Tribal Rage | |
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Developer(s) | Disintegrator |
Publisher(s) | TalonSoft |
Platform(s) | Microsoft Windows |
Release | June 9, 1998 [1] |
Genre(s) | Real-Time strategy |
Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
Tribal Rage is a real-time strategy game developed by Disintegrator for Microsoft Windows, released in 1998. [2] It was published by TalonSoft in the USA and by Empire Interactive in Europe. [3] [4] The game was met with low to mediocre reviews. [5] [6] [7] [8]
The game is set in California, Earth in the year 2030. War, famine and plague have forced the populace into six different tribes, each fighting for control of the post-apocalyptic wastelands that remain. [9]
The game features six playable tribes: [10]
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