Redline (1999 video game)

Redline is a 1999 post-apocalyptic combination first-person shooter/racing video game for Windows. It was developed by Beyond Games and published by Accolade. In Europe, the game is known as Redline - Gang Warfare: 2066. It is a spiritual successor to the Atari Lynx video game BattleWheels.[1] This was the last game Accolade published before being acquired by Infogrames. Tommo purchased the rights to this game and digitally publishes it through its Retroism brand in 2015.[2] The game was re-released on Steam and GOG.com in 2014.

For the 2006 video game, see Redline (video game).
Redline
Cover art
Developer(s)Beyond Games
Publisher(s)Accolade
Platform(s)Windows
ReleaseMarch 31, 1999
Genre(s)Vehicular combat, first-person shooter
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

A PlayStation version of the game, planned to be radically reworked from the Windows version to be more action-intensive,[3] was cancelled. Afterwards, a sequel/spinoff named Redline Arena was planned for the Dreamcast, but that too was cancelled.[4] Elements from that project got worked into the PlayStation 2 game Motor Mayhem.

Multiplayer

Redline included support to be played online using the MPlayer.com and Heat.net online services. It was available for play for their demo version even before the game was released. After those companies shut down, servers were moved to Gamespy Arcade.

Reception
Reception
Aggregate score
AggregatorScore
GameRankings67%[5]
Review scores
PublicationScore
CGSP[6]
CGW[7]
Edge4/10[8]
GamePro[9]
GameRevolutionB+[10]
GameSpot7.6/10[11]
IGN7.1/10[12]
Next Generation[13]
PC Gamer (UK)66%[14]
PC Gamer (US)81%[15]
PC Powerplay83%[16]
PC Zone79%[17]

The game received "average" reviews according to the review aggregation website GameRankings. Most reviewers praised the graphics and premise; however, were divided on the gameplay itself (the blending of car combat and first-person shooting).

Next Generation rated the game two stars out of five, and stated that "Combining two different types of gameplay into one game is a terrific idea, but someone should have mentioned that welding a mediocre first-person shooter onto a mediocre car-combat game is not the way to make the whole better than the sum of its parts."[13] In contrast, Computer Gaming World rated the game three and a half stars out of five, and stated that "While other games have tried to mix vehicular and on-foot combat and done it badly (think Necrodome), Redline does a better job of blending the two into a flashy, fast-paced package."[18]

References
  1. "Interview with Kris Johnson, Founder of Beyond Games, Developer of the Cancelled Redline Arena". dreamcastlive.net. 30 June 2018. Archived from the original on 9 May 2019. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
  2. "Purchase Agreement between Atari, Inc. and Rebellion Developments, Stardock & Tommo" (PDF). BMC Group. July 22, 2013.
  3. "ng Alphas - Redline". Next Generation. No. 32. Imagine Media. August 1997. p. 76.
  4. "Entry on Cancelled Redline Arena". Unseen64. November 13, 2019.
  5. "Redline for PC". GameRankings. CBS Interactive. Retrieved January 30, 2019.
  6. Chick, Tom (April 23, 1999). "Redline". Computer Games Strategy Plus. Strategy Plus, Inc. Archived from the original on April 18, 2003. Retrieved January 30, 2019.
  7. Clarkson, Mark (July 1999). "The Bloody Red Line (Redline Review)" (PDF). Computer Gaming World. No. 180. Ziff Davis. p. 123. Retrieved January 30, 2019.
  8. Edge staff (May 1999). "Redline". Edge. No. 71. Future plc.
  9. Asher, Mark (1999). "Redline Review for PC on GamePro.com". GamePro. IDG Entertainment. Archived from the original on February 14, 2005. Retrieved January 31, 2019.
  10. Johnny B. (May 1999). "Redline Review". Game Revolution. CraveOnline. Archived from the original on September 19, 2015. Retrieved January 31, 2019.
  11. Smith, Josh (May 3, 1999). "Redline Review". GameSpot. CBS Interactive. Retrieved January 30, 2019.
  12. Ward, Trent C. (March 29, 1999). "Redline". IGN. Ziff Davis. Retrieved January 30, 2019.
  13. "Finals". Next Generation. No. 54. Imagine Media. June 1999. p. 95.
  14. "Redline". PC Gamer UK. Future plc. 1999.
  15. "Redline". PC Gamer. Vol. 6 no. 6. Future US. June 1999. Archived from the original on March 6, 2000. Retrieved January 30, 2019.
  16. "PC Review: Redline". PC Powerplay. Next plc. 1999.
  17. "PC Review: Redline". PC Zone. Future plc. 1999.
  18. "CGW". Computer Gaming World. No. 180. Ziff Davis. July 1999. p. 123.
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