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Skout

Humanity's most dangerous enemy, the Kybernoids, have invaded and occupied Lugubrios, a planet of paramount strategic value. The Kybernoids have built a shield generator, protecting the planet from any kind of…

31 December 1999

Skout is a shooter developed by Soft Enterprises, released 31 December 1999 on PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Skout is

Skout is a shooter game developed by Soft Enterprises and released in 1999. It was published by BMS Modern Games Handelsagentur GmbH. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Humanity's most dangerous enemy, the Kybernoids, have invaded and occupied Lugubrios, a planet of paramount strategic value. The Kybernoids have built a shield generator, protecting the planet from any kind of attack. You are Skout and it's your mission to destroy this generator and to free the enslaved population.
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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.

What it launched against

Skout launched on 31 December 1999, within three weeks of Shenmue, Planescape: Torment, The Typing of the Dead and Little Fighter 2.

Released around the same time: Shenmue, Planescape: Torment, The Typing of the Dead, Little Fighter 2.

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When did Skout come out?
Skout was released on 31 December 1999 for PC (Microsoft Windows).

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