SkyNET
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SkyNET, known as The Terminator: SkyNET in Europe
, is a computer game based on the Terminator film series
. It was originally an expansion, and became the sequel to The Terminator: Future Shock, also developed by Bethesda Softworks
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mode, which allows players to fight in a number of maps as either a human or a terminator. Players are able to change various options including time limits and time of day.
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Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
, is a computer game based on the Terminator film series
Terminator series
The Terminator series is a science fiction franchise encompassing a series of films and other media concerning battles between Skynet's artificially intelligent machine network, and John Connor's Resistance forces and the rest of the human race....
. It was originally an expansion, and became the sequel to The Terminator: Future Shock, also developed by Bethesda Softworks
Bethesda Softworks
Bethesda Softworks, LLC, is an American video game company. A subsidiary of ZeniMax Media, the company was originally based in Bethesda, Maryland and eventually moved to their current location in Rockville, Maryland...
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Single-player
SkyNET is played in the first person perspective. Each of the eight levels in the game requires the player to solve a number of objectives before continuing to the next level, while fighting enemy terminators with a wide variety of guns and grenades. Another obstacle in each level is the harsh terrain, as many areas contain too much radiation for the player character to remain alive. The terrain is navigated in three ways, 'on foot', in a jeep with a mounted cannon, or in an HK fighter (a modified terminator robot that flies). Before each mission, the player is briefed, via a full motion videoFull motion video
Full motion video based games are video games that rely upon pre-recorded TV-quality movie or animation rather than sprites, vectors, or 3D models to display action in the game. In the early 1990s a diverse set of games utilized this format...
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Multiplayer
SkyNET features a deathmatchDeathmatch (gaming)
Deathmatch or Player vs All is a widely-used gameplay mode integrated into many shooter and real-time strategy computer games...
mode, which allows players to fight in a number of maps as either a human or a terminator. Players are able to change various options including time limits and time of day.
Features
SkyNET is driven by Bethsoft's Xngine. While the majority of the game uses textured polygons to display levels and structures, many of the items, weapons, and level decorations are still shown using older spriteSprite (computer graphics)
In computer graphics, a sprite is a two-dimensional image or animation that is integrated into a larger scene...
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