Line #13 VideoGame/Dgeneration


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2	An ActionGame for home computers published by Mindscape in 1991, ''D/Generation'' takes place in the year 2021 at a genetics research facility based in UsefulNotes/{{Singapore}}. You play a courier armed with a laser gun who is charged with delivering a package to a man named Derrida, CEO of Genoq. In the course of doing this you battle genetic experiments and save employees of the company ([[VideoGameCrueltyPotential or ignore them, or kill them, or allow them to die]]), never straying from your mission to deliver the package.
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4	25 years after it first came out, this game was re-released: first on UsefulNotes/Playstation4 in 2016, and then on UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch in 2018, in two varieties: original and [[UpdatedRerelease HD]].
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6	!!This game contains examples of:
7	* OneUp: One for each civilian you save.
8	* AbandonedLaboratory: The entire game takes place in the Genoq facility, whose employees are now hiding in fear from hostile creatures and automated security systems.
9	* ApatheticCitizens: They just want to get out of there. The first one you meet even tries to convince you to sit tight and let someone else figure out what's going on.
10	* ChestMonster: The [=C/Generations=] disguise themselves as normal office equipment or survivors until you walk up to them. The ones in human form have only one "tell". [[spoiler:If you use an explosive nearby, they won't shiver like real humans do.]]
11	* DeflectorShields: One variety of power-up is temporary invincibility, represented by giving your character sprite a mosaic blur-like filter.
12	* DroneOfDread: The gameplay soundtrack is pretty much this exclusively.
13	* DungeonBypass: Explosives can be used to break open security doors.
14	* EnergyWeapon: You'll find a laser pistol fairly early in the game. It works well on [=A/-=] and [=B/Generation=] bioweapons.
15	* FanSequel: ''[[http://www.dreamcodex.com/regen.php rE/Generation]]'', developed for the Retro Remakes 2004 Competition.
16	* HackingMinigame: Kind of.
17	* HoistByHisOwnPetard: When multiple security turrets are in a room, you can sometimes run between them and lure them into shooting each other. Helps conserve grenades.
18	* IsometricProjection: A fairly straightforward example that encourages the use of diagonals to move efficiently.
19	* LimitedSoundEffects: And music too (see Drone of Dread above).
20	* LockAndKeyPuzzle: Much of the gameplay requires you to locate misplaced keycards or hit the correct switches in order to open security doors.
21	* LockedDoor: Though you can use bombs on them.
22	* MookMaker: Air ducts in the floor spawn [=A/Generations=] and [=B/Generations=] when you approach. Run over a duct to secure it.
23	* NiceJobBreakingItHero: By persevering and making it all the way to Derrida to accomplish your task, you realize the stakes are much higher than initially thought: [[spoiler:you've given the [=D/Generation=] the one thing it needs to escape the facility. The final level consists of fixing what you broke.]]
24	* OneHitPointWonder: Applies to you, civilians, and weaker enemies. Turrets and later foes require a shot of heavier ordnance.
25	* OnlySmartPeopleMayPass: A computer asks for a password. The only hint is a vague phrase from an NPC.
26	* PinballProjectile: Your main weapon.
27	* RealityWarper: [[spoiler:The [=D/Generation=] is capable of terrifyingly realistic illusions that look and feel all too realistic.]]
28	* RightManInTheWrongPlace: You're just a courier. Despite the warnings you find upon arriving at Genoq, you persist in your goal to deliver your package to Derrida.
29	* TimedMission: The last quarter of the game gives you 20 minutes to win. [[spoiler:Genoq has dispatched a bomber to destroy the building and remove all evidence of the bioweapons. This is unlikely to kill you, however -- the [=D/Generation=] will take care of that first.]]
30	* TimeStandsStill: One item temporarily freezes time for everything except you. However, this also means that you can't toggle switches until the effect wears off.
31	* TrickShotPuzzle: Lasers can activate doors.
32	* UnwittingPawn: You, the courier. [[spoiler:It wasn't Derrida who ordered the package, it was the [=D/Generation=], and delivering the item gives it the ability to escape. The final stretch of the game consists of making sure it doesn't.]]
33	* VideoGameRemake: ''D/Generation HD'', a remake of the game with a more modern graphics style, released for the [=PS4=], Xbox One, and PC.

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