Hardline is a 1996 full-motion video shooter with light adventure game elements, developed by French studio Cryo Interactive Entertainment and published by the British company Virgin Interactive Entertainment. It was released for the Macintosh and the PC, and was designed, directed and written by Greg Glachant and Nic Mathieu.
November 30th 1996 (United States)
Storyline
Set in the then future of 1998, Hardline takes place in a world where a dangerous cult known as the Sectoids, cause violence and mayhem across the Midwestern United States. Players control rescue pilot Ted Irvin (played by David Gregg), who begins the game by responding to a distress call in a warehouse. When he arrives, he's too late: the person calling for evac has already been killed by the Sectoids, and Ted finds a pistol to defend himself with. When Ted returns the way where he came from, the Sectoids blow up his evac chopper. Angered, Ted takes out the remaining Sectoids outside the warehouse, before he's knocked out and taken to a rebel base. Now supporting the rebels, Ted must stop the Sectoids any way he can, while trying to find out about his past, with his parents being killed in a car accident and his brother is a fully mechanical being that the Sectoids worship, known as The Deck.
Gameplay
Hardline's gameplay is mostly an arcade shooter set on live-action backgrounds, with digitized (sometimes pre-rendered CGI) sprites. The gameplay is broken up into (skippable) cinematics, or are sometimes being required to solve a simple puzzle in order to progress. The game is split into three CDs, with the player being prompted to switch discs at the end of a individual part or when loading a save.
Sound Effects Used
This game uses sound effects from Digiffects Power Pack Sound Effects Library, Dynamic Range Sound Effects Library - CDs 1 & 2, The General Series 6000 Sound Effects Library, one sound effect from 20th Century Fox Sound Effects Library and original sounds.
- RICOCHET - CARTOON RICCO 09/Sound Ideas, GUN, RIFLE - SEVERAL SHOTS, WITH RICOCHET (3rd ricochet.)
- Sound Ideas, AUTO, CORVETTE - CAR, CORVETTE, SCREECHING START, BURN-OUT, VERSION 2, DIGIFFECTS
- Sound Ideas, AUTO, CRASH - CAR CRASH, EXPLODES, DIGIFFECTS
- Sound Ideas, BULLET HITS - METAL HITS (CAR) THUD WITH RING
- Sound Ideas, EXTERIOR SHOTS, AUTO WEAPONS - 9MM AUTO 01 (Used in cutscenes.)
- Sound Ideas, GUN, RICOCHET - VERY SHARP RICOCHET, BULLET 01 (Used in cutscenes.)
- Sound Ideas, GUN, MACHINE GUN - M-60: SHORT BURST (Modified variant.)
- Sound Ideas, GUN, MACHINE GUN - MP5: STAGGERED BURST 02 (Modified variant.)
- Sound Ideas, GUN, MACHINE GUN - THOMPSON SUB MACHINE GUN: SINGLE SHOT (Modified variant.)
- Sound Ideas, RADIO, POLICE - POLICE RADIO CALL 01 (A short part is sampled in a BGM track.)