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Star Wars: Rebellion (video game)

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Star Wars Rebellion (known as Star Wars Supremacy in the United Kingdom and Ireland) is a real-time strategy 4X game released in 1998 by LucasArts and set in the fictional Star Wars expanded universe.

Star Wars Rebellion
Developer(s)Coolhand Interactive
Publisher(s)LucasArts
Director(s)Scott Witte
Designer(s)Scott Witte
Composer(s)Peter McConnell
Michael Land
Clint Bajakian
Platform(s)Windows
Release
Genre(s)Real-time strategy, 4X
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

Reception

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The game received poor reviews according to the review aggregation website GameRankings.[2] Next Generation stated, "LucasArts should start looking more closely at what it slaps the Star Wars brand on, as consumers will be less likely to forget or forgive."[10]

According to PC Data, the game was the U.S.' 18th-best-selling computer game during the January–November 1998 period.[13]

The game won the award for "Most Disappointing Game of the Year" at GameSpot's Best & Worst of 1998 Awards.[14] It was also nominated for "The Underachiever Award" at IGN's Best of 1998 Awards, which ultimately went to Trespasser.[15]

Rebellion has been more positively remembered in retrospect, with PC Gamer noting it is a "pretty effective Star Wars story generator" with compelling grand strategy elements.[16] Game Rant also notes the game as for its rich Star Wars digital encyclopedia, unique for its time.[17]

Macworld saw LucasArts' 2006 game Star Wars: Empire at War as a successor to Rebellion.[18] Ars Technica notes that the Fantasy Flight's Star Wars: Rebellion board game is loosely based on the computer game.[19]

References

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  1. ^ Gentry, Perry (March 23, 1998). "What's in Stores This Week". Gamecenter. CNET. Archived from the original on August 17, 2000. Retrieved December 6, 2019.
  2. ^ a b "Star Wars Rebellion for PC". GameRankings. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on May 20, 2019. Retrieved August 25, 2021.
  3. ^ Dembo, Arinn (April 16, 1998). "Star Wars: Rebellion". Gamecenter. CNET. Archived from the original on August 16, 2000. Retrieved August 25, 2021.
  4. ^ Ocampo, Jason (April 7, 1998). "Star Wars Rebellion". Computer Games Strategy Plus. Strategy Plus, Inc. Archived from the original on November 6, 2003. Retrieved July 1, 2010.
  5. ^ Cirulis, Martin E. (July 1998). "Got a Millennium to Kill? (Star Wars Rebellion Review)" (PDF). Computer Gaming World. No. 168. Ziff Davis. pp. 172, 177. Retrieved August 25, 2021.
  6. ^ Shaw, John (April 17, 1998). "Star Wars Rebellion". The Electric Playground. Greedy Productions, Inc. Archived from the original on August 27, 2002. Retrieved August 25, 2021.
  7. ^ Bergren, Paul (June 1998). "[Star Wars] Rebellion". Game Informer. No. 62. FuncoLand.
  8. ^ McDonald, T. Liam (April 8, 1998). "Star Wars Rebellion Review [author mislabeled as "Tim McDonald"]". GameSpot. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on December 12, 2004. Retrieved August 25, 2021.
  9. ^ Airainecer (February 11, 2013). "Test: Star Wars Rebellion". Jeuxvideo.com (in French). Webedia. Retrieved August 25, 2021.
  10. ^ a b "[Star Wars] Rebellion". Next Generation. No. 43. Imagine Media. July 1998. p. 117. Retrieved August 25, 2021.
  11. ^ Trotter, William R. (June 1998). "Star Wars: Rebellion". PC Gamer. Vol. 5, no. 6. Imagine Media. Archived from the original on March 10, 2000. Retrieved August 25, 2021.
  12. ^ Argy, George (May 1998). "[Star Wars] Rebellion". PC PowerPlay. No. 24. Next Media Pty Ltd. pp. 68–70. Retrieved August 26, 2021.
  13. ^ IGN staff (January 4, 1999). "Best Selling Games of 1998". IGN. Ziff Davis. Retrieved August 25, 2021.
  14. ^ "Best & Worst of 1998 (Most Disappointing Game of the Year)". GameSpot. Ziff Davis. Archived from the original on October 18, 2000. Retrieved August 25, 2021.
  15. ^ IGN staff (January 29, 1999). "IGNPC's Best of 1998 Awards". IGN. Ziff Davis. Archived from the original on April 27, 1999. Retrieved August 27, 2021.
  16. ^ Andy Kelly (2021-05-04). "The weird old Star Wars games that time forgot". PC Gamer. Retrieved 2024-07-07.
  17. ^ Fisher, Maddie (2024-01-14). "Best Star Wars Strategy Games, Ranked". Game Rant. Retrieved 2024-07-07.
  18. ^ Holt, Chris (June 3, 2010). "Star Wars: Empire at War". Macworld. IDG. Retrieved August 25, 2021.
  19. ^ Anderson, Nate (2016-03-26). "Star Wars: Rebellion review: A fully operational 4-hour board game". Ars Technica. Retrieved 2024-07-07.
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