Deadline (1996 video game)

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Deadline
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Developer(s) Millennium Interactive
Publisher(s) Vic Tokai
Platform(s) MS-DOS
Release18 July 1996 [1]
Genre(s) Real-time tactics
Mode(s) Single-player

Deadline is a 1996 strategy video game developed by Millennium Interactive and published by Vic Tokai. [2] It was the last game to be developed by Millennium Interactive before Sony Computer Entertainment acquired them from CyberLife the following year.

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Gameplay

Deadline is a real-time tactics game, in which the player navigates a squad of soldiers through discrete missions. The game combines real-time gameplay with pre-planning stages. [3] Its gameplay style has been compared to that of Jagged Alliance and X-COM: UFO Defense . [2]

Reception

William R. Trotter of PC Gamer US was unimpressed with Deadline. He concluded, "Despite its interesting concept, Deadline is dead on arrival." [2] Computer Game Review 's critic was significantly more positive, calling the gameplay "great fun" and arguing that "strategy and action game fans should take a good look at Deadline." [3]

References

  1. ↑ "Online Gaming Review". 27 February 1997. Archived from the original on 27 February 1997. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Trotter, William R. (August 1996). "Deadline". PC Gamer US . Archived from the original on 14 November 1999.
  3. 1 2 3 Staff (June 1996). "Deadline". Computer Game Review . Archived from the original on 21 December 1996.
  4. ↑ Udell, Scott (20 September 1996). "Deadline Review". Computer Games Strategy Plus . Archived from the original on 7 October 1997.
  5. ↑ Brenesal, Barry (August 1996). "Deadline". PC Games . Archived from the original on 18 October 1996.
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