Total Distortion
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Total Distortion is a 1995 full motion video adventure game for Mac and Windows, developed by Pop Rocket. It was critically acclaimed for being innovative and creative.[1] Originally slated for Q4 1993, the game was delayed until November 1995.[2]
The gameplay has the player as a music video entrepreneur in the "Distortion Dimension", a place where you fight "Guitar Warriors" which you face in guitar battles. The ultimate goal of the game is to get fame points, make lots of money, and to film successful music videos. The game was also known for its sense of humor (the game over screen featured the enemy singing a song known as "You Are Dead" featuring lyrics such as, "You heart has stopped and your brain is cold... You are so so dead"). One of the most distinctive features of the game was the sleep mode. When player went to sleep, a dream appeared which consisted of a minigame. If the player failed the dream sequence it would result in a nightmare, which decreased mental energy (an important stat in the game).
The programming of this game was headed up mostly by Joe Sparks, creator of Radiskull and Devil Doll.
[edit] Story
Six years before the producer's journey began into the Total Distortion dimension. An alien artifact was discovered by the US government who learned the technology was a transportation device, which can teleport any objects to any place in an instant. The technology however is not perfect, large object required lots of power and organic beings are forced into a state of coma for six weeks. Thankfully they found ways to allow for safe dimensional travel but what they found next is the most shocking.
Rather than finding foreign alien life on other worlds, the dimension teleportation technology takes them to different realities of Earth where certain forms of Pop Culture flourished ranging from cartoons, comics to music which was created from the dreaming minds of the youth. When your producer passed away, his will entrusted you with 3 million dollars, with the stale state of pop culture on this Earth, you set out to the Total Distortion Dimension to bring back music videos back to Earth. Do you have what it takes or will the Metal Lord's Guitar Warriors put an end to your career in a bid to protect the dimension?
[edit] References
- ^ joesparks.com
- ^ "Hall of Shame - Vaporware" (in English). GameSpot. http://web.archive.org/web/20090516110053/http://www.gamespot.com/features/vaporware/html/number3.html. Retrieved 8 January 2012.
[edit] External links
- Total Distortion at MobyGames
- Sparks, Joe. "Total Distortion: Awards", JoeSparks.com, 1997? 2007. Accessed June 26, 2007.
- Salon.com review
- GameSpot review
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