Lineality is an arcade developed by Hamster Republic, released 31 December 1997 on DOS.
What Lineality is
Lineality is an arcade game developed by Hamster Republic and released in 1997. It is available on DOS only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Are you sick of all those 3D games on the market? Try Lineality, the worlds first one dimensional action shooter game. Sounds low-tech? Not at all. Your one-dimensional battlefield can rotate in three dimensions as you play! A parody of any game that ever put technology ahead of playability!
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action and comedy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it launched against
Lineality 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
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
Screenshots
All media
Quick answers
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