Total Eclipse
It's the Earth's Stellar Guard against the alien Drak-sai. Now's the time to strap in and set the skies on fire! Blistering bombs explode; shields buckle but hold. Your reflexes better be faster than theirs…
Total Eclipse is a shooter developed by Crystal Dynamics, released 8 January 1994 on 3DO Interactive Multiplayer.
What Total Eclipse is
Total Eclipse is a shooter game developed by Crystal Dynamics and released in 1994. It is available on 3DO Interactive Multiplayer only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Earth is attacked by an aggressive alien race known as the Drak-Sai. The aliens use their powerful weapon, the Sun Dagger, to initiate a supernova in the sun. The player must pilot their ship across four planets and ultimately destroy the Sun Dagger to prevent further destruction.
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
How it was received
Total Eclipse holds a critic score of 40 out of 100. That places it above 4% of the 3,305 rated shooter games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 1994 averaged 72, so it scored 32 points below the year average.
What it launched against
Total Eclipse launched on 8 January 1994, within three weeks of Theme Park, Windjammers, NBA Jam and NBA Jam Tournament Edition. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Theme Park, Windjammers, NBA Jam, NBA Jam Tournament Edition.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
Screenshots
All media
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Quick answers
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