TIGSource: Classic: Tango Strike

Classic: Tango Strike

Derek Yu — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 08:50:00 +0000

Back in the day, Fallen Angel Industries, or FAIND, was a well-regarded group in the Klik community (the community of people who use Klik n’ Play, The Games Factory, and Multimedia Fusion). They released a number of entertaining and polished titles, including Super Ken Senshi, Factor X, and Siege. Some of their former members include Joakim Sandberg, who released the original Noitu Love under FAIND, and Hamish McLeod, the creator of the now-vaporware War Angels.

Of their games, Tango Strike continues to stand out to me as particularly entertaining and polished. In the game you control a squad of three operatives which you can switch between. Each operative is better at one thing or another. Johnson, for example, is the weapons expert. Miles is good with tools. Vasquez is a woman. You can outfit your squad before each mission and are given a money bonus depending on how well you do in speed, stealth, and teamwork.

The missions, which can get pretty complex, span large maps, and there is some freedom in how you accomplish your various goals, which generally involve rescuing hostages, disarming bombs, and blowing stuff up. But the flavorful briefings and varied locations make it fun to play and see what the next mission is. Which is good, because it’s definitely a pretty challenging game at times.

Speaking of Klik history, the Daily Click recently put up The Click Museum, where you can download a lot of classic Klik games, including Tango Strike! Let me know if anyone still has the RPG Sword of Cobalt. I loved that game. It’d be a shame if it were lost forever.

TIGdb: Entry for Tango Strike

"Classic: Tango Strike" by Sludge

Fri, 05 Jun 2009 09:45:26 +0000

@Ezuku I’ve tried all buttons and nothing works.

@Anf That might very well be the problem. I’ve only tried to play in school and we don’t exactly get the freedom of the Admin when we want to use the computors.

"Classic: Tango Strike" by Anf

Thu, 04 Jun 2009 16:57:23 +0000

try running the game as Admin if the tutorial is looping, worked for me.

"Classic: Tango Strike" by Ezuku

Thu, 04 Jun 2009 15:05:59 +0000

Err, I remember that hitting escape brings you back to the menu screen in too many situations, which forces you to restart. Perhaps that’s it, have you tried hitting something else?

"Classic: Tango Strike" by Sludge

Thu, 04 Jun 2009 10:42:03 +0000

I can’t get past the tutorial. The game just starts over when I finish.

"Classic: Tango Strike" by Ezuku

Thu, 04 Jun 2009 08:31:34 +0000

The mouse is irritating. I mean, how the mouse can move outside of the game boundary.

Aside from that, this is a very enjoyable game.

"Classic: Tango Strike" by Anon

Thu, 04 Jun 2009 07:44:07 +0000

Clearly, the implication is that Vasquez is good at housework and having dinner waiting for you when you get home from work. Invaluable for a surgical strike.

"Classic: Tango Strike" by Gilgamesh

Thu, 04 Jun 2009 04:11:37 +0000

A little off topic here, but does anyone know what ever happened to Natomic?

I used to be one of the early members of the group. I co-created a game called Project 053 along with a guy by the name of Brad (aka Akira).

It was one of the only games I ever finished. And due to the fact that I’d never finish anything, they kicked me out of the group eventually.

I was always thinking of making a sequel to that game. But if I ever were to do that, I would ask permission first from Brad if the guy is even around anymore.

"Classic: Tango Strike" by tard

Thu, 04 Jun 2009 03:25:00 +0000

My game just keeps looping the training level, anyone else get that problem?

"Classic: Tango Strike" by fartron

Thu, 04 Jun 2009 02:59:46 +0000

The Vasquez line leads me to believe that her ability involves saying “Hey boys!” and causing guards to drop their weapons and turn into cartoon wolves with telescope eyes and hearts beating out of their chests.

"Classic: Tango Strike" by Moses2k

Thu, 04 Jun 2009 00:07:52 +0000

The Klik Kommunity lives!

www.glorioustrainwrecks.com

"Classic: Tango Strike" by Beau

Wed, 03 Jun 2009 21:58:38 +0000

I am still around. I just can’t be bothered with a website. And yeah…life and all that jazz. But working on 2 games right now. One is large and will take forever. The other is small and is coming along quickly.

"Classic: Tango Strike" by Gilgamesh

Wed, 03 Jun 2009 21:00:11 +0000

I wish I knew what happened to all my fellow comrades from back in the day, from the early days of “klik.” I know they hated my guts back then because I was an annoying douchebag. But man, they were great. I really wish I knew what they were up to these days. I’d be nice to see a new game or two from them or something. But most of them have probably moved on from the whole klik scene and some of them have even assimilated into this new “indie gaming” scene. But, let me tell you, those were the days.

"Classic: Tango Strike" by Gilgamesh

Wed, 03 Jun 2009 20:54:02 +0000

The klik community…

Those were the days. Those… were the days.

I remember back when we had #k&p, our own IRC channel, and even our own news site. No, The Daily Click doesn’t count. They never were the true community. The klik community from way back died a long time ago. Man, I sure do miss those days.

"Classic: Tango Strike" by Kenzya

Wed, 03 Jun 2009 18:12:37 +0000

They don’t exist anymore?

I LOVED their games.

"Classic: Tango Strike" by Sludge

Wed, 03 Jun 2009 16:37:17 +0000

Just tried out Tango Strike. Does anyone else get a chunky, uneven framerate? It seems to start and stop for me. Vista/3ghz core 2.

"Classic: Tango Strike" by Paul Eres

Wed, 03 Jun 2009 15:10:13 +0000

it’s weird how the communities surrounding different game engines have coincidences and similarities even though they never interact. the ohrrpgce community also had ‘companies’ like this, where people would team up and create games under particular labels. we had red murdock games, insight games, and my own group of rpgcreations. the ‘sword of cobalt’ even sounds similar to the ohrrpgce game ‘sword of jade’. they’re like parallel universes.

"Classic: Tango Strike" by Radix

Wed, 03 Jun 2009 14:01:40 +0000

Derek loves him some Sword of Cobalt.

"Classic: Tango Strike" by konjak

Wed, 03 Jun 2009 13:04:38 +0000

Life caught up to Beau… :(

"Classic: Tango Strike" by contra

Wed, 03 Jun 2009 12:41:54 +0000

This is one of the best games ever. One of my alltime favorites. Thats including commercial titles. I simply love it. Whatever happened to Beau anyway? He was one of the most talented guys in the scene. Please come back :~

"Classic: Tango Strike" by Felix

Wed, 03 Jun 2009 12:26:00 +0000

Vasquez was a woman!? Man, I loved FAIND’s games. does Hamish still have a current site?

"Classic: Tango Strike" by Dinsdale

Wed, 03 Jun 2009 10:41:17 +0000

“Johnson, for example, is the weapons expert. Miles is good with tools. Vasquez is a woman.”

This is awesome on so many levels.

"Classic: Tango Strike" by chutup

Wed, 03 Jun 2009 10:06:41 +0000

lol, Jeb beat me to it.

Reminds me of the DVD blurb for Darkplace:

“Joined by best buddy Dr. Lucien Sanchez, fiery hospital boss Thornton Reed, and woman Liz Asher, Dagless must fight the forces of Darkness while dealing with the burden of day-to-day admin.”

"Classic: Tango Strike" by cactus

Wed, 03 Jun 2009 10:05:02 +0000

Wow, nice pick!

I remember playing this back when it was first featured on GameHippo. I had a lot of fun with it, but never managed to beat it. I love the graphics, and as far as I can remember, the gameplay was a lot of fun (some of the AI was a bit lacking, but not a big deal).

I’ll try this again when I get a chance.

"Classic: Tango Strike" by jeb

Wed, 03 Jun 2009 09:52:07 +0000

Hehe, it sounds funny that Vasquez’s special ability is to be a woman =)

The Klik Museum looks awesome! So many games, so little time…