Twilight: 2000 (video game)

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Twilight: 2000
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Developer(s) Paragon Software
Publisher(s) MicroProse
Platform(s) MS-DOS
Release1991
Genre(s) Role-playing

Twilight: 2000 is a role-playing video game released in 1991 for MS-DOS. It is based on the tabletop role-playing game of the same name.

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Gameplay

The video game depicts a squad of 20 soldiers stranded behind enemy lines in Poland, struggling against the despot Baron Czarny.[ citation needed ]

Development

In 1991, Game Designers' Workshop licensees Paragon developed a computer game adaptation (complete with expansion, "the Colonel") of Twilight: 2000 .

Reception

J. D. Lambright reviewed the game for Computer Gaming World , and stated that "RPGers who like plenty of combat should find Twilight 2000 an excellent choice." [1]

Jim Trunzo reviewed Twilight 2000 in White Wolf #32 (July/Aug., 1992), rating it a 3 out of 5 and stated that "Twilight 2000 will challenge both novice and experienced gamers. Those tired of standard science fiction and/or high fantasy should investigate Paragon's latest offering because it has a uniqueness not found in many games. Don't be surprised to see a sequel in the near future; like its pencil and paper predecessor, their[ sic ] are many avenues open for computer Twilight 2000." [2]

Reviews

References

  1. Lambright, J. D. (June 1992). "The Sun Sets in the East: Paragon Software's Twilight 2000". Computer Gaming World. Vol. 1, no. 95. pp. 54, 56.
  2. Trunzo, Jim (July–August 1992). "The Silicon Dungeon". White Wolf Magazine . No. 32. pp. 14–15.