The Hybrid Front
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| Developer(s) | Sega Oniro Co. |
| Publisher(s) | Sega |
| Designer(s) | Masahiro Noda Kunio Aoi (character design) Jun Suemi |
| Composer(s) | Naofumi Hataya |
| Platform(s) | Sega Mega Drive Virtual Console |
| Release date(s) | Sega Mega Drive:
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| Genre(s) | Turn-based strategy |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
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| Media/distribution | Cartridge |
The Hybrid Front (ハイブリッド・フロント) is a turn-based strategy video game, released in Japan on July 22, 1994 for the Sega Mega Drive. A re-release for the Virtual Console was done on May 29, 2007.
[edit] Summary
The introduction begins with someone logging into a computer. Then, it shows a revolution that occurred sometime in the 2080s leading into a series of wars and conflict that lead up to the video game's main setting of the 26th century.
Since the second half of the 21st century, the depletion of fossil fuel resources have helped to deepen the conflict on Earth. During the 24th century, the Earth was bombarded from orbit with massive optical weapons called the Metal Hammer by an Italian consortium; major cities around the world were burned to toast. The resistance would eventually be put down by CoCoON (who would gain the corporate hegemony of humanity). A hostile group of corporate war hawks called CoCoON (abbreviation for COoperation COmmunity of Orbital Negotiation) have revolted against the peaceful coalition of the PETO (abbreviation for Pan Earth Treaty Organization). In response, the player must fight a futuristic war using infantry, aircraft, tanks, and spaceships.
Friendly units are given the blue color, neutral units are orange, while enemy units are in red. Units can be placed either manually or automatically by pressing the Start button on the Sega Mega Drive. Mild violence is present in the game, although blood is absent. There are 26 levels in this game; all designed by level designer Izumi Takemoyo.
[edit] Organizations
- CoCoON (COoperation COmmunity of Orbital Negotiation)
- They are a global corporate group which are roughly divided into six main groups. They are considered to be like large-scale contemporary international conglomerates and business groups. After surviving a natural resources crisis, they helped to diffuse humanity and develop technological advances. CoCoON maintains their own military thanks to having influence beyond that of a nation state. In recent years, they developed Mars (with PETO trying spark a series of civil wars on that planet) and maintain a corporate hegemony over the Earth.
- Pan Earth Treaty Organization
- They are equivalent to the modern-day United Nations. Their government spans for regions but have a limited ability to govern and are dependent on couriers. An increasingly global reconstruction movement is an attempt by PETO in order to expand their control, however.
- Mule
- They are a contractor for armored transports in this video game. Indispensible to the people of this era, they are outlaws according to both CoCoON's and PETO's point of view. They participated in a massive rebellion called "Calcutta Disturbance History;" causing a temporary but severe tightening in the legal system.
[edit] References
- Official Page of The Hybrid Front (Japanese)
- Information about The Hybrid Front (Japanese)
- The Hybrid Front at GameFAQs
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