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Cube

Cube is a freeware 3D first-person shooter game. It can be played both in multiplayer and singleplayer mode. It allows the player to edit maps in-engine in full 3D, this means it is possible to fly around the…

31 December 2002

Cube is a shooter developed by Wouter van Oortmerssen, released 31 December 2002 on PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Cube is

Cube is a shooter game developed by Wouter van Oortmerssen and released in 2002. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only. It runs on Cube Engine.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Cube is a freeware 3D first-person shooter game. It can be played both in multiplayer and singleplayer mode. It allows the player to edit maps in-engine in full 3D, this means it is possible to fly around the map, point and drag to raise/lower blocks, create slopes etc. Multiple online players can even edit a map simultaneously.
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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.

What it launched against

Cube launched on 31 December 2002, within three weeks of The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker, SimCity 4, Space Rangers and Sonic Advance 2.

Released around the same time: The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker, SimCity 4, Space Rangers, Sonic Advance 2.

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When did Cube come out?
Cube was released on 31 December 2002 for PC (Microsoft Windows).

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