MDK (series)
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European PC cover art for the first game
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| Genres | Third-person shooter |
| Developers |
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| Publishers | Interplay Entertainment |
| Creators | Nick Bruty |
| Platforms | Windows, Mac OS, PlayStation, Dreamcast, PlayStation 2, Wii |
| First release |
MDK April 30, 1997 |
| Latest release |
MDK2 March 31, 2000 |
MDK is a third-person shooter video game series in which the player must defend Earth from alien invaders. There are two games in the series; MDK, released in 1997, and MDK2, released in 2000. MDK was developed by Shiny Entertainment for Windows, and ported to Mac OS by Shokwave and to PlayStation by Neversoft. It was published on all systems by PIE in North America and by Interplay Entertainment in Europe. MDK2 was developed by BioWare for Dreamcast, Windows, PlayStation 2 and Wii. A HD re-mastered version, developed by Overhaul Games was released for Windows in 2011 as MDK2 HD. MDK2 was published on all systems by Interplay.
In both games, the objective is to save Earth from alien invaders known as "Streamriders." In the first game, the player controls Kurt Hectic, a janitor, who must infiltrate and destroy a series of gigantic strip mining city-size vehicles named "Minecrawlers," which are removing all of earth's natural resources. In the second game, the player can control three characters; Kurt, his employer Dr. Hawkins, and a genetically engineered robotic two-legged/four-armed dog named Max. In this game, a second wave of Streamriders attack Earth, and the player must battle them on the last remaining Minecrawler, Hawkins' in-orbit space station (the Jim Dandy), an alien attack ship, and, eventually, the alien home world itself.
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