Abuse is a platform developed by Crack dot Com, released 29 February 1996 on Amiga, DOS, iOS and Linux.
What Abuse is
Abuse is a platform game developed by Crack dot Com and released in 1996. It was published by Alive Mediasoft. It is available on Amiga, DOS, iOS, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
The premise, in the publisher's words
The protagonist of the game, Nick Vrenna, has been unjustly incarcerated in a prison where the staff are performing unethical medical experiments upon the inmates. A prison riot occurs and an experiment goes horribly wrong. The people inside the prison - except for Nick, who seems to be immune - get infected with a substance called Abuse that transforms them into monsters. Nick takes a laser gun and goes on to single-handily destroy all mutants, stop the substance from spreading further, and escape from the prison complex.
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action, horror, science fiction and survival. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.
How it was received
Abuse holds a critic score of 86 out of 100. That places it above 88% of the 2,372 rated platform games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 1996 averaged 70, so it scored 16 points above the year average.
What it launched against
Abuse launched on 29 February 1996, within three weeks of Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars, Pokémon Red Version, Sid Meier's Civilization II and Kirby Super Star. It reviewed better than 3 of the 4.
Released around the same time: Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars, Pokémon Red Version, Sid Meier's Civilization II, Kirby Super Star.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Abuse yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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Quick answers
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