Game Details

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Abuse

Genres: Shooter, Platform

Released on: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), DOS, Mac, Amiga, iOS

Developers: Exakt Entertainment , Crack dot Com

Publishers: Alive Mediasoft , Exakt Entertainment , Bungie , Electronic Arts , Origin Systems

Themes: Action, Science fiction, Horror, Survival

Game Modes: Single player, Multiplayer

Perspective: Side view

Platform Release Dates:
Platform Release Date
DOS December 31, 1996
Amiga December 31, 1998
iOS August 13, 2009
Linux October 11, 2011
PC (Microsoft Windows) November 05, 2011
Mac September 09, 2012

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About:

Abuse resembles a side-scrolling platform game. The game is marked for its unusual control scheme: The keyboard is used to move Nick, while the mouse is used for aiming the weapons. The basic gameplay consists of fighting various enemies (mostly the various forms of mutants, who prefer to attack in huge swarms) and solving some simple puzzles, most involving switches.

Story:

The protagonist of the game, Nick Vrenna, has been unjustly incarcerated in a prison where the staff are performing unethical medical experiments upon the inmates. A prison riot occurs and an experiment goes horribly wrong. The people inside the prison - except for Nick, who seems to be immune - get infected with a substance called Abuse that transforms them into monsters. Nick takes a laser gun and goes on to single-handily destroy all mutants, stop the substance from spreading further, and escape from the prison complex.