[PC][2000s] Action Fighter Plane that kills enemies and bosses [Novastorm]

[penny369]

Platform(s): PC (MS)

Genre: Action Shooting Flying

Estimated year of release: Maybe 2000- 2002

Graphics/art style: Very visually pleasing 3D, set in different worldscapes like canyons, ice formations, psychedelic tunnels, space port. Definitely not the flat 2D screen.

Notable characters: Metal bosses, namely, dragon, beetle, scorpion

Notable gameplay mechanics: First person shooter in a fighter plane. Collecting coins. Aided by drones and wingmen in later stages. The pattern is flying through an area collecting coins and power, then meeting and killing a boss. Being scratched or hit by homing missiles, eventually kills.

Other details: Old PC game I used to play in 2003. Great music and visuals. It was a plane that I flew through different worlds. Collecting copper, silver and gold coins. I could also get certain bombs and collect upto 3 drones and 2 wingmen as I went. The voice in the game was feminine. She would say "Drone available" "Drone selected" "Wingman Available" "Homing Missile Locked on" and so on.

The first boss was a metal dragon that breathed flames and scratched. It could be damaged quicker when the fire power was concentrated on its red eyes.Another boss was a metal beetle that flew ahead and when it opened its wings, bursts of damaging sparks spewed from its back. Another boss was a metal scorpion. In between, I flew through places with projecting ice, desert like area, psychedelic tunnels, i think the final area before the last boss was in space.
During the game, I used to be locked onto by homing missiles that would follow for a while. Getting scratched produced this horrid grating sound, getting hit by a missile produced an explosive sound (all very realistic)

Please help me find the name of the game. Thank you!

[penny369]

Hey all, found it! It's Novastorm! Hope this helps someone else like me who absolutely loved this game growing up!

[Rwolf]

Thanks for the update; adding a Mobygames link: https://www.mobygames.com/game/271/novastorm/