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Colony Wars (1997)

Psygnosis

PlayStation

3.77 from 31 ratings

110 members have it in their collection · 39 backlogged · 20 wish listed

Colony Wars is a combat fighter game set in space. You, as the player, join as a recruit in the League's fleet. Missions take place in various fighters, from a 1st person view inside the cockpit, or a 3rd person view from behind your ship. Ships have separate meters for shields and armor, and the player must cycle between weapons … Read more
Colony Wars is a combat fighter game set in space. You, as the player, join as a recruit in the League's fleet. Missions take place in various fighters, from a 1st person view inside the cockpit, or a 3rd person view from behind your ship. Ships have separate meters for shields and armor, and the player must cycle between weapons designed specifically to damage each. At the most basic, purple lasers must drain a target's shields, followed by switching to red lasers to destroy them. The game features advanced lighting and particle effects for the Playstation, as well as a basic simulation of Newtonian physics. Thrusters are only active for as long as the accelerate button is held down. The player can burst fire their thrusters and drift, allowing for some advanced maneuvers. The campaign also features multiple endings and branching missions/storylines, based on your performance in the previous operations. Read less
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Details

Developers
Psygnosis
Publishers
Artdink, Psygnosis
Genres
Simulator
Themes
Action, Science fiction
Series
Colony Wars

Release dates

  • Oct 31, 1997 (North_America) PlayStation
  • Nov 05, 1997 (Europe) PlayStation
  • Nov 25, 1998 (Japan) PlayStation
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Rating distribution

5 stars
6
4 stars
14
3 stars
9
2 stars
2
1 star
0
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Community All Reviews Statuses

cruise332

Status cruise332 Jul 20, 2023

Forgotten that this was the first of three games in the "Colony Wars" series, all by Psygnosis. I love old space combat games: Tie Fighter, Descent (1, 2, Freespace, Freespace 2), Wing Commander, etc. Oh how I would love to roam the stars...

Edit: removed a space :) it's been a long day

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Balmora

Status Balmora Jul 9, 2023

About to load this 1997 2-disk bad boy onto my 55" 4k OLED. The back of this box is really neat and love that they wrote so much information. I bought this back when psx was new and hot, just never got around to it will all the final fantasy to play.

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internpepper

Status internpepper Nov 14, 2020

I played the heck out of this game back in the day. For Playstation standards, the graphics were incredible and the atmospheric sounds and music helped the experience. I also liked the design of the various ships.

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