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Swarm weapons

Tools concept

Weapons that fire simultaneously or in a rapid succession a large salvo of projectiles that seek random or pre-designated targets.

16
games
6
platforms
Freespace (Windows)
Freespace
WIN 1998-05-31
Wing Commander: Prophecy (Windows)
Wing Commander: Prophecy
WIN 1997
Earth Defense Force: Insect Armageddon (Windows)
Earth Defense Force: Insect Armageddon
WIN 2011-12-14
Zone of the Enders (PlayStation 2)
Zone of the Enders
PS2 2001-03-27
Half-Life (Windows)
Half-Life
WIN 1998-07-25
MechWarrior 3 (Windows)
MechWarrior 3
WIN 1999-06-01
Robotech: Battlecry (PlayStation 2)
Robotech: Battlecry
PS2 2002-09-24
Halo: Combat Evolved (Windows)
Halo: Combat Evolved
WIN 2003-09
Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary (Xbox 360)
Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary
X360 2011-11-15
Stellar Impact (Windows)
Stellar Impact
WIN 2011
Half-Life
MAC 1999
Half-Life
LIN 2013
Related:
* Rockets
* Energy weapons
* Target lock
* Multi-target lock
* Multi-lock weapons
Commonly these are missile batteries that target lock single or multiple targets, but can be essentially anything.

Unguided weapons of similar style are either something like shotguns or machine guns, and therefore not related.

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Parent group

Volley weapons

Games by year

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The first Swarm weapons video game was released in 1995.

Valve, Microsoft Games and Activision published most of these games.

Related site

Related trope at TV Tropes (Macross Missile Massacre)

Platforms

Windows 9
PS2 2
Linux 2
Mac OS X 1
Mac OS Classic 1
X360 1

Most common companies

Valve3
Microsoft Games2
Activision2