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| |title = Screamer (video game)
| | ==Activity outside Screamer Wiki== |
| |image = Screamer_cover.jpg
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| |imagecaption = The cover of Screamer 1.
| | Recently, multiple shock site pages have been deleted on the Screamer Wiki. However, the reason why for most of these pages were deleted is because they are associated with '''hostile communities''' that are highly problematic. |
| |maker = Milestone S.r.l.
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| |type = MS-DOS game
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| |date = 1995
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| |platform = MS-DOS, Windows, OSX and Linux
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| |sequel = Screamer 2
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| Screamer is a single-player racing game released for MS-DOS computers made by Milestone S.r.l. and published by Virgin Interactive. The game has polygon-like graphics, similar to games around that era. The game would get an version that emulates [[wikipedia:DOSBox|DOSBox]] that runs the game released by [[wikipedia:GOG.com|GOG.com]] in 2009 for Windows<ref>https://www.gog.com/forum/general_archive/surprise_release_screamer/page1</ref>, and released for Mac OS X in 2012<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20121028164332/https://www.gog.com/news/gogcom_adds_interplay_games_for_mac_os_x</ref>. A sequel for the game named Screamer 2 was released in 1996.
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| The music of the game was composed by British video game composer [[wikipedia:Allister Brimble|Allister Brimble]]<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20060205051727/orchestralmedia.co.uk/OrchestralMediaPortfolio.pdf</ref>. Unlike it's other sequels, Screamer 2, Screamer Rally and Screamer 4x4 it uses software rendering. The game is also pre-packaged with the MS-DOS emulator, [[wikipedia:DOSBox|DOSBox]].
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| All versions of the game can crash in SVGA mode, regardless of platform with no fix.
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| ==Public reception==
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| The game was reviewed by a reviewer for Maximum honored the game for it's high speed, smooth graphics, the selection of vehicles, numerous options and modes, and gave the game 5 out of 5 stars<ref>"Maximum Reviews: Screamer". Maximum: The Video Game Magazine. No. 2. Emap International Limited. November 1995. p. 158.</ref>. The game was also praised by a reviewer for Next Generation<ref>"Screamer". Next Generation. No. 17. Imagine Media. May 1996. pp. 98, 101.</ref>.
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| The game was nominated as the best racing game of 2001, but lost to [[wikipedia:NASCAR Racing 4|NASCAR Racing 4]]<ref>Staff (March 2002). "11th Annual Computer Games Awards". Computer Games Magazine (136): 50–56.</ref>.
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| In March 1997, an advertisement for the game showed a car wreckage with the slogan "Every Christmas the roads are full of mad men. Join them" which caused controversy<ref>"Videogames Continue to Shock the System". Next Generation. No. 27. Imagine Media. March 1997. p. 19.</ref>.
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| ==References==
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| ==Links==
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| * [https://store.steampowered.com/app/697580/Screamer Screamer] on the Steam store
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| * [https://www.gog.com/en/game/screamer Screamer] on [[wikipedia:GOG.com|GOG.com]]
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| * [https://www.mobygames.com/game/621/screamer/ Screamer] on MobyGames
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| * [https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Screamer Screamer] on PCGamingWiki
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| * Showcase video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Er9ecGTA7lw
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| ===Further reading===
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| * PC Gaming Wiki article: https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Screamer
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| * Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Screamer_(video_game)
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Activity outside Screamer Wiki
Recently, multiple shock site pages have been deleted on the Screamer Wiki. However, the reason why for most of these pages were deleted is because they are associated with '''hostile communities''' that are highly problematic.
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