Independence Day (1997) — Release Date, Cheats, Price & Requirements

Independence Day

Independence Day is a combat flight simulator video game based on the 1996 film of the same name. The game was developed by Radical Entertainment, published by Fox Interactive and distributed by Electronic…

20 28 February 1997

What Independence Day is

Independence Day is an adventure game developed by Radical Entertainment and released in 1997. It was published by Centropolis Entertainment. It is available on PlayStation, Sega Saturn and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

The game's story is only loosely based on that of the movie. The City Destroyers have positioned themselves over the world's major cities, preparing to destroy them. The beginning of the game takes place directly after the canyon chase from the film, however, in the game the plane and Attacker don't crash. The mission is to take out all the City Destroyers, and finally fire a nuke into the Mothership's core.

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action, science fiction and warfare. It supports multiplayer. Local play supports 2 players. Available modes: Multiplayer, Single player and Split screen.

Where it sits in the Independence Day series

Independence Day is the second of 4 entries we hold in the Independence Day series. The next entry was Independence Day in 1997.

See all 4 Independence Day games in release order →

How it was received

Independence Day holds a critic score of 20 out of 100. That places it above 1% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 1997 averaged 65, so it scored 45 points below the year average.

What it launched against

Independence Day launched on 28 February 1997, within three weeks of Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, Blast Corps, Turok: Dinosaur Hunter and NBA ShootOut '97. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, Blast Corps, Turok: Dinosaur Hunter, NBA ShootOut '97.

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