Recoil (video game)

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Recoil is a 1999 tank-based Windows computer game. It involves the player driving a stolen experimental tank known as the "BFT" (Battle Force Tank) through various missions. There is heavy influence on the wide array of weapons to be collected throughout the game.

[edit] BFT (Battle Force Tank)

The BFT is an experimental tank that was "hacked" and is now in control of the player. It is capable of being fitted with several transportation modules which are acquired throughout the game.

Tracked Mode- available from the start, allows the BFT great maneuverability on land
Amphib Mode- turns the BFT into an attack boat
Hover Mode- lets the BFT float over lava or other harmful substances
Sub Mode- allows the BFT to dive underwater

Game Story

Tanks patrol desolate city streets. Turrets and missile sites threaten the skies. Robot warriors carrying Pulse Rifles surround military installations. It’s war out there, and the mainframe Network has taken over.

No one knows for sure how it happened-the natural evolution of machines that can think for themselves? In 2018, the wonders of artificial intelligence turned ugly in the hands of a few disillusioned Mega Corp programmers. Frustrated at being a part of such an ethically challenged corporation, these hacks altered coding in various Mega Corp products - turning certain robot and tank machinery into self-directed, man-killing machines. The greater human population is now a drone collective of computer-mesmerized zombies.

A few outsiders have escaped the spell of the Network. They've formed an underground resistance; operating out of abandoned buildings and travelling at night to avoid detection by the machines. They have survived for some time, but they cannot defeat the Network by themselves. This alliance of dissidents needs help from an outsider. With some creative hacking, three of the dissidents have developed a computer program that gives them remote control over an experimental enemy tank. These rebels have also discovered a way to send the control program through a time loop to the recent past-the late 20th Century.

The Video Mail message crackles through pirate channels and hits your computer with an electronic charge. The dissidents have found you. They need you to use their hacked-out program to drive a killing machine through their war-torn world and liberate the people from computer control. When you engage the program, you take command over the Battle Force Tank (BFT), a fast, powerful and versatile war machine. The time loop allows for you to bypass viruses and other Network computer defenses, giving you direct and complete control.

The future is in your hands.