eXtinction
eXtinction is a 3D sidescrolling platformer/shooter.
eXtinction is an arcade developed by CGS Software, released 17 March 2003 on PC (Microsoft Windows).
What eXtinction is
eXtinction is an arcade game developed by CGS Software and released in 2003. It was published by Most Wanted Games. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
You are Nick Naster, the most talented and the best trained interplanetary agent. You've been chosen to stop an alien invasion and a virus infection on your home planet Tera 2. The scientists have discovered, that the virus infects human soldiers making them able to carry alien embryos inside them. Any contact with the planet's atmosphere will infect you unavoidably. You were given the last drops of the antidote, that was made, shortly before the biolabs on Zeta 2 have been destroyed. All records of the said antidote have been lost with it, there is no one to help you anymore.
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it launched against
eXtinction launched on 17 March 2003, within three weeks of WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$!, Championship Manager 4, Final Fantasy X-2 and Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield.
Released around the same time: WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$!, Championship Manager 4, Final Fantasy X-2, Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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