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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 puzzle video game developed by short-lived Ottawa, Canada studio Future Endeavors and published by 7th Level for Microsoft Windows.[2]

Gameplay

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Tracer is an action game with puzzles, 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

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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]

References

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  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. ^ Carter, Tim (October 1996). "Voracious Virus Left Me Hungry" (PDF). Computer Gaming World. p. 212. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 11, 2013. Retrieved November 17, 2023.
  5. ^ "Children's storytelling program is an otter delight". Quad-City Times. November 3, 1996. p. 37. Archived from the original on November 26, 2021. Retrieved November 26, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
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