Sometime in the near future, the United States has come under attack by a mysterious threat. After New York and Los Angeles are destroyed, many Americans have formed an underground resistance to fight off the attackers using a VR Simulator to control their planes to keep their fighters alive. The player has been recruited and is codenamed "Stalker" to defend the U.S. and bring back peace and order.
There are 15 missions in all, where the player has to complete certain objectives, such as destroy a certain amount of enemies or defend certain targets. The planes are mostly modern age such as the A-10 Warthog. The player can choose to use either the plane's machine guns or missiles to bring down enemy targets.
Return Fire: Maps O' Death is an add-on for the original Return Fire with over 100 new levels to choose from with a variety of environments including massive sandy beaches, water warfare and heavily populated areas.
Real Pinball is the standard video game conversion of the actual machines with five different tables to choose from with the main goal being to gain as many points as possible by using the game controller to control the flippers of the machine. The game features realistic graphics made to resemble an actual machine.
Flying Nightmares is a 3-D flight-sim game that has the player take to the controls of the Harrier jet, flying in a series of missions with realistic controls and weapon systems against a horde of enemy planes and ground units.
The player can also fly alongside three computer wingmen that will help them out during missions, completing certain objectives such as destroying certain enemy units or protecting friendly units. There is a multitude of views to choose from (1st, 3rd and even a missiles POV) and features FMV sequences between missions that tell the story of the game.
Space has a new shooting star.
Exclusively on 3DO, Phoenix 3 combines the best of the flight, shooting and scrolling genres to deliver a knockout punch; space combat that is unsurpassed by anything on the market. As hero Derek Freeman, you most secure starships and brave pilots to help light a bloodthirsty alien army. One that will stop at nothing to invade and enslave the peaceful planet of Galearth. Your objective? Locate and incinerate the alien horde. Lock. load and fire.
The player is cast as a boy named Zack, who's only goal is to reach the basement of an evil corporation in order to destroy it, but first he has to get through 36 levels of death in order to reach it.