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Abuse

Critic score1 critic
First release
Feb 29, 1996
Developer
Crack dot Com
Genres
Platform, Shooter · Action, Science fiction, Horror, Survival

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.

Also known as Abuse Classic, Them

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Storyline
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.Read more

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.

Release dates
DOS
Feb 29, 1996
DOS
Aug 1996
DOS
1996
All 9 release dates
Mac
Mar 05, 1997
Amiga
1998
iOS
Aug 13, 2009
Linux
Oct 11, 2011
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Nov 05, 2011
Mac
Sep 09, 2012
Age ratings
PEGI 18
Game modes
Multiplayer, Single player
Perspective
Side view
Keywords
aliens, 2d, open-source, run and gun, abandonware
… All 14, futuristic, side-scrolling, mutants, freeware, shareware, one-man army, wasd movement, secret areas within secret areas, isolation

At a Glance

Critic Score
86