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C-Dogs

Classic overhead run-and-gun, supporting 2 player co-op or deathmatch. Customize your player, choose from many weapons, and blast, slide and slash your way through 5 unique campaigns. There is also a campaign…

31 December 1997

C-Dogs is an arcade, released 31 December 1997 on DOS and Linux.

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What C-Dogs is

C-Dogs was released in 1997. It is available on DOS and Linux.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Classic overhead run-and-gun, supporting 2 player co-op or deathmatch. Customize your player, choose from many weapons, and blast, slide and slash your way through 5 unique campaigns. There is also a campaign editor and hundreds of user-submitted custom campaigns to try. C-Dogs was released in 1997 as a freeware DOS game. It was later released as open source and the source port, C-Dogs SDL, boasts many improvements like 4 player local multiplayer, LAN multiplayer, and more campaigns.
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer, Single player and Split screen.

What it launched against

C-Dogs launched on 31 December 1997, within three weeks of Resident Evil 2 (1998), Marvel vs. Capcom: Clash of Super Heroes, Gran Turismo and Klonoa: Door to Phantomile.

Released around the same time: Resident Evil 2 (1998), Marvel vs. Capcom: Clash of Super Heroes, Gran Turismo, Klonoa: Door to Phantomile.

Official trailer

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Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.

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Quick answers

C-Dogs — frequently asked questions

When did C-Dogs come out?
C-Dogs was released on 31 December 1997 for DOS and Linux.

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