Machines

Machines

Released1999
Machines: Wired for War is a 3D real-time strategy game released for Microsoft Windows. Developed by Charybdis and published by Acclaim. As a 3D game of this genre. Machines also allowed players to directly control units with both a first and third-person view.

Details

DeveloperCharybdis
PublisherAcclaim Entertainment
ReleasedApril 14, 1999
StatusReleased
GenresShooterReal Time Strategy (RTS)Strategy
ThemesScience fiction
PlatformsPC (Microsoft Windows) PC (Microsoft Windows)
ModesMultiplayer

About This Game

Machines is a real-time strategy game set across three-dimensional terrain where hilltops matter for tactical positioning and first-person perspective can be toggled for scouting and espionage. Players build and research from a roster of 50 distinct units across two tech trees — plasma-based and projectile-based — each available in a range of locomotion types: spider legs, wheels, tracks, hover engines, flight, and bipedal walking. Beyond standard combat, sabotage and espionage missions allow units to infiltrate enemy facilities, plant mines inside buildings, steal research data, and relay intelligence back to base. An arsenal of 25 weapons rounds out the options, from flame-throwers and mini-guns to ion cannons, vortex singularities, and nukes.