Space Hulk
Developer(s)	Electronic Arts
Publisher(s)	Electronic Arts
Release date(s)	1993
Genre(s)	First-person shooter, Strategy game
Mode(s)	Single player
Rating(s)	N/A
Platform(s)	DOS, Amiga
Media	Diskette, CD-ROM
System requirements	486 66 MHz 16 MB for DOS
Input	Keyboard and mouse

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The game was one of the first first person shooters, with the following restrictions:

• The Terminators, the unit controlled by the player, were only able to turn in 90 degree angles
• The Terminators had a restricted number of movements they could perform per turn (much as in the boardgame)
• The player had to control up to a maximum of ten units, five per squad.
• The Terminators moved independently after 'Freezetime' was over.
• The player was able to take control over one of the units to handle the movements and usage of weaponery themselves.
• Because of these restrictions the game was not a "real" first-person shooter compared to other true examples like Wolfenstein 3D.

The game sported two time-modes known as "Realtime" and "Freezetime". Realtime was a mode in which the units moved and used their weapons and could be attacked. Freezetime was a mode in which the player could plan his strategy and point the Terminators to differents locations or actions. Freezetime was about sixty seconds of time which would run out. After the sixty seconds were over, the game would swich to Realtime in which the units would carry out their orders. By taking control of a specific Terminator the player could influence the cause of action. Wolfenstein 3D (commonly abbreviated to Wolf 3D) is the computer game that started the first person shooter genre on the PC. It was created by id Software and published by Apogee Software on May 5, 1992. ...

During Realtime, the Freezetime timer would replennish and after two minutes the player could Freezetime the game again. This special feature seriously added to the game's atmosphere which was very much like the feature movie Aliens. Aliens is a 1986 science fiction movie directed by James Cameron and starring Sigourney Weaver, Michael Biehn, Lance Henriksen, Carrie Henn, Bill Paxton and Paul Reiser. ...

With this set of rules the player had to carry out several missions to exterminate the Genestealer infestation on the Space Hulk. Weaponry was the same as in the tabletop game.

Also notable about Space Hulk was that it had unusually high-quality sound effects and speech for the PC speaker. ^{[citation needed]} The PC speaker is the most primitive sound system used in IBM compatible PCs, and in fact used to be the only one in use in PC games before more technologically advanced sound cards such as AdLib or the Sound Blaster were introduced as ISA plug-in cards in the...

References

External link

• Space Hulk at MobyGames