When It Hits the Fan
When It Hits the Fan is a 2d action arcade top-down shooter for PC and arcade involving four apocalyptic events at once: zombie outbreak, robot AI takeover, demon incursion, and alien invasion!
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September 19, 2017
8 years and 318 days ago
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Positive11 reviews90.9%
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In 199X the world was at peace... until it all hit the fan!
When It Hits the Fan is an action arcade twin-stick shooter for PC and arcade that you can play with a friend that was inspired by many classic arcade and SNES/Sega Genesis era games.
It features four apocalypse scenarios happening all at once:
Zombies spilled out into the city streets...
AI in military grade robots went haywire...
Demons started pouring out of hell...
And finally, aliens started invading the planet!
--When It Hits the Fan Intro
When It Hits the Fan is an action arcade twin-stick shooter for PC and arcade that you can play with a friend that was inspired by many classic arcade and SNES/Sega Genesis era games.
It features four apocalypse scenarios happening all at once:
Zombies spilled out into the city streets...
AI in military grade robots went haywire...
Demons started pouring out of hell...
And finally, aliens started invading the planet!
--When It Hits the Fan Intro
Features:
- 2 Player local co-op
- 4 Zones (City, Laboratory, Underground/Hell, and Alien Spaceship)
- 9 Weapons: Handgun, Double Handgun, Shotgun, Machine gun, Grenade Launcher, Flamethrower, Laser pistol, Laser Cannon, and Chainsaw!
- Various power-ups (Invincibility cloak, Force shield, protective cross…)
- Many enemies from all four apocalypses (zombies, irradiated cockroaches, out of control robots, demon imps and devils, alien brutes, and more!)
Free Bonus Content:
- Over 40 achievements!
- Unlock Hard Mode and Cheat Mode for maximum re-playability
- Cheat Mode includes pick your weapon to play the full game with the most powerful weapons of your choice
Three difficulty settings to allow for your style of play:
- Easy - less enemies and slower bullets
- Normal - the way it was meant to be played
- Hard (Unlockable) - more enemies, more difficult enemy patterns
- Easy - less enemies and slower bullets
