SS1 previews, reviews & promo

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There are two of them, a short promotional video (30secs) and an article from PC gamer. The article was discussed on TTLG.

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Somewhat related here's the contemporary SS1 poster. (As discussed on TTLG)

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And a flyer that was part of a poster which came with Crusader 2: No Regret. (As discussed on TTLG.)

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Here's a review of the game featured in PC Gamer UK issue 11 (October 1994).

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Here's a preview of the game in featured in PC Player issue 7 (June 1994).

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Another review of the game, this time from PC Format CD Gold issue (1995).

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Warren Spector talks about System Shock and Deus Ex.
(As discussed on TTLG)

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As posted by swaaye on TTLG.

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I've found some System Shock reviews but in Czech. Maybe someone will find it interesting:
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There is also Czech (or Slovak, I'm not sure) translation of SS1 on this site, but it doesn't contain messages or e-mails, so I think It's useless.

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they are reviews/walkthroughs,some of them in czech,and some in slovak.I actually still have some of those magazines..wow,it has been so many years.

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walkthroughs

Wow, I didn't know, that anybody wrote games walktroughs in those days.

[6649390751310voodoo47]

well,those were the no-internet times (at least over here),so the one and only source you could get any info or help were computer (game) magazines.so yes,walktroughs were quite common,and so were the help sections-they would be equivalent to internet forums,but you had to send a letter with your question,and it was published with an answer one month later..can you imagine that?

jeez,did I actually live through those times? right now it seems so distant as a previous life..

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Wow, I didn't know, that anybody wrote games walktroughs in those days.

Of course they did. You don't need the internet to write and publish walkthroughs. Heck, YouTube started back in 1985.

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LOL..funny!

As a side note there were some companies that published hint books that you could pickup at your local game store. Yes I am old enough to remember actually buying a few. )

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Citadel from the unseen angle.

Taken from this video: System Shock TV spot

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PC Format - review - November 1994

Source --> http://www.pixsoriginadventures.co.uk/system-shock-review-pc-format/

EDIT: There are SS2 reviews on this website, but not sure if they should be posted here. Also, you can find other Origin's games catalogs, reviews, even some demo versions.

[6649390751f15JDoran]

Thanks for all the scans. But according to post #5 System Shock cost £49.99 - were most PC games this expensive in 1993 (in which case they've come down in price now, especially in real terms), or was the game more expensive than it's contemporary games?

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No, the pricing for games has always been pretty stable throught the last 20 years (or even longer).
People are just bitching all the time about prices, nothing to be surprised about.

The only thing which is "new" are the indie games which come with a lower price most of the time.

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Star_Raider posted his System Shock poster on Reddit.