Beat Hazard (2009)
Platforms: Xbox 360 · Windows · Macintosh · LinuxGenres: Genres · Action · Top-down · Arcade · Shooter · Sci-fi / futuristic
Beat Hazard is a single screen arena shooter where the behaviour of enemies, gameplay and visual effects are dynamically adapted based on the chosen soundtrack. Just like Audiosurf about any custom music track can be imported to alter the game...
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Welcome to a new experience in gameplay mechanics: Beat Hazard Gameplay Powered by YOUR Music!
Experience your music collection like never before with this intense music driven arcade shooter. Each of your songs will have its own unique ebb and flow based on the music.
Power up your spaceship and watch as the music boosts your firepower. Unleash hell on the enemy ships when you max out with weapon pickups!
Beat Hazard seamlessly mixes the love of gaming and music. Together they become greater than the sum of their parts.
• Unique music driven gameplay
• Gameplay possibilities as vast as your music collection
• Can you last a whole album in Survival Mode?
• Go Head to Head in local 2 player mode
• Or play local 2 player Co-op
• 25 Steam achievements
• Compete against friends on Steam leader boards
• Get real time updates via the in game News System
• Take on huge boss ships
• Power up and unleash the deadly Beat Hazard weapon
• Rank up to an Elite rated pilot and beyond (Can you survive Suicidal mode?)
• Includes a kicking rock album to get you started
• File types supported: mp3/wav/aiff/ogg/mwa/flac
• iTunes, aac, mp4 and m4a support via a download for a small fee (to cover patented decoder licensing costs)
• LastFM Scrobble support
• Now also support Internet Radio in all modes, including online
Editions
- Beat Hazard$2.49
- Beat Hazard Epic Bundle$3.97
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- Single-player
- Co-op
- Shared/Split Screen
- Cross-Platform Multiplayer
- Steam Achievements
- Steam Trading Cards
- Steam Cloud
- Steam Leaderboards
- Remote Play Together
- Family Sharing
Languages · 6
| Language | Interface | Full Audio | Subtitles |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | ✓ | ||
| French | ✓ | ||
| German | ✓ | ||
| Italian | ✓ | ||
| Spanish - Spain | ✓ | ||
| Dutch | ✓ |
System Requirements
- OS:
- OS X Snow Leopard 10.6.3, or later.
- Processor:
- Intel
- Memory:
- 512 MB RAM
- Hard Disk Space:
- 250mb HD space
- Processor:
- 2.0GHz processor
- Memory:
- 512+MB of RAM
- Graphics:
- 256MB of video memory
- OS *:
- Windows XP/Vista/Win 7
- Sound:
- DirectX-compatible sound
- DirectX®:
- 9 or later
- Hard Drive:
- 40+MB of free hard drive space
- OS:
- Ubuntu Linux 12.04 LTS or equivalent
- Processor:
- x86 1.5 GHz
- Memory:
- 512 MB RAM
- Hard Disk Space:
- 250mb HD space
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