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Word War Vi

Word War vi is your basic side-scrolling shoot 'em up '80s style arcade game. You pilot your "vi"per craft through core memory, rescuing lost .swp files, avoiding OS defenses, and wiping out those memory…

11 April 2008

Word War Vi is an arcade, released 11 April 2008 on Linux.

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What Word War Vi is

Word War Vi was released in 2008. It is available on Linux only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Word War vi is your basic side-scrolling shoot 'em up '80s style arcade game. You pilot your "vi"per craft through core memory, rescuing lost .swp files, avoiding OS defenses, and wiping out those memory hogging emacs processes. When all the lost .swp files are rescued, head for the socket which will take you to the next node in the cluster.
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How it plays

Its themes are action.

What it launched against

Word War Vi launched on 11 April 2008, within three weeks of Grand Theft Auto IV, Valkyria Chronicles, Assassin's Creed: Director's Cut Edition and Mario Kart Wii.

Released around the same time: Grand Theft Auto IV, Valkyria Chronicles, Assassin's Creed: Director's Cut Edition, Mario Kart Wii.

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When did Word War Vi come out?
Word War Vi was released on 11 April 2008 for Linux.

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