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Secret Weapons Over Normandy or (SWON) is a World War II-based arcade flight simulation video game released on November 18, 2003. Published by LucasArts and developed by Totally Games, the game is composed of 15 objective-based missions set in 1940s European, North African, and the Pacific theatres of war. The story was written by Derek Chester, who is also famous for his work in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine as well as work on Star Trek videogames. The music was orchestrated by the famous Michael Giacchino.

Gameplay

The player controls James Chase, an American pilot volunteering to assist the British, who stand alone at this point of the war. He flies in the classified squadron known as the Battlehawks. Over the course of the game, the player has opportunities to: earn or capture new aircraft, add upgrades to his/her existing aircraft, and as the game puts it: "halt the most insidious plans of the Third Reich." The player's principal opponent is the Luftwaffe, in particular the enemies being the Battlehawk's counterpart, the elite squadron of top German pilots, known as Nemesis (similar to the real KG 200), commanded by Oberst Krieger. The player will also face off against the forces of the Japanese Empire.

It is notable for the presence of many prototype designs that never flew in combat, or were used in small numbers: the XP-55 Ascender, XP-56 Black Bullet, Chance-Vought Flying Pancake, the Junkers Ju 390, and the Daimler Benz C. Several German weapons projects that were either never completed or failed to make a significant impact on the war also feature in the game, such as the Mistel and the Wasserfall missile launcher. A brief controversy was also created when the first previews of the game were shown with copyrighted images of ace pilot Erich Hartmann being portrayed as the main villain. Hartmann's family subsequently threatened legal action, but the images were later removed and replaced with those of Hans-Ulrich Rudel for use in the actual game.

Aircraft

Throughout the course of the game, the player will have the opportunity to fly many types of WWII aircraft into combat. Here is the list of every aircraft and missile that makes an appearance in the course of the game:

F4F Wildcat

Allied aircraft:

United Kingdom:

• Hawker Hurricane
• Supermarine Spitfire
• Fairey Swordfish
• Gloster Meteor
• De Havilland Mosquito
  

  

  P-38

United States:

• P-40 Warhawk
• P-38 Lightning
  

  

  Me 262
• P-51 Mustang
• F4F Wildcat
  

  

  D3A Val
• SBD Dauntless
• TBD Devastator
• XP-55 Ascender
• XP-56 Black Bullet
• Chance-Vought Flying Pancake
• B-17 Flying Fortress* (Possible to operate in one as a ball turret gunner)
• C-47 Skytrain*

Soviet Union:

• Ilyushin Il-2

Unlockables:

• X-Wing
• TIE Fighter

Axis aircraft:

Germany:

• Messerschmitt Bf 109
• Messerschmitt Me 262
• Focke-Wulf Fw 190
• Messerschmitt Bf 110*
• Junkers Ju 88
• Heinkel He 111*
• Messerschmitt Me 163
• Junkers Ju 87 Stuka
• Daimler-Benz Projekt C* external link
• Dornier Do 335
• Junkers Ju 390*
• Mistel*
• Wasserfall*
• V-1 flying bomb*
• V-2 Rocket*

Japan:

• A6M Zero
• Nakajima B5N Kate*
• Mitsubishi G4M Betty
• Aichi D3A Val*

* It appears in Campaign mode but is not flyable in either Campaign or Instant Action mode.

Unlockable only after completing all 15 missions and all 20 challenges, and only available in Instant Action mode

External links

• Secret Weapons Over Normandy at MobyGames

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Secret Weapons over Normandy
Developer(s)	Totally Games
Publisher(s)	LucasArts
Release date(s)	November 18, 2003
Genre(s)	Flight simulation
System(s)	PlayStation 2, Xbox, Windows
Mode(s)	Single player, Multiplayer
Rating(s)	ESRB: Teen

Secret Weapons Over Normandy (or "SWON") is a World War II-based flight simulation released on November 18, 2003. Published by LucasArts and developed by Totally Games, the game is composed of objective-based missions set in 1940s European, North African, and the Pacific theatres of war. The player is James Chase, an American pilot volunteering to assist the British, who stand alone at this point of the war. He flies in the classified squadron known as the Battlehawks. Over the course of the game, the player has opportunities to: earn or capture new aircraft, add upgrades to his/her existing aircraft, and as the game puts it; "to halt the most insidious plans of the Third Reich." The player's opponent is the German Air Force of the Luftwaffe, in particular the enemies being the Battlehawk's counterpart, the elite squadron of top German pilots, known as Nemesis (similar to the real KG 200), commanded by Oberst Krieger. Other opponents are the aircraft of Imperial Japans; Imperial Japanese Army, and Imperial Japanese Navy. It is classified as a simulation, though when compared and contrasted with games like the IL-2 Sturmovik series of games, the level of input required to fly, or the historical accuracy of SWON leads it to be classified more as an action combat game, or arcade style simulation.

Secrets

Secret hidden aircraft can be unlocked in the game; the X-Wing and the TIE Fighter from Star Wars. To unlock these you must complete all campaign and challenge missions.

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Secret Weapons Over Normandy
Developer(s)	Totally Games
Publisher(s)	LucasArts
Release date	November 18, 2003
Genre	Flight simulation
Mode(s)	Single player, multiplayer
Age rating(s)	ESRB: T PEGI: 12+
Platform(s)	PlayStation 2, Xbox, PC
Media	CD-ROM, DVD
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