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Assault Rigs

Do you have what it takes to be the next World Net Champion? Grab the controls of the Zam Cam Assault Rig and enter the cyber combat zone of the future! Conquer arena after arena filled with skyways, trenches…

60 31 January 1996

Assault Rigs is a shooter developed by Psygnosis, released 31 January 1996 on PlayStation, Sega Saturn and DOS.

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What Assault Rigs is

Assault Rigs is a shooter game developed by Psygnosis and released in 1996. It was published by Electronic Arts Victor. It is available on PlayStation, Sega Saturn and DOS.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Do you have what it takes to be the next World Net Champion? Grab the controls of the Zam Cam Assault Rig and enter the cyber combat zone of the future! Conquer arena after arena filled with skyways, trenches, pushblocks and a whole host of enemies waiting to blow you to smithereens. To the victor goes the glory in this futuristic super-sport where there is no second place!
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How it plays

It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.

How it was received

Assault Rigs holds a critic score of 60 out of 100. That places it above 19% of the 3,305 rated shooter games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 1996 averaged 70, so it scored 10 points below the year average.

What it launched against

Assault Rigs launched on 31 January 1996, within three weeks of Soul Edge, Guardian Heroes, Dungeons & Dragons: Shadow over Mystara and Wing Commander IV: The Price of Freedom. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Soul Edge, Guardian Heroes, Dungeons & Dragons: Shadow over Mystara, Wing Commander IV: The Price of Freedom.

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When did Assault Rigs come out?
Assault Rigs was released on 31 January 1996 for PlayStation, Sega Saturn and DOS.

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