DeathDrome
{{Short description|1996 video game}}
{{Infobox video game
|title= DeathDrome
|image = DeathDromeVideoGameCoverArt.jpg
|caption = Cover art
|developer = Zipper Interactive
|publisher = Viacom New Media
|designer =
|released={{vgrelease|NA|November 8, 1996{{Cite web |date=1997-02-27 |title=Online Gaming Review |url=http://www.ogr.com/news/news1196.html |access-date=2023-04-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19970227065708/http://www.ogr.com/news/news1196.html |archive-date=1997-02-27 }}}}
|genre = Third-person shooter
|modes = Single player, Multiplayer
|platforms = Windows
}}
DeathDrome is a 1996 third-person shooter game developed by Zipper Interactive and published by Viacom New Media. It was the first game to be developed by Zipper Interactive.
Story
The game takes place in 2057, where crime is rampant and jails are overpopulated. The government forms the Committee of Recreational Termination (C.O.R.T.) in order to eliminate the surplus of convicts. In this competition, convicts must take part in deathmatches in which one will survive and be declared winner.
Reception
{{Video game reviews
| GSpot = 7.4/10{{cite web |title=Death Drome Review |url=https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/deathdrome-review/1900-2538557/ |website=GameSpot |accessdate=14 September 2018 |date=December 17, 1996}}
| NGen = {{rating|3|5}}{{cite magazine|title=Finals: Death Drome |magazine=Next Generation |issue=29|publisher=Imagine Media |date=May 1997|pages=154, 158 |url=https://archive.org/stream/NEXT_Generation_29#page/n155}}
|rev1=PC Gamer
|rev1Score=68%{{cite web|first=Jason|last=Bates|url=http://www.pcgamer.com/reviews/325.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/19990820213847/http://www.pcgamer.com:80/reviews/325.html|title=DeathDrome|magazine=PC Gamer|archivedate=August 20, 1999|date=April 1997|accessdate=January 18, 2025}}
}}
GameSpot called DeathDrome "one of the best games of its kind to arrive on the scene in quite some time." He particularly praised the creative weapons and the tension created by having the "scrub" mechanic instead of the game immediately ending when time runs out. He remarked that the fact that enemies always spawn at the center podium is too easily exploited in single-player mode, but felt the main draw is the multiplayer mode in any case. Next Generation also noted the creative weapons and "truly hairbreadth escapes" as time runs out as the highlights. He also complimented how the developers maintained a decent frame rate by dividing the arenas into four sections. However, he concluded that "While DeathDrome has some interesting elements, it's hardly groundbreaking enough to be remembered a year from now."
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/19990203235140/http://www.segasoft.com/gamedept/deathdrome/ Sega Soft webpage]
- [http://www.mobygames.com/game/death-dromeDeathDrome] at MobyGames
- [http://ddrome.proboards.com/thread/92/deathdrome-perfectly-multiplayer-updated-tutorialDeathDrome Online Multiplayer] as of 2022 on Windows 7/8/10/11
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Category:Multiplayer and single-player video games
Category:Third-person shooters
Category:Viacom New Media games
Category:Video games about death games
Category:Video games developed in the United States