Abuse
Abuse

Abuse

February 29, 1996
Exakt Entertainment, Crack dot Com
Alive Mediasoft, Exakt Entertainment, Bungie, Electronic Arts, Origin Systems
71
User18 ratings
86
Critic1 rating
79
Total19 ratings
ShooterPlatform
LinuxPCiOSMacDOSAmiga
Single player, Multiplayer
Side view
ActionScience fictionHorrorSurvival

Summary

Abuse resembles a side-scrolling platform game. The game is marked for its unusual control scheme: The keyboard is used to move Nick, while the mouse is used for aiming the weapons. The basic gameplay consists of fighting various enemies (mostly the various forms of mutants, who prefer to attack in huge swarms) and solving some simple puzzles, most involving switches.

Storyline

The protagonist of the game, Nick Vrenna, has been unjustly incarcerated in a prison where the staff are performing unethical medical experiments upon the inmates. A prison riot occurs and an experiment goes horribly wrong. The people inside the prison - except for Nick, who seems to be immune - get infected with a substance called Abuse that transforms them into monsters. Nick takes a laser gun and goes on to single-handily destroy all mutants, stop the substance from spreading further, and escape from the prison complex.

Release Dates

MacSep 09, 2012
Amiga1998
DOS1996
PCNov 05, 2011
DOSFeb 29, 1996
MacMar 05, 1997
DOSAug 1996
LinuxOct 11, 2011
iOSAug 13, 2009

Gameplay video

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