Solar Eclipse (video game)
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| Developer(s) | Crystal Dynamics |
| Publisher(s) | Crystal Dynamics |
| Platform(s) | Saturn, PlayStation |
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Saturn PlayStation
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| Genre(s) | Space simulation, action |
| Mode(s) | Single player |
Titan Wars (released as Solar Eclipse in North America) is a video game released for the Sega Saturn, developed and published by Crystal Dynamics (before the buyout by Eidos Interactive). Its full motion video sequences star Claudia Christian.
Solar Eclipse was developed under the title "Titan", but the American marketing team decided it would sell better if published as a sequel to the 1993 3DO/PlayStation game Total Eclipse, especially as the two featured similar gameplay and graphical style.
The game was also released for the PlayStation in Europe only, again under the title Titan Wars. The PlayStation version is a straight port of the Saturn version.
Solar Eclipse is a hybrid of rail shooter and free-roaming space combat simulation; the general direction of the ship's flight is locked in, but the player may maneuver vertically and horizontally over a substantial area, and can at certain points choose from multiple routes.
The four reviewers of Electronic Gaming Monthly gave the Saturn version a 7.75 average. They praised the intense gameplay, the considerable strategy required to elude enemy fire, and the solid graphics.
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