Terminal Velocity

Informations générales

Date de sortie

31 mai 1995

Plateformes

PC (Microsoft Windows) • DOS • Mac

Note IGDB

★★★☆☆ (20 votes)

Genres

Shooter • Simulator

Thèmes

Action • Science fiction

Développeur

Terminal Reality

Éditeur

3D Realms • MacSoft Games

Modes de jeu

Single player • Multiplayer

Perspectives du joueur

Third person

Langues

Classifications d'âge

U.S. & CA

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Histoire

The story is set in the year 2704, when the ASFAR (Alliance of Space-Faring Alien Races), of which Earth is a member, suddenly turns against Earth and their fleet ravages the planet, starting a war. The player flies a powerful starfighter, the TV-202, in a series of missions to defeat the enemy. In Episode 3, the player learns that a huge supercomputer known as X.I. (Xenocidic Initiative), located on Proxima Seven, is responsible for the war. Their final mission is to eliminate it. A hidden mission can take place after the main plot only in the CD ROM version where the player must investigate a sudden metamorphosis of an unknown nearby planet and destroy the force that changed the face of the planet. It is revealed here that this force drove a man named Sy Wickens into insanity, and how the X.I. Supercomputer had "accidentally" digitized Sy Wickens' persona.

Résumé

Terminal Velocity is a simulation video game. It is an arcade-style flight combat game, with simpler game controls and physics than flight simulators. It is known for its fast, high-energy action sequences, compared to flight simulators of the time.