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Strategy / tactics

Gearheads

by R/GA Interactive·published by Philips Media

1996Kids to Adults12
PCWindowsMac

Reader score

7.0/ 10

5 votes

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About

Suppose you are child and want to play with your friend in 'virtual sand-box'. Cause you are not old enough to play chess or cards, you can use your beloved mechanical toys. They will help you to win a some sort of strategy game.

In turn-based mode you have to activate different mechanical toys to get from one part of the sand-box to another. Your opponent do the same. If your toys pass their way twenty one times then you are winner. There are 12 types of toys. Every toy has own program of behaviour and out of control after activation. Some of toys has a program to deactivate the enemy toy.

You can play against a computer and against your best friend.

Ways to play

Modes

Single player

Languages

1 languages, with audio, subtitles and interface
Languageaudiosubtitlesinterface
English——

Game details

Business Model

Commercial

Media Type

CD-ROM

Input Devices Supported/Optional

Keyboard, Mouse, Other Input Devices

Multiplayer Options

Same/Split-Screen

Number of Offline Players

1-2 Players

System requirements

Min. CPU Class Required

Intel i486

Min. OS Class Required

Windows 95

Min. RAM Required

8 MB

Video Modes Supported

256 Colors Required

Video Resolutions Supported

640×480

Box art

Also known as

Gearheads : Un jeu de stratégie fondé sur "la révolte des jouets" — French tag-lined title

Gearheads: a furious war of wind-up toys — US Tag-lined title

Gearheads: a wacky war of wind-up toys — UK/European Tag-lined title

Gearheads: aufziehen, loslegen, durchdrehen - cool bleiben — German tag-lined title

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Facts

Publisher

Philips Media

Released

1996

Platforms

PCWindowsMac

Age ratings

ESRBKids to AdultsUSK6

Tags

IsometricBoard gameLicensed

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