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'''''Enemy Within''''' is an action-strategy game that was originally meant to be released in mid-1991 on PC and Amiga. It was developed by Cinemaware shortly before the company got shut down. | '''''Enemy Within''''' is an action-strategy game that was originally meant to be released in mid-1991 on PC and Amiga. It was developed by Cinemaware shortly before the company got shut down. | ||
==Premise== | |||
The plot had a rogue secret agent on miscellaneous missions; gameplay had him not being directly controlled by the player, but given commands in order to execute actions. | The plot had a rogue secret agent on miscellaneous missions; gameplay had him not being directly controlled by the player, but given commands in order to execute actions. | ||
Character dialogues were represented with digitized actors facing the camera. Some of the characters, interface and mini-games were animated/designed by graphic designer Jeff Godfrey. | Character dialogues were represented with digitized actors facing the camera. Some of the characters, interface, and mini-games were animated/designed by graphic designer Jeff Godfrey. | ||
In an interview, producer Bob Jacob claimed that | ==Cancellation== | ||
In an interview, producer Bob Jacob claimed that ''Enemy Within'' was a ''"great game design that would have redefined gaming as we know it''" and that it was ''"so far advanced in concept that its basic creative core still has not been achieved"''. | |||
The official Cinemaware website mentions this cancelled project in its trivia | The official Cinemaware website mentions this cancelled project in its trivia and calls it '''''The''' Enemy Within''. | ||
==See | ==See Also== | ||
*''[[Rollerbabes (cancelled PC/Amiga sports-action game; 1991)|'''Rollerbabes''']]'', another cancelled PC/Amiga game that had Jeff Godfrey as a graphic designer. | *''[[Rollerbabes (cancelled PC/Amiga sports-action game; 1991)|'''Rollerbabes''']]'', another cancelled PC/Amiga game that had Jeff Godfrey as a graphic designer. | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
*http://www.abandonware-france.org/ltf_abandon/ltf_jeu.php?id=1504 French page describing the game | *[http://www.abandonware-france.org/ltf_abandon/ltf_jeu.php?id=1504 French page describing the game] | ||
*http://www.filmthreat.com/features/510/#ixzz35ONaGxwB Interview with Bob Jacob | *[http://www.filmthreat.com/features/510/#ixzz35ONaGxwB Interview with Bob Jacob] | ||
*http:// | *[https://web.archive.org/web/20141028204731/http://godfrey3d.com/resume.html Resume of Jeff Godfrey] | ||
[[Category:Lost video games]] | [[Category:Lost video games]] | ||
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Latest revision as of 13:02, 11 May 2020
Only known screenshot of the game.
Status: Lost
Enemy Within is an action-strategy game that was originally meant to be released in mid-1991 on PC and Amiga. It was developed by Cinemaware shortly before the company got shut down.
Premise
The plot had a rogue secret agent on miscellaneous missions; gameplay had him not being directly controlled by the player, but given commands in order to execute actions.
Character dialogues were represented with digitized actors facing the camera. Some of the characters, interface, and mini-games were animated/designed by graphic designer Jeff Godfrey.
Cancellation
In an interview, producer Bob Jacob claimed that Enemy Within was a "great game design that would have redefined gaming as we know it" and that it was "so far advanced in concept that its basic creative core still has not been achieved".
The official Cinemaware website mentions this cancelled project in its trivia and calls it The Enemy Within.
See Also
- Rollerbabes, another cancelled PC/Amiga game that had Jeff Godfrey as a graphic designer.