- This article is about Outcast, the computer game. For the hip-hop group, see OutKast.
- Outcast is also a German heavy metal band.
- Outcast is also a gay rights magazine in the United Kingdom.
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| Developer(s)
| Appeal
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| Publisher(s)
| Infogrames
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| Release date(s)
| 1999
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| Genre
| Action-adventure
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| Mode(s)
| Single player
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| Rating(s)
| ESRB: Teen (T)
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| Platform(s)
| Microsoft Windows
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| Media
| CD-ROM
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Outcast is an action-adventure computer game by Belgian developer Appeal, released in 1999 by publisher Infogrames.
Contents
- 1 Plot
- 2 Technology
- 3 Sequel
- 4 External links
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Plot
In 2007 the U.S. government successfully sends a probe to an alien world in a parallel universe. The probe starts transmitting video images of the world back to Earth. Then, just minutes into the mission, an alien life form discovers the probe and damages it, causing an unforseen backlash of energy to create a black hole threatening Earth. Cutter Slade, a former U.S. Navy SEAL, is given the job of escorting three scientists on a mission to this alien world to recover the probe and close the black hole.
Arriving in this alien world, Cutter is separated from the other scientists and is hailed by the natives as their messiah.
Technology
The game used a voxel engine to render its outdoor landscapes.
Sequel
A sequel, Outcast II[1], was started but then cancelled. The Open Outcast project[2] is developing an open-source, free sequel using the Crystal Space 3D engine.
External links
- Official websites
- Outcast
- Outcast II
- Open Outcast
- German Outcast 2 Fan Homepagefr:Outcast
de:Outcast
Categories: PC games | Action-adventure games | Science fiction computer and video games | 1999 computer and video games
