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System Shock 2

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Game Information

Original Release Date: August 11, 1999

Platforms: Mac, PC (Microsoft Windows)

Involved Companies: Irrational Games, Looking Glass Studios, Electronic Arts

Genres: Shooter, Role-playing (RPG)

Summary: A first-person cyberpunk exploratory horror RPG and sequel to System Shock (1994) in which a soldier wakes up in the starship Van Braun in the aftermath of a disaster and finds himself in the midst of a conflict between SHODAN, the artificial intelligence antagonist of System Shock seeking mastery over humanity, and The Many, a flesh-based psychic hive mind led by the ship's corrupted AI.

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This work is part of CSCI E-114, Web Application Development with Jamstack, Harvard Extension School. All video game data was obtained from The Internet Game Database (IGDB).