Metaltech: Earthsiege
Metaltech: Earthsiege is a mecha-style simulation video game developed by Dynamix and released in 1994.
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| Developer(s) | Dynamix |
| Publisher(s) | Sierra On-Line |
| Producer(s) | Mark Crowe |
| Designer(s) | Mark Crowe David Selle |
| Programmer(s) | Paul Bowman |
| Artist(s) | Robert Caracol |
| Composer(s) | Timothy Steven Clarke Christopher Stevens |
| Platform(s) | DOS |
| Release | July 1, 1994 |
| Genre(s) | Simulation |
| Mode(s) | Single player |
Players are placed in the cockpit of various massive bipedal war machines known as Herculans (Humaniform-Emulation Roboticized Combat Unit with Leg-Articulated Navigation) (or 'HERCs' for short). Set in the 25th or 26th century, Earthsiege is a technologically advanced setting with many futuristic weapons and vehicles.
Earthsiege is the first in a series of video games in the Metaltech universe, which contains Earthsiege 2 (1996) and Metaltech: Battledrome (1994), as well as the strategy games MissionForce: CyberStorm (1996) and Cyberstorm 2: Corporate Wars (1998), direct sequel mecha-simulation Starsiege (1999), and first-person shooters Starsiege: Tribes (1998), Tribes 2 (2001), Tribes: Aerial Assault (2002) Tribes: Vengeance (2004) and Tribes: Ascend (2012). In 2015, Earthsiege was released as freeware by Hi-Rez Studios.