Creature Shock

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Creature Shock

Developer(s)	Argonaut Games
Publisher(s)	Virgin Interactive, Data East (Playstation/Saturn versions)
Platform(s)	PC, 3DO, Sony Playstation, Sega Saturn, CD-i
Release date	^USA December, 1994 (PC) ^USA August, 1996 (PlayStation)
Genre(s)	action-adventure
Mode(s)	Single player
Rating(s)	ESRB: Teen (T)
Media	CD-ROM
System requirements	486SX-25, 4MB RAM, CD-ROM drive, DOS 5.0

Creature Shock is a 1994 sci-fi action-adventure game released on the PC and 3DO. The game was developed by Argonaut Games and published by Virgin Interactive. The game was later ported to the Philips CD-i, Sega Saturn and Sony Playstation video game systems.^[1]^[2]

Atari was porting it to the Atari Jaguar CD, but it was cancelled.

The title was one of the first extensive CD-ROM titles and used full-motion video for both cutscene and interactive portions. As a result, the game spanned over a gigabyte in size and over two discs. Gameplay was divided into two portions: a shoot'em up arcade portion in which you piloted your ship through various pre-rendered environments (similar to Cyberia) and an adventure-style first-person action portion where players chose between track-based paths at various nodes.

[edit] Story

Taking place in 2123, the game focuses around a lost ship, the UNS Amazon, sent as part of an exploration fleet to various planets to determine new viable locations for settlement as the Earth is destroyed by human activity. En route to Saturn, the Amazon is ensnared by a massive alien being, looking indifferent from a large asteroid. The protagonist is sent to investigate the incident.