Terminal Velocity

ShooterSimulator
Terminal Velocity
IDs
IDSteam
11629358370
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Summary

Terminal Velocity is a simulation video game. It is an arcade-style flight combat game, with simpler game controls and physics than flight simulators. It is known for its fast, high-energy action sequences, compared to flight simulators of the time.

Storyline

The story is set in the year 2704, when the ASFAR (Alliance of Space-Faring Alien Races), of which Earth is a member, suddenly turns against Earth and their fleet ravages the planet, starting a war. The player flies a powerful starfighter, the TV-202, in a series of missions to defeat the enemy. In Episode 3, the player learns that a huge supercomputer known as X.I. (Xenocidic Initiative), located on Proxima Seven, is responsible for the war. Their final mission is to eliminate it. A hidden mission can take place after the main plot only in the CD ROM version where the player must investigate a sudden metamorphosis of an unknown nearby planet and destroy the force that changed the face of the planet. It is revealed here that this force drove a man named Sy Wickens into insanity, and how the X.I. Supercomputer had "accidentally" digitized Sy Wickens' persona.

Developers
Terminal Reality
Publishers
Apogee Software3D RealmsMacSoft Games
Genres
ShooterSimulator
Platforms
DOSMacPC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes
MultiplayerSingle player
Perspectives
Third person
Keywords
dial-up wide area network game operationdigital distributionflightflight simulatorone-man armyonlineplatform exclusiveplayer vs playerpolygonal 3dspaceshipwraparound world

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