit run-and-gun for iPhone, iPad and Mac

Midnight, December 31, 1989

Baron Maximilian Von Dread can't let the decade go. His OMEGA DEVICE, a doomsday bomb, goes off at the stroke of midnight on New Year's Eve. The world's governments are all at a fondue party. That leaves Colonel Buck Magnusson and the Super Havoc Squad.

Super Havoc Squad is a top-down run-and-gun in 16-bit pixel art. Fight your way round the world in a jeep, a tank or a chopper, or on foot, rescue the prisoners, and take down a string of ridiculous bosses before the clock strikes twelve.

Two of the squad's tanks firing on a giant enemy tank with three turrets and a skull on its front. — Two players, two tanks, one very large problem.

iPhone, iPad and Mac

Hold it upright or sideways. Play with touch, a controller, or a keyboard and mouse, and your progress follows you between them through iCloud.

A city street at night, the jeep's headlights on, wrecked cars burning by the curb. — Mac Keyboard and mouse, or a controller

The chopper firing rockets over the jungle, the touch controls along the bottom of the screen. — iPhone Held upright

Rex on foot, leading freed prisoners past enemy soldiers and a tank, a row of tank traps behind them. — iPad Sideways, on foot

The jeep in a desert sandstorm, the Colonel on the radio: It's 110 in the shade, and there is no shade. Move out. — Mac The Colonel, on the radio

The hovercraft out on a frozen lake, enemy soldiers on the ice. — iPhone Sideways

The jeep in the jungle by a river, the Colonel on the radio, touch controls on the screen. — iPad Upright, with touch controls

The Boutique at HQ: Rex trying on a hot pink outfit. — iPhone Shopping at HQ

Drive it, then ditch it

A jeep, a tank, a dirt bike, a hovercraft and a gunship chopper, each with its own guns. Hop out any time and fight on foot, and when an enemy crew bails out, steal their ride.

Jeep
Tank
Dirt bike
Hovercraft
Chopper

Choose your operative

Eight operatives, each with a signature weapon and a special move. Four are ready on day one. The other four have to be earned.

Rex Hammond

"Havoc"

Squad leader

Special: Havoc Mode

Weapon: Assault rifle

Firepower: 3
Armor: 3
Stamina: 4
Speed: 3
Driving: 3
Tech: 2

Three tours, two divorces, one headband. Has never once walked away from an explosion slowly.

"Let's make some havoc!"

Jade Calloway

"Viper"

Recon

Special: Sidewinder

Weapon: Twin SMGs

Firepower: 2
Armor: 1
Stamina: 2
Speed: 6
Driving: 4
Tech: 3

Fastest hands in the squad. Wears aviators at night, indoors, and underwater.

"Too slow."

Bruno Kowalski

"Bulldozer"

Heavy weapons

Special: Wrecking Ball

Weapon: Minigun

Firepower: 5
Armor: 5
Stamina: 6
Speed: 0
Driving: 2
Tech: 1

Once bench-pressed a jeep. The jeep had it coming. Allergic to doors (prefers walls).

"I'm the wrecking ball, baby!"

Ada Okafor

"Sparks"

Demolitions

Special: Party Favor

Weapon: Combat shotgun

Firepower: 3
Armor: 2
Stamina: 3
Speed: 3
Driving: 3
Tech: 6

PhD in explosive chemistry. Builds bombs from toasters, toasters from bombs. Keeps the squad's rides running with chewing gum.

"Stand back. This is gonna be loud."

Midnight

"Midnight"

Ninja

Special: Shadow Step

Weapon: Katana + stars

Firepower: 4
Armor: 1
Stamina: 3
Speed: 7
Driving: 2
Tech: 3

Nobody knows his real name. (It's Gary.) Can deflect a bullet with a katana, but still can't open a jar.

"You never saw me."

Sgt. Chrome

"Chrome"

Cyborg

Special: Overclock

Weapon: Laser rifle

Firepower: 5
Armor: 5
Stamina: 4
Speed: 2
Driving: 3
Tech: 5

Half man, half machine, all attitude. Rebuilt from spare parts, and some of the parts are still out there.

"Systems nominal. Fun levels: critical."

Roxy Harlow

"Blaze"

Pyro

Special: Wildfire

Weapon: Flamethrower

Firepower: 5
Armor: 3
Stamina: 4
Speed: 4
Driving: 3
Tech: 3

Hollywood's top stunt pyro, till the movie explosions got too fake for her. Her hairspray is legally a weapon.

"Hot enough for ya?"

Buck Magnusson

"The Colonel"

Commander

Special: Airstrike

Weapon: .44 Magnum

Firepower: 7
Armor: 5
Stamina: 6
Speed: 4
Driving: 5
Tech: 4

Founded the Havoc Squad, wrote its rulebook, then lost it. Lights his cigars off burning tanks, and still does all the paperwork himself.

"Stand aside, son. Let a professional work."

Play your way

Two-player co-op

A second controller drops in any time, at the briefing or in the middle of a mission: two operatives, two rides, one screen, one squad.

Every run pays

Cash and experience from every mission, even the ones that go wrong. Bulk up at the Mess Hall, learn new moves at the Training Gym, and unlock rides and upgrades at the Motor Pool.

Dressed to kill

Kit the squad out at the Boutique, from desert camo to hot pink, and give your rides a paint job.

Your controls

Touch controls, game controllers, or keyboard and mouse, with keys and buttons you can remap.

Easy to 1987 Arcade

Three difficulties you can change any time, and accessibility options: aim assist, screen shake and flash settings, high-contrast enemy shots and a left-handed touch layout.

Just the game

No ads, no in-app purchases, no account, and no internet connection needed. An original synth soundtrack straight out of 1989.