Blue Fury

Blue Fury is a helicopter combat game inspired by 16-bit action classics. You fly missions over islands, destroy enemy forces and rescue friendly soldiers stranded behind enemy lines while managing fuel, ammunition and the missile launch countdown. If the missile launches, the mission ends.

Combat and rescue

Your helicopter carries a minigun, unguided rockets that require a lock, and air-to-air missiles. Use the minigun against infantry, rockets against armored positions and missiles to take down enemy helicopters. AA rocket launchers and hostile helicopter patrols fight back; enemies also include tanks, gunboats and jet interceptors. To rescue stranded soldiers, get low, drop a rope and bring them aboard, with rope and climbing animations.

Missions also feature missile silos with countdowns and multi-stage destruction sequences. A scoring system tracks your high scores.

Missions and biomes

Each mission places you over an island, with procedurally generated terrain ensuring that no two maps are the same. Summer, fall, winter and desert biomes change the terrain’s appearance, enemy camouflage and feel of each engagement.

The campaign has a discrepancy in its stated length: the description calls it both a ten-mission and a thirty-mission campaign. It describes authored briefings, fixed terrain and escalating opposition, with missions spanning all four biomes. If you die, you can retry from the same map; completing a mission moves you on.

Game modes

Quick Mission mode drops you into a randomized map, with settings for enemy numbers, biome, tree density, AA detection range and whether a commando unit is in play. Each run generates a fresh island.

Benchmark/demo mode lets you watch NPCs fight without taking part. The in-game minimap offers range and color modes, including a colorblind-friendly option.