Terracide

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Terracide
Terracide 1997 Windows Cover Art.jpg
Developer Simis
Publisher Eidos Interactive
Writers Simon Carless
Phil Marley
Michael McHale
Laurence Scotford
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Platform Windows 95
ReleaseAugust 27, 1997 [2] [3]
Genre Action
Modes Single player, multiplayer

Terracide is a zero-G first-person shooter developed by Simis and published by Eidos Interactive in 1997.

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Gameplay

Terracide plays out in a six degrees of freedom style, much like Descent, in a similar way in which the player is mostly cruising around levels until they find an enemy to attack, although sometimes the player is given on-screen objectives which are required to be completed to continue. Mouse controls are disabled by default, although add-ons such as an on-screen crosshair or mouse control can be enabled in the game's menu.

Reviews

Stephen Poole on CNET's Reviews section rates Terracide 3/5 as "Good", with its major flaws commented that Terracide is "an unabashed Descent clone coupled with a tired "save the earth from destruction by alien invaders" story", and its biggest issue was the control in which "it was almost impossible to line up shots on a consistent basis because the ship wouldn't stop turning when I wanted it to".[ citation needed ]Terracide is still rated as a decent 3D shooter by GameSpot, proudly ending the review commenting that if you can get along the delayed controls, the game is a definite buy.[ citation needed ]

Reviews

References

  1. "Terracide (1997) Windows credits".
  2. "Two Games to "Labor" Over". GameSpot . August 27, 1997. Archived from the original on January 19, 1998. Retrieved August 1, 2022.
  3. Staff (August 27, 1997). "Now Shipping". PC Gamer . Archived from the original on February 18, 1998. Retrieved December 5, 2019.
    "Meanwhile Eidos Interactive has begun shipping Terracide, a 3D shooter with support for all major 3D accelerator cards."
  4. "Review: Terracide - ComputerAndVideoGames.com". Archived from the original on 2009-01-26. Retrieved 2025-12-13.
  5. "GTribe - Log In or Sign Up". www.avault.com. Retrieved 2025-12-13.
  6. "Le site des anciennes revues informatiques - www.abandonware-magazines.org". download.abandonware.org. Retrieved 2025-12-13.