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World Quest

A sidescrolling shoot 'em up where you control a fighter pilot assigned to attack alien bases. The player's ship can be upgraded so that it can fire in multiple directions and the player can use bombs. Along…

31 December 1993

World Quest is an arcade, released 31 December 1993 on DOS.

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What World Quest is

World Quest was released in 1993. It is available on DOS only. It runs on C++.

The premise, in the publisher's words

A sidescrolling shoot 'em up where you control a fighter pilot assigned to attack alien bases. The player's ship can be upgraded so that it can fire in multiple directions and the player can use bombs. Along the way, humans can be saved for additional points.
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

World Quest launched on 31 December 1993, within three weeks of Doom, Mega Man X, Theme Park and Windjammers.

Released around the same time: Doom, Mega Man X, Theme Park, Windjammers.

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When did World Quest come out?
World Quest was released on 31 December 1993 for DOS.

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