Software:Star Wars: Rebellion (video game)

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Short description: 1998 Star Wars video game
Star Wars Rebellion
Star wars rebellion box.png
Developer(s)Coolhand Interactive
Publisher(s)LucasArts
Director(s)Scott Witte
Designer(s)Scott Witte
Doug Mogica
Programmer(s)Sim Dietrich
Martin Lievesey
Lee Marshall
Michael Mortimer
Tom Park
Hugh Sider
Daniel Van Olst
Scott Witte
Artist(s)Kevin Brown
Nikolay Chigirev
Rich Green
Ron Lussier
Craig Woida
Carolyn Yokoyama
Composer(s)Peter McConnell
Michael Land
Clint Bajakian
Platform(s)Microsoft 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

Reception
Aggregate score
AggregatorScore
GameRankings50%[2]
Review scores
PublicationScore
CGSP4.5/5 stars[4]
CGW3/5 stars[5]
Game Informer5.5/10[7]
GameSpot4.5/10[8]
Jeuxvideo.com16/20[9]
Next Generation2/5 stars[10]
PC Gamer (US)60%[11]
PC PowerPlay88%[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]

Macworld saw LucasArts' 2006 game Star Wars as a successor to Rebellion.[16]

References

  1. Gentry, Perry (March 23, 1998). "What's in Stores This Week". CNET. http://www.gamecenter.com/News/Item/0,3,0-1586,00.html. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Star Wars Rebellion for PC". CBS Interactive. https://www.gamerankings.com/pc/198776-star-wars-rebellion/index.html. 
  3. Dembo, Arinn (April 16, 1998). "Star Wars: Rebellion". CNET. http://gamecenter.com/Reviews/Item/0,6,0-1644,00.html. 
  4. Ocampo, Jason (April 7, 1998). "Star Wars Rebellion". Strategy Plus, Inc.. http://www.cdmag.com/articles/011/043/rebellion_review.html. 
  5. Cirulis, Martin E. (July 1998). "Got a Millennium to Kill? (Star Wars Rebellion Review)". Computer Gaming World (Ziff Davis) (168): 172, 177. http://www.cgwmuseum.org/galleries/issues/cgw_168.pdf. Retrieved August 25, 2021. 
  6. Shaw, John (April 17, 1998). "Star Wars Rebellion". Greedy Productions, Inc.. http://www.elecplay.com/review.html?article=1134&full=1#mr_toppy. 
  7. Bergren, Paul (June 1998). "[Star Wars] Rebellion". Game Informer (FuncoLand) (62). 
  8. McDonald, T. Liam (April 8, 1998). "Star Wars Rebellion Review [author mislabeled as "Tim McDonald""]. CBS Interactive. https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/star-wars-rebellion-review/1900-2532756/. 
  9. Airainecer (February 11, 2013). "Test: Star Wars Rebellion" (in fr). Webedia. https://www.jeuxvideo.com/articles/0001/00018359-star-wars-rebellion-test.htm. 
  10. 10.0 10.1 "[Star Wars Rebellion"]. Next Generation (Imagine Media) (43): 117. July 1998. https://archive.org/details/NEXT_Generation_43/page/n117/mode/2up. Retrieved August 25, 2021. 
  11. Trotter, William R. (June 1998). "Star Wars: Rebellion". PC Gamer (Imagine Media) 5 (6). http://www.pcgamer.com/reviews/139.html. Retrieved August 25, 2021. 
  12. Argy, George (May 1998). "[Star Wars Rebellion"]. PC PowerPlay (Next Media Pty Ltd) (24): 68–70. https://archive.org/details/PCPowerplay-024-1998-05/page/n67/mode/2up. Retrieved August 26, 2021. 
  13. IGN staff (January 4, 1999). "Best Selling Games of 1998". Ziff Davis. https://www.ign.com/articles/1999/01/05/best-selling-games-of-1998. 
  14. "Best & Worst of 1998 (Most Disappointing Game of the Year)". Ziff Davis. http://www.gamespot.com/features/awards1998/dubious.html. 
  15. IGN staff (January 29, 1999). "IGNPC's Best of 1998 Awards". Ziff Davis. https://www.ign.com/articles/1999/01/29/ignpcs-best-of-1998-awards. 
  16. Holt, Chris (June 3, 2010). "Star Wars: Empire at War". IDG. https://www.macworld.com/article/204432/starwars_empireatwar.html. 

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