History VideoGame / HeavyWeapon

--> "We surrender, Yankee tank... no more." *gets shot by tank*
--> "Nice try, buddy... but I'm not falling for that trick again."

* IkeaWeaponry: The Megalaser requires that you collect all four parts to it before you can get to use it for a limited period of time, similar to ''HeavyBarrel's'' titular weapon.

** The Megalaser could be one to the titular weapon of ''HeavyBarrel''. Both are superweapons [[IkeaWeaponry made from multiple parts you have to collect]], both OneHitKill regular Mooks, and when you manage to craft them, you only get a few seconds of usage before they disappear.

* CoOpMultiplayer: The Xbox360 version of the game has this for the War Party survival mode.

* [[DifficultyByRegion Difficulty By Console]]: The XBox360 version of the game makes some bosses easier while making others more difficult. [[WarmUpBoss Twinblade]] shoots four missiles instead of two, the Battleship fully appears on the screen (instead of showing half of it in the PC version).
** On the bright side, you have more room to avoid War Wrecker's, Gorillazilla's, Mechworm's and X-Bot's OneHitKill contact attacks in the Xbox360 version.

* EndlessGame: Survival mode. In the PC version, it lasts forever with increasingly difficult enemies until you die once. The Xbox360 remake's Arms Race mode gives each player 3 lives, while War Party only ends when there are no surviving players on screen (although players have infinite lives and will respawn after some time).

** Bustczar was renamed "[[Music/LedZeppelin Head Zeppelin]]" in the Xbox360 version.

--> "Nice try, buddy... [[GenreSavvy but I'm not falling for that trick again]]."

** [[MeteorOfDoom Meteors Of Doom]]: The War Blimp has a "Meteor Tractor Beam". What this does is to make it rain down meteors on you after it gets fired.

''Heavy Weapon'' is a [[HorizontalScrollingShooter side-scrolling]] ShootEmUp developed by Creator/PopCapGames and released in 2005. An UpdatedRerelease was ported to the {{Xbox 360}} in 2007, and the {{Playstation Network}} in 2011.

* BossRush: The Xbox360 and PS3 releases of the game have "Boss Blitz" mode, where you have ''one life'' to face all 19 bosses- very difficult, considering that many bosses can flat-out destroy you in one attack.

** "Kommie Kong", a large robotic monkey who is an obvious reference to ''Film/KingKong'' and ''VideoGame/DonkeyKong''. His name was changed to Gorilla[[Franchise/{{Godzilla}} zilla]] in the UpdatedRerelease for the Xbox 360 and PS3.

** In the PS3 version, you get an achievement for doing so!

* BreakablePowerUp: Unlike many games which reset the player's complement of {{Smart Bomb}}s to the starting amount upon death, ''VideoGame/HeavyWeapon'' takes all of the player's nukes away, as well as any {{Single Use Shield}}s. Otherwise {{averted}}, as weapon {{Power Up}}s remain.

* RecycledInSpace: ''Ocean Commander'' is pretty much HeavyWeapon except it's UNDERWATER! And a lot crappier!

Not to be confused with ''VideoGame/HeavyBarrel'', which has a similar IkeaWeaponry premise, or the [[VideoGame/TeamFortress2 Heavy Weapons Guy]]. He'd likely enjoy this game, though[[note]]Or maybe not, seeing as the enemies are Russians[[/note]].

* TrailersAlwaysSpoil: The main image on the game's box shows Romanov Attack Satellites and Barskov Munitions Blimps in Petrovakia, while the player is using a whole slew of powered-up weaponry. You don't fight those enemies or get that many powerups the first time you get there

Not to be confused with ''VideoGame/HeavyBarrel'', which would probably fit right in, or the [[VideoGame/TeamFortress2 Heavy Weapons Guy]]. He'd likely enjoy this game, though[[note]]Or maybe not, seeing as the enemies are Russians[[/note]].

* ZergRush: The Red Star's means of attacking the Atomic Tank involves planes and helicopters. '''[[WeHaveReserves Obscene]] [[ZergRush amounts]] of [[UpToEleven planes and helicopters.]]'''

** Vodkavania (Quake Acres): DeathMountain

Not to be confused with ''VideoGame/HeavyBarrel'', which would probably fit right in, or the [[VideoGame/TeamFortress2 Heavy Weapons Guy]]. He'd likely enjoy this game, though.

Not to be confused with the [[VideoGame/TeamFortress2 Heavy Weapons Guy]]. He'd likely enjoy this game, though.