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Tracer (video game)

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Tracer
Developer(s)Future Endeavors
Publisher(s)7th Level
Platform(s)Windows
ReleaseJune 25, 1996[1]
Genre(s)Puzzle

Tracer is a video game developed by short-lived Ottawa, Canada studio Future Endeavors and published by 7th Level for the PC.[2]

Gameplay

Tracer is an action-puzzle game in which the player is a contract hacker who is trying to outrun a virus in cyberspace that has been sent to hunt the player down after being set up by a client.[3]

Reception

Next Generation reviewed the PC version of the game, rating it three stars out of five, and stated that "as far as this sort of thing goes, the game is certainly worth a look."[3]

Reviews

References

  1. ^ "Tracer, the Cyberspace Strategy Game Ships". 7thlevel.com. June 25, 1996. Archived from the original on January 29, 1998. Retrieved August 18, 2023.
  2. ^ "7th Level Signs Letter of Intent With Future Endeavors Company's First Exclusive Publishing Deal". 7thlevel.com. April 15, 1996. Archived from the original on February 20, 1998. Retrieved August 18, 2023.
  3. ^ a b "Finals". Next Generation. No. 22. Imagine Media. October 1996. p. 185.
  4. ^ "Children's storytelling program is an otter delight". Quad-City Times. November 3, 1996. p. 37. Retrieved November 26, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.