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The game takes place in the future, where real sport has been overtaken in favour of virtual sport, the most popular being Assault Rigs, a tank simulator set inside a 3D virtual environment. It was released a year later for the Sega Saturn in Japan.

The Story Behind Assault Rigs

Assault Rigs is a vehicular combat game developed and published by Psygnosis and released in 1996 for MS-DOS compatible operating systems and the PlayStation. The levels have 4 themes: VR, Industrial, Military, and War. There are 20 weapon power-ups, viruses and Dolby Surround sound.

It was released a year later for the Sega Saturn in Japan. The MS-DOS version has multiplayer which can be played with either a serial link (two player) or a network (up to eight players). The goal of the single-player game is to collect all of the gems in a level, while destroying or avoiding enemies, ultimately reaching the exit.

How Assault Rigs Plays

Assault Rigs can use the PlayStation Link Cable, enabling two players to connect two PlayStations and play head-to-head on two televisions. 15 additional levels are available when using the cable. In the Saturn version, all of the levels were the same as the PlayStation and PC versions, but they were given different names.

The goal of the single-player game is to collect all of the gems in a level, while destroying or avoiding enemies, ultimately reaching the exit. The game takes place in the future, where real sport has been overtaken in favour of virtual sport, the most popular being Assault Rigs, a tank simulator set inside a 3D virtual environment. The levels have 4 themes: VR, Industrial, Military, and War.

Why Players Still Load It Up

Assault Rigs is a vehicular combat game developed and published by Psygnosis and released in 1996 for MS-DOS compatible operating systems and the PlayStation. The goal of the single-player game is to collect all of the gems in a level, while destroying or avoiding enemies, ultimately reaching the exit. They criticized the oversensitive controls, lack of split screen multiplayer, background flicker, and inappropriate music, but praised the diverse gameplay, focus on problem-solving, and futuristic graphics, and concluded that "Noodling through Assault Rigs will be great fun for those who like a touch of thinking with their shooting." Maximum gave the game credit for its "increasingly complex level designs" and the diversion of the arena levels, but asserted that "This game, while sounding quite entertaining in theory, unfortunately has a variety of problems in practice", citing poor camera angles, glitching graphics, and an overly easy and linear progression.

The game takes place in the future, where real sport has been overtaken in favour of virtual sport, the most popular being Assault Rigs, a tank simulator set inside a 3D virtual environment. Both GamePro and Maximum compared the game favorably to Cyber Sled. The MS-DOS version has multiplayer which can be played with either a serial link (two player) or a network (up to eight players).

Assault Rigs — Frequently Asked Questions

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What console was Assault Rigs released on?

Assault Rigs was released for the Sony PlayStation in .

Can I save my progress in Assault Rigs?

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How many players does Assault Rigs support?

Assault Rigs supports 1 player(s) in this browser version.

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