Wetlands (video game)
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Wetlands is a 1995
computer game developed
by created by Hypnotix, Inc.
and published
by New World Computing
for DOS
.
The sci-fi storyline is set in the distant future, after the icecaps have melted and the entire earth has become a "waterworld" (those who didn't flee the earth for off-world colonies live in underwater cities). The main character, a mercenary name Cole, is hired by the interplanetary governing body and called back to earth to uncover a plot to overthrow the government.
The game begins with the player controlling a spaceship, but later it becomes a first person shooter and also has other action elements. The game was mostly famed for its fluid animation and lengthy cutscenes.
1995 in video gaming
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computer game developed
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by created by Hypnotix, Inc.
Hypnotix
Hypnotix, Inc. was an American video game developer that was founded in 1993 and located in Little Falls, New Jersey. The company's highest-profile games were its "Outlaw" series of sports titles, which included Outlaw Golf, Outlaw Volleyball, and Outlaw Tennis...
and published
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by New World Computing
New World Computing
New World Computing, Inc. was an American computer game developer and publisher founded in 1984 by Jon Van Caneghem, his wife, Michaela Van Caneghem, and Mark Caldwell. It was best known for its work on the Might and Magic computer role-playing game series and its spin-offs, especially Heroes of...
for DOS
DOS
DOS, short for "Disk Operating System", is an acronym for several closely related operating systems that dominated the IBM PC compatible market between 1981 and 1995, or until about 2000 if one includes the partially DOS-based Microsoft Windows versions 95, 98, and Millennium Edition.Related...
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The sci-fi storyline is set in the distant future, after the icecaps have melted and the entire earth has become a "waterworld" (those who didn't flee the earth for off-world colonies live in underwater cities). The main character, a mercenary name Cole, is hired by the interplanetary governing body and called back to earth to uncover a plot to overthrow the government.
The game begins with the player controlling a spaceship, but later it becomes a first person shooter and also has other action elements. The game was mostly famed for its fluid animation and lengthy cutscenes.