Cybermorph

Cybermorph
Developer(s)	Attention to Detail (ATD)
Publisher(s)	Atari
Platform(s)	Atari Jaguar
Release date(s)	US November 18, 1993
Genre(s)	3D Shooter
Mode(s)	Single player

Cybermorph is a free-roaming 3D shooter developed for the Atari Jaguar. The cartridge was included as the pack-in game for the system when it launched in 1993. Two versions of the game were released with minor differences. The earlier version (copyright 1993 on the label) is a 2 MB cartridge. The later version (copyright 1994 on the label) is a 1 MB cartridge which excludes introduction and ending animation sequences and has fewer voice samples.^[1]

The game is believed to have been originally developed for the Atari Panther system, and ported to the Jaguar when the Panther project was canceled.^[2]

Gameplay

The game is a 3D shooter, with the player piloting a space ship from a third person perspective. There are five levels, each with several planets for the player to explore, with a boss at the end of each level. The player's objective is to recapture lost pods spread out across the different worlds.

The player is accompanied on their adventure by a bald-headed, green female computer guide named Skylar, who, whenever the player hits a mountain, says "Where did YOU learn to fly?".

Reception

Though the game was near-universally panned by critics,^{[citation needed]} the title actually received a "Game Of the Month" award from Gamefan^[3] and received a sequel, Battlemorph, on the Atari Jaguar CD system.

Re-release

A follow-up was released in 2008 for the Jaguar CD that included rare behind-the-scenes footage of producers and art team of the title. Only 10 were made and distributed through wearejaguar.com, each of them signed by the original ATD (Attention to Detail) team. Further releases may be made available though the aforementioned site as contributed by ATD.^{[citation needed]}

References

1. ^ Cybermorph at MobyGames
2. ^ The Atari-Panther Story
3. ^ Atari Explorer Online, Vol. 3 Issue 1

External links

• Cybermorph at MobyGames
• Cybermorph (2 Meg) at AtariAge
• Cybermorph (1 Meg) at AtariAge