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ARMORINES: PROJECT S.W.A.R.M. is a first-person shooter video game developed by Acclaim Studios London and released for the Nintendo 64 in 1999. Inspired by the Valiant Comics series "Armorines," the game places players in the role of elite soldiers clad in advanced power armor, tasked with saving humanity from a global invasion of monstrous, insect-like aliens. Players can choose between two characters, Tony Lewis and Myra Lane, each with unique attributes. Gameplay spans various environments—jungles, arctic tundras, and alien hives—where players battle increasingly challenging swarms of enemies using a variety of futuristic weapons. The game features both a single-player campaign and a cooperative multiplayer mode, adding replayability and encouraging teamwork against the alien threat.
While ARMORINES: PROJECT S.W.A.R.M. did not achieve the critical acclaim or commercial success of contemporaries like GoldenEye 007 or Turok, it remains a notable entry in the Nintendo 64’s library for its gritty, sci-fi setting and its emphasis on cooperative gameplay. The game's large, open environments and mission objectives were ambitious for the time, even if its controls and visuals received mixed reviews. Although it did not leave a major mark on gaming history, it contributed to the era's growing experimentation with multiplayer shooters on consoles and has since maintained a small cult following among fans of 90s sci-fi action games.
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