Star Wars: Rebellion (video game)
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| Star Wars Rebellion | |
|---|---|
| Developer(s) | Coolhand Interactive |
| Publisher(s) | LucasArts |
| Director(s) | Scott Witte |
| Designer(s) | Scott Witte |
| Composer(s) | Peter McConnell Michael Land Clint Bajakian |
| Platform(s) | Windows |
| Release | |
| Genre(s) | Real-time strategy, 4X |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
Star Wars Rebellion (known as Star Wars Supremacy in the United Kingdom and Ireland) is a real-time strategy 4X game released in 1998 by LucasArts and set in the fictional Star Wars expanded universe.
Reception
[edit ]| Aggregator | Score |
|---|---|
| GameRankings | 50%[2] |
| Publication | Score |
|---|---|
| CNET Gamecenter | 8/10[3] |
| Computer Games Strategy Plus | [4] |
| Computer Gaming World | [5] |
| EP Daily | 5/10[6] |
| Game Informer | 5.5/10[7] |
| GameSpot | 4.5/10[8] |
| Jeuxvideo.com | 16/20[9] |
| Next Generation | [10] |
| PC Gamer (US) | 60%[11] |
| PC PowerPlay | 88%[12] |
The game received poor reviews according to the review aggregation website GameRankings.[2] Next Generation stated, "LucasArts should start looking more closely at what it slaps the Star Wars brand on, as consumers will be less likely to forget or forgive."[10]
According to PC Data, the game was the U.S.' 18th-best-selling computer game during the January–November 1998 period.[13]
The game won the award for "Most Disappointing Game of the Year" at GameSpot 's Best & Worst of 1998 Awards.[14] It was also nominated for "The Underachiever Award" at IGN 's Best of 1998 Awards, which ultimately went to Trespasser .[15]
Rebellion has been more positively remembered in retrospect, with PC Gamer noting it is a "pretty effective Star Wars story generator" with compelling grand strategy elements.[16] Game Rant also notes the game as for its rich Star Wars digital encyclopedia, unique for its time.[17]
Macworld saw LucasArts' 2006 game Star Wars: Empire at War as a successor to Rebellion.[18] Ars Technica notes that the Fantasy Flight's Star Wars: Rebellion board game is loosely based on the computer game.[19]
References
[edit ]- ^ Gentry, Perry (March 23, 1998). "What's in Stores This Week". Gamecenter. CNET. Archived from the original on August 17, 2000. Retrieved December 6, 2019.
- ^ a b "Star Wars Rebellion for PC". GameRankings . CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on May 20, 2019. Retrieved August 25, 2021.
- ^ Dembo, Arinn (April 16, 1998). "Star Wars: Rebellion". Gamecenter. CNET. Archived from the original on August 16, 2000. Retrieved August 25, 2021.
- ^ Ocampo, Jason (April 7, 1998). "Star Wars Rebellion". Computer Games Strategy Plus . Strategy Plus, Inc. Archived from the original on November 6, 2003. Retrieved July 1, 2010.
- ^ Cirulis, Martin E. (July 1998). "Got a Millennium to Kill? (Star Wars Rebellion Review)" (PDF). Computer Gaming World . No. 168. Ziff Davis. pp. 172, 177. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 13, 2013. Retrieved August 25, 2021.
- ^ Shaw, John (April 17, 1998). "Star Wars Rebellion". The Electric Playground . Greedy Productions, Inc. Archived from the original on August 27, 2002. Retrieved August 25, 2021.
- ^ Bergren, Paul (June 1998). "[Star Wars] Rebellion". Game Informer . No. 62. FuncoLand.
- ^ McDonald, T. Liam (April 8, 1998). "Star Wars Rebellion Review [author mislabeled as "Tim McDonald"]". GameSpot . CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on December 12, 2004. Retrieved August 25, 2021.
- ^ Airainecer (February 11, 2013). "Test: Star Wars Rebellion". Jeuxvideo.com (in French). Webedia. Archived from the original on August 25, 2021. Retrieved August 25, 2021.
- ^ a b "[Star Wars] Rebellion". Next Generation . No. 43. Imagine Media. July 1998. p. 117. Retrieved August 25, 2021.
- ^ Trotter, William R. (June 1998). "Star Wars: Rebellion". PC Gamer . Vol. 5, no. 6. Imagine Media. Archived from the original on March 10, 2000. Retrieved August 25, 2021.
- ^ Argy, George (May 1998). "[Star Wars] Rebellion". PC PowerPlay . No. 24. Next Media Pty Ltd. pp. 68–70. Retrieved August 26, 2021.
- ^ IGN staff (January 4, 1999). "Best Selling Games of 1998". IGN . Ziff Davis. Archived from the original on October 28, 2018. Retrieved August 25, 2021.
- ^ "Best & Worst of 1998 (Most Disappointing Game of the Year)". GameSpot. Ziff Davis. Archived from the original on October 18, 2000. Retrieved August 25, 2021.
- ^ IGN staff (January 29, 1999). "IGNPC's Best of 1998 Awards". IGN. Ziff Davis. Archived from the original on April 27, 1999. Retrieved August 27, 2021.
- ^ Andy Kelly (2021年05月04日). "The weird old Star Wars games that time forgot". PC Gamer. Retrieved 2024年07月07日.
- ^ Fisher, Maddie (2024年01月14日). "Best Star Wars Strategy Games, Ranked". Game Rant. Retrieved 2024年07月07日.
- ^ Holt, Chris (June 3, 2010). "Star Wars: Empire at War". Macworld . IDG . Retrieved August 25, 2021.
- ^ Anderson, Nate (2016年03月26日). "Star Wars: Rebellion review: A fully operational 4-hour board game". Ars Technica. Archived from the original on 2024年08月26日. Retrieved 2024年07月07日.
External links
[edit ]- Star Wars: Rebellion at MobyGames
- Star Wars: Rebellion (video game) on Wookieepedia, a Star Wars wiki