Gate Crasher is a first-person shooter

First-person shooter

First-person shooter is a video game genre that centers the gameplay on gun and projectile weapon-based combat through first-person perspective; i.e., the player experiences the action through the eyes of a protagonist. Generally speaking, the first-person shooter shares common traits with other...

 by Nickolas Marentes for the TRS-80 Color Computer 3

TRS-80 Color Computer

The Radio Shack TRS-80 Color Computer was a home computer launched in 1980. It was one of the earliest of the first generation of computers marketed for home use in English-speaking markets...

, released in 2000. The game represents a major milestone for the Color Computer 3, being the first game of its type for the machine. The game makes use of a 3D algorithm developed by John Kowalski that was used in his Gloom 3D demo. It features a full 360 degree 3D environment and 2-channel sound effects. While the gameplay is relatively basic compared to modern games of this genre, all of these things are an impressive technical feat for the computer on which the game runs.

The game takes place in a corporation set in a futuristic scenario and consists of five levels. There is also a single-level demo version available.

It requires a CoCo 3 with 512K of RAM

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, but can also be played successfully on a number of different computers and operating systems using an emulator such as MESS

MESS

Multi Emulator Super System is an emulator for many game consoles and computer systems, based on the MAME core.The primary purpose of MESS is to preserve decades of computer and console history...

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External links

• Gate Crasher - Official homepage
• Gate Crasher - NitrOS9.lcurtisboyle.com Color Computer Games List entry
• YouTube video of the game being played