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An obscure yet entertaining third person shooter from the closing days of the [[UsefulNotes/PlayStation PlayStation]]'s life span, made unique by a gameplay factor which has ammunition play triple duty as ordinance, keys and building fodder.

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An obscure yet entertaining third person shooter from the closing days of the [[UsefulNotes/PlayStation PlayStation]]'s Platform/PlayStation's life span, made unique by a gameplay factor which has ammunition play triple duty as ordinance, keys and building fodder.
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* ScenaryPorn: [[DamnedByFaintPraise As much as the original PlayStation can render]].

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* ScenaryPorn: SceneryPorn: [[DamnedByFaintPraise As much as the original PlayStation can render]].



* TheEndOrIsIt: [[spoilers:The ending has two British astronauts arrive on Earth's moon and discover a cave that contains the last remnants of the Terracon module, still active.]]

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* TheEndOrIsIt: [[spoilers:The [[spoiler:The ending has two British astronauts arrive on Earth's moon and discover a cave that contains the last remnants of the Terracon module, still active.]]

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An obscure yet entertaining third person shooter from the closing days of the first Playstation's life span, made unique by a gameplay factor which has ammunition play triple duty as ordinance, keys and building fodder.

The Plutonians had massive overpopulation on their homeworld. In order to fix this, they began terraforming other planets with the help of a biologically grown computer; the Terracon. After the planets were terraformed, the Plutonians decided to shut the Terracon down. Unfortunately, the Terracon had different ideas, preventing its own shutdown, destroying Pluto and setting out to destroy the rest of the solar system. Only one survivor, Xed, and his Computer-uploaded friend can save the day.

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An obscure yet entertaining third person shooter from the closing days of the first Playstation's [[UsefulNotes/PlayStation PlayStation]]'s life span, made unique by a gameplay factor which has ammunition play triple duty as ordinance, keys and building fodder.

The Plutonians had [[TheGreys Plutonians]] are suffering from massive overpopulation on their homeworld. In order to fix this, they began terraforming other planets with the help of a biologically grown computer; computer known as the Terracon. After the planets were terraformed, the Plutonians decided to shut the Terracon down. Unfortunately, the Terracon had different ideas, preventing its own shutdown, destroying Pluto and setting out to destroy the rest of the solar system. Only one survivor, Xed, and his Computer-uploaded friend [[BrainUploading computer-uploaded friend]] Doc can save the day.



* AGodAmI: The Terracon comes to this conclusion, and not without justification: It can create and destroy practically anything at will.

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* AGodAmI: The Terracon comes to this conclusion, and not without justification: It justification - it can create and destroy practically anything at will.



* BoldlyComing: [[spoiler:Xed does this with the early hominids in the ending after settling on Earth. The resulting interbreeding results in the birth of the modern human.]]



* {{Terraform}}: Even Venus is terraformed.
* TheGreys: Called the Plutonians; you play as one of these.
* TheObi-Wan: Doc. He doesn't even make it through the prologue.

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* ScenaryPorn: [[DamnedByFaintPraise As much as the original PlayStation can render]].
* {{Terraform}}: Even Venus is terraformed.
The function of the Terracon, terraforming Venus, Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune and various moons.
* TheEndOrIsIt: [[spoilers:The ending has two British astronauts arrive on Earth's moon and discover a cave that contains the last remnants of the Terracon module, still active.]]
* TheGreys: Called the Plutonians; you play as one of these.
The Plutonians.
* TheObi-Wan: Doc. He doesn't even make it through the prologue.TheObiWan: Doc.



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--> ''"You will find your slave rise to be... MASTER!"''
-->-- The Terracon

An obscure yet entertaining third person shooter from the closing days of the first Playstation's life span, made unique by a gameplay factor which has ammunition play triple duty as ordinance, keys and building fodder.

The Plutonians had massive overpopulation on their homeworld. In order to fix this, they began terraforming other planets with the help of a biologically grown computer; the Terracon. After the planets were terraformed, the Plutonians decided to shut the Terracon down. Unfortunately, the Terracon had different ideas, preventing its own shutdown, destroying Pluto and setting out to destroy the rest of the solar system. Only one survivor, Xed, and his Computer-uploaded friend can save the day.
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!The game has examples of:
* AGodAmI: The Terracon comes to this conclusion, and not without justification: It can create and destroy practically anything at will.
* AllCavemenWereNeanderthals: Neanderthals can be seen living in tribes on the terraformed planets.
* AppliedPhlebotinum: Genergy, the component matter of all things.
* CollectionSidequest: Secrets and Genergy collected is shown at the end of the level. Acquiring some of the secrets can be rather cryptic, or require close observation of the surroundings.
* FamilyUnfriendlyViolence: In the wake of Pluto's destruction, Xed beholds the lifeless bodies of his race floating in space...and the image is completed by a horizontally-bisected corpse floating into view. For a game that is otherwise fairly kid friendly, it's quite a shift.
* LastOfTheirKind: The Terracon pretty conclusively obliterates the Plutonians down to the last man in the prologue. With no clear way to repopulate his species, Xed's only concern is bloody vengeance.
* NoExportForYou: Terracon was only released in Europe, partially contributing to its poor sales.
* RobotWar: The Plutonians suffer this fate.
* {{Terraform}}: Even Venus is terraformed.
* TheGreys: Called the Plutonians; you play as one of these.
* TheObi-Wan: Doc. He doesn't even make it through the prologue.
* TurnedAgainstTheirMasters: The Terracon.

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