Help me find a '90s PC game.
September 13, 2013 9:09 AM   Subscribe

I'm looking for a PC game that came out in the mid to late 90's (after 1994.) It was a Sci-Fi RTS/first person shooter hybrid game. I want to say it was one of the first of those. It was not the Battlezone remake though I believe it came out around the same time. The main FPS element was you driving around a futuristic tank.

As I recall the game had structure building and unit making for it's RTS features, but also had two FPS elements. One of the structures you built (maybe to had to build it?) was a tower that had a turret you could switch to and shoot at enemy units yourself. The second FPS bit was a tank that you could drive around to blow stuff up. As the game progressed you could upgrade the tank with new features.

I don't remember if it was an MSDOS or Windows game. I've looked through Wikipedia's lists of 90's games but nothing jumped out, though that list has a lot of undated games. As I said it isn't Battlezone (or Mechwarrior or Terminal Velocity.) My other Google searching hasn't been helpful.

Ring any bells?
posted by sevenless to Computers & Internet (11 answers total)
 
Battle Command?
posted by Zonker at 9:19 AM on September 13, 2013


Recoil is pretty close to what you describe.

Gameplay.
posted by Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drug at 9:21 AM on September 13, 2013


Maybe one of the various Descent games? Though I don't recall the tower/turret aspect...
posted by Wretch729 at 10:41 AM on September 13, 2013


Response by poster: No it's not Battle Command. And, Recoil does have a somewhat similar looking tank as I recall, but that's not it either.

Thanks though.
posted by sevenless at 10:44 AM on September 13, 2013


Was it Stellar 7?
posted by sewellcm at 10:50 AM on September 13, 2013


The Stellar 7 Wikipedia article is pretty poor, here's a video.
posted by sewellcm at 11:09 AM on September 13, 2013


Incoming?
posted by gregjones at 11:12 AM on September 13, 2013 [1 favorite]


Response by poster: Wow, this really is a trip down memory lane. I had nearly all these games. But, sadly. none of them are the one I'm thinking of. I might have undersold the RTS part of the game. Building structures and units was a pretty big part of the game, though I can't remember how resource collection went. I don't think any of these games really had anything like that.
posted by sevenless at 12:16 PM on September 13, 2013


Hostile Waters: Antaeus Rising might be it, though it came out in 2001. It's an RTS-FPS hybrid, and you do frequently have a chance to control a tank.
posted by 4th number at 1:08 PM on September 13, 2013


Best answer: Either the game you want is Uprising, or a large swath of my childhood PC gaming experience has been a fantastic lie.
posted by zer0render at 3:44 PM on September 13, 2013


Response by poster: Uprising! Yes that's it. Apparently there was also a sequel, but neither seem to be available anywhere (GOG, etc.) There is also Uprising X for the Playstation, though. That should be out there somewhere.
posted by sevenless at 4:44 PM on September 13, 2013


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