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Genocide

A side-scrolling mecha-themed action game.

23 July 1989

Genocide is a platform developed by ZOOM, released 23 July 1989 on Sharp X68000 and Turbografx-16/PC Engine CD.

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What Genocide is

Genocide is a platform game developed by ZOOM and released in 1989. It is available on Sharp X68000 and Turbografx-16/PC Engine CD.

The premise, in the publisher's words

In the year 2121, the world was reaching the breaking point and so all the countries and states joined together in a rare case of non-partisanship to avoid self-destruction, with leading scientists around the world forming together to create a super computer that would create order and regulate the world through a divine plan that would set the world back on the proper path. Over the course of 50 years, their combined efforts would finally create a computer with a sophisticated central processing unit that was thought to do no wrong, known as the "Magnetic Extrasensory perception System Incorruptible A-class" unit, codenamed "MESIA" (and read as "Messiah" in Katakana). Regulating every…
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

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When did Genocide come out?
Genocide was released on 23 July 1989 for Sharp X68000 and Turbografx-16/PC Engine CD.

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