South Park
Single player takes the form of a "Story" mode divided into five episodes and fifteen linear levels. The player will face weak minions (which change based on the episode), plus occasional sub-bosses which will…
South Park is a shooter developed by Appaloosa Interactive, released 12 December 1998 on Nintendo 64, PlayStation and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What South Park is
South Park is a shooter game developed by Appaloosa Interactive and released in 1998. It was published by Acclaim Entertainment. It is available on Nintendo 64, PlayStation and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Turok.
The premise, in the publisher's words
A mysterious comet is approaching the earth; described by the opening narration as a force of concentrated evil that no force of good can stand against. As it comes closer, South Park is beset by enemies; including rabid mutant turkeys, deformed clones of the townsfolk, alien visitors, berserk robots, and sentient killer toys. Stan, Kyle, Cartman and Kenny hear about the dangers from Chef, and take up arms to investigate their sources and defend the town.
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action and comedy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.
Where it sits in the South Park series
South Park is the first of 21 entries we hold in the South Park series. The next entry was South Park: Chef's Luv Shack in 1999. Its critic score of 41 is 23 points below the series average of 64. The highest-rated entry is South Park: The Fractured But Whole at 85.
How it was received
South Park holds a critic score of 41 out of 100. That places it above 6% of the 3,305 rated shooter games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 1998 averaged 70, so it scored 29 points below the year average.
What it launched against
South Park launched on 12 December 1998, within three weeks of Suikoden II, Crazy Taxi (1999), Mario Party and Thief: The Dark Project. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Suikoden II, Crazy Taxi (1999), Mario Party, Thief: The Dark Project.
Official trailer
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