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Shattered Steel

Save your species as you engage in fast-paced mechanized combat in the single-player campaign containing 50 adrenaline-pounding missions and arm your Planet Runner with blazing firepower - over 25 armaments…

30 September 1996

Shattered Steel is a shooter developed by BioWare, released 30 September 1996 on DOS, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Shattered Steel is

Shattered Steel is a shooter game developed by BioWare and released in 1996. It was published by Interplay Entertainment. It is available on DOS, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

Save your species as you engage in fast-paced mechanized combat in the single-player campaign containing 50 adrenaline-pounding missions and arm your Planet Runner with blazing firepower - over 25 armaments, including gatling guns, guided missiles, fuel-air mortars and plasma cannons. Become a mech pilot and fight off mysterious alien invaders Various mission types from search and destroy to escorting convoys A great number of weapons and mech upgrades
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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

Shattered Steel launched on 30 September 1996, within three weeks of Crash Bandicoot, Circle of Blood, Wipeout XL and Mortal Kombat Trilogy.

Released around the same time: Crash Bandicoot, Circle of Blood, Wipeout XL, Mortal Kombat Trilogy.

Official trailer

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Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.

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Quick answers

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When did Shattered Steel come out?
Shattered Steel was released on 30 September 1996 for DOS, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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