The Horde (video game)
| The Horde | |
|---|---|
| Developers | Toys for Bob Silicon Knights (Saturn) |
| Publisher | Crystal Dynamics |
| Designers | Paul Reiche III Fred Ford |
| Platforms | 3DO, MS-DOS, Saturn, FM Towns |
| Release | 3DO MS-DOS Saturn FM Towns
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| Genre | Strategy |
| Mode | Single-player |
The Horde is a hybrid action-strategy video game developed for 3DO by Toys for Bob. It was published in 1994 by Crystal Dynamics, then ported to the Saturn, MS-DOS, and FM Towns. In The Horde, the player constructs buildings and defenses, then protects them against attacking monsters. The game includes full-motion video sequences with Kirk Cameron as Chauncey and Michael Gregory as Kronus Maelor. Video sequences were reduced to slide shows (with sound) in some versions.
The MS-DOS port was bundled with the RealMagic MPEG playback card as a demonstration of the card's abilities to play back full-motion MPEG video via the card's hardware decoder.
The music was composed by Burke Trieschmann and won Computer Gaming World's Premiere Award for Best Musical Score in 1994.