CyberStrike
CyberStrike is a futuristic 3D combat online game by Simutronics Corporation, involving team combat between customizable mechs, each of which is controlled by a different player.
Initially exclusive to the GEnie online service, it opened in February 1993, and later that year it caused Computer Gaming World magazine to create the new category of "Online Game of the Year" so it could be awarded to CyberStrike.[1] In 1994 it was offered in stores by MicroProse.
In 1997, a new version of the game, CyberStrike 2 was announced as a joint project between Simutronics and Sony's 989 Studios. A single-player mission-based version was released in stores, and a multiplayer version opened on GEnie in December 1998. It was also released on America Online, and then via the Simutronics website. After CyberStrike 2 opened, the original version of the game was renamed as CyberStrike Classic.
Awards
- On-Line Game of the Year, Computer Gaming World, October 1993[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Computer Gaming World (111). October 1993. p. 72. "This is the first year that CGW has offered an On-Line Game of the Year award. With more and more modems among our readership and numerous games appearing with graphic front-ends, it has been an interesting year for this genre . . . This year's winner, however, is CyberStrike (GEnie/Simutronics), David Whatley, designer. CyberStrike combines real-time, polygon-filled graphics and local machine sound card support to provide a visceral experience of "being" in cyberspace. Add the teamwork and communications aspects to the competitive challenge of fighting it out through multi-colored streets and alleys, and it becomes a definite winner."