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((refimprove|date=June 2021))
((Infobox video game
| title = Project: Horned Owl
| image = PS1 Project - Horned Owl cover art.jpg
| developer = [[Alfa System]]((efn|[[Japan Studio]] assisted on development. Cutscenes by [[Movic]].))
| publisher = [[Sony Computer Entertainment]]
| director = Naoki Suda<br/>Tatsuya Nagata<br/>Yumiko Morinaga
| producer = Takahiro Kaneko
| designer = Naoki Suda
| programmer = Kaoru Koga<br/>Kouji Yamamoto
| artist = [[Masamune Shirow]]<br/>Tatsuya Nagata
| composer = Yoshiaki Ohuchi
| platforms = [[PlayStation (console)|PlayStation]]
| released = ((vgrelease|JP|December 29, 1995|NA|August 9, 1996<ref>((Cite web |date=1998-06-11 |title=PlayStation News @ www.vidgames.com |url=http://www.vidgames.com/ps/misc/1996.html |access-date=2023-08-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19980611181047/http://www.vidgames.com/ps/misc/1996.html |archive-date=1998-06-11 ))</ref>))
| genre = [[Light gun shooter]]
| modes = [[Single-player]], [[multiplayer]]
))

'''''Project: Horned Owl''''' or ((nihongo|'''''Horned Owl'''''|ホーンドアウル|Hōndoauru)), is a [[light gun shooter]] [[video game]] developed by [[Alfa System]]<ref name="ASA">((Cite web |title=海外実績 – Alfasystem |url=http://www.alfasystem.net/wwwp/index.php/abroad/))</ref> and published by [[Sony Computer Entertainment]] for the [[PlayStation (console)|PlayStation]]. Sony’s Japan Studio assisted on development while [[Movic]] provided anime cinematics for the game. The game was released in Japan in 1995, and in North America in 1996. It features character designs by manga artist [[Masamune Shirow]].<ref name="HOM24">Horned Owl Japanese instruction manual, Page 24.</ref> The game was a stylistic predecessor to ''[[Elemental Gearbolt]]'', also developed by Alfa System.<ref name="ASA"/>

==Gameplay==
[[File:PHO screencap.jpg|thumb|left|Project Horned Owl screenshot.]]

''Project: Horned Owl'' is an arcade-style rail shooter, with the action taking place in a first-person perspective. It has the option of utilizing the PlayStation mouse or the Konami light gun. There is a two player co-op as well as single-player mode, both taking place across five city-based levels, where the player controls a giant [[mech]] and fights off a variety of mechanized enemies. At the conclusion of each stage there is generally an anime cutscene.

==Plot==
The events of the game take place in the somewhat futuristic Metro City, where the player controls one of two Horned Owl Armored Mechanized Unit police officers, Hiro Utsumi or Nash Stolar, as they attempt to take down a terrorist organization known as Metalica.

==Development and release==
((Expand section|date=March 2023))

==Reception==
((Video game reviews
| GSpot = 5/10<ref>((Cite web|url=https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/project-horned-owl-review/1900-2548969/|title=Project: Horned Owl Review))</ref>
| IGN = 6/10<ref>((Cite web|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/1996/11/26/project-horned-owl|title = Project: Horned Owl|date = 26 November 1996))</ref>
))

''[[Next Generation (magazine)|Next Generation]]'' reviewed the PlayStation version of the game, rating it three stars out of five, and stated that "There are a few highlights, including some nicely-detailed and futuristic 3D environments, lengthy missions, and interactive backgrounds. Also, the game has an overwhelming sense of Japanese style which ''anime'' fans will likely appreciate. For the most part, however, the game is pretty average – nothing wrong with is, just not that much to get excited about."<ref name="NG">((cite magazine|title=Finals|magazine=[[Next Generation (magazine)|Next Generation]]|issue=22|publisher=[[Future US|Imagine Media]]|date=October 1996|page=171))</ref>

Aaron Curtiss for the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' commented that "even though PlayStation went almost a year without a decent shooter, it finally got one it deserves in Project Horned Owl."<ref>((Cite web |last=Curtiss |first=Aaron |date=1996-11-28 |title=A Hoot to Shoot, Owl Has Outgunned Cop |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-11-28-ca-3629-story.html |access-date=2023-06-14 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US))</ref>

Bill Hutchens for ''[[The News Tribune]]'' of [[Tacoma, Washington]] found that while the game can be played using the standard controller, it was "much more fun when played with a light gun".<ref>((Cite news |date=1996-12-21 |title=Article clipped from The News Tribune |pages=60 |work=The News Tribune |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-news-tribune/123162832/ |access-date=2023-06-14))</ref>

==Reviews==
*''[[GameFan]]'' #39 (Vol 4, Issue 3) 1996 March
*''[[GameFan]]'' #46 (Vol 4, Issue 10) 1996 October
*''[[Electronic Gaming Monthly]]'' (Jul, 1996)
*''[[GameFan]]'' (Mar, 1996)
*[[NowGamer]] - Aug 31, 1996<ref>((cite web | url=http://www.nowgamer.com/reviews/playstation/7574/project-horned-owl | title=GamesRadar+ | date=3 July 2023 ))</ref>
*[[IGN]] - Nov 25, 1996<ref>((cite web | url=http://psx.ign.com/articles/150/150706p1.html | title=Project: Horned Owl | date=26 November 1996 ))</ref>
*[[GameSpot]] - Dec 01, 1996<ref>((cite web | url=https://www.gamespot.com/ps/action/projecthornedowl/review.html | title=Project: Horned Owl Review ))</ref>
*[[All Game Guide]] - 1998<ref>http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=2243&tab=review</ref>
*The Video Game Critic (Jan 29, 2002)<ref>http://www.thevideogamecritic.net/psop.htm#Project_Horned_Owl</ref>

==Notes==
((notelist))

==References==
((reflist))

==External links==
*((moby game|id=/project-horned-owl))

((Masamune Shirow))

[[Category:1995 video games]]
[[Category:Alfa System games]]
[[Category:Cooperative video games]]
[[Category:Japan Studio games]]
[[Category:Light gun games]]
[[Category:Multiplayer and single-player video games]]
[[Category:PlayStation (console) games]]
[[Category:PlayStation (console)-only games]]
[[Category:Rail shooters]]
[[Category:Video games about police officers]]
[[Category:Video games about terrorism]]
[[Category:Video games developed in Japan]]

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