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This article is about the video game Die Hard Trilogy. For the movie series, see Die Hard (franchise).
Die Hard Trilogy 
Developer(s) Probe Entertainment Publisher(s) Fox Interactive Platform(s) Microsoft Windows, PlayStation, Sega Saturn, Nintendo 64 (canceled) Release date(s) - PAL November, 1996
- JP December 13, 1996
Genre(s) First-person shooter, Third-person shooter, Driving Mode(s) Single player Rating(s) - ESRB: Mature
Media/distribution CD-ROM Die Hard Trilogy is a video game based on the first three installments of the Die Hard series of action movies. Die Hard Trilogy features three games in one, each based on a movie installment and featuring a different genre and game play style respectively. The game was well received and would eventually become a Sony Greatest Hits game. The disc has audio tracks that can be played on a stand-alone CD player. List of PlayStation 1 games with CD audio tracks.
Die Hard Trilogy also inspired a sequel entitled Die Hard Trilogy 2: Viva Las Vegas. The sequel retained the three different playing styles, but featured a spin-off storyline that was not connected to the movie series.
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Development
The game was developed by Croydon, UK-based development studio, Probe Entertainment, who had a track record of successful licensed game properties. The game was initially developed for the Sony PlayStation platform – the Sega Saturn and PC versions were green lit later, by which time the PlayStation version was almost complete. The PC and Saturn versions required extensive redevelopment and simplification of the game's level maps, due to the inferior polygon handling of the Saturn and the available PC graphics cards of the day. The faces of various members of the development team can be seen as the faces of the antagonists. In Germany the game was banned because of its extreme violence, especially being able to drive through harmless people with blood spilling all over the windshield.
Chapters
Die Hard
Die Hard is a third-person shooter. The player battles terrorists and rescues hostages in the Nakatomi Plaza, which is the setting of the film.
Die Hard 2: Die Harder
Die Hard 2: Die Harder is presented as an on rails-shooter, where the player must stop terrorists who have taken over Dulles Airport.
Players control the crosshair with a gamepad, light gun, or, on PC, a mouse. Die Hard Trilogy was one of the few light gun games available for the PlayStation that was not compatible with Namco's GunCon/G-Con 45 controller or GunCon 2. However, it was compatible with Sega's stunner light gun for the Saturn version.
Die Hard: With a Vengeance
In Die Hard with a Vengeance, the player goes on a joyride driving a taxicab, sports car, and dump truck throughout of New York City and is tasked with finding and defusing several explosives before they can go off.
Reception
The game was widely successful, receiving 9.4 on GameSpot and 7.5 on IGN. Currently it holds at GameRankings a 86%.
See also
External links
- IGN PlayStation review
- GameRankings PlayStation reviews
- GameRankings Sega Saturn reviews
- GameRankings PC reviews
Die Hard Films Die Hard (1988) · Die Hard 2 (1990) · Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995) · Live Free or Die Hard (2007) · A Good Day to Die Hard (2013)Video games Related Categories:- 1996 video games
- Die Hard arcade and video games
- PlayStation games
- Sega Saturn games
- Windows games
- Cancelled Nintendo 64 games
- Video games developed in the United Kingdom
- Video games set in New York City
- Light gun games
- Rail shooters
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