Shattered Steel

by Interplay Productions, Inc.

Product Features

• First person shooter which allows you to pilot a Planet Runner (large robot/mech).
• As a mercenary for various corporations you have to "clean" planets from rivaling companies and alien menaces.
• Single and multiplayer modes possible.

Product Details

• ASIN: B0007V0YZ8
• Media: CD-ROM
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #44,073 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)

Product Description

Space exploration has once again become a reality for Earth, and everybody is mining different planets for resources. The competition is rough and that is where you come in. Your job is to protect and make sure nothing happens to your mining area of the planet. You have been hired to destroy all intruders and protect the miners while they mine resources and explore different areas of space.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Shattered, July 27, 2006

By 

Seanna - See all my reviews

= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Shattered Steel (CD-ROM)

First person shooter which allows you to pilot a Planet Runner (kind of a huge robot). As a mercenary for various corporations you have to "clean" planets from rivaling companies and alien menaces. Single and multiplayer modes possible.

5.0 out of 5 stars Good Old Fashion Fun, August 12, 2011

By 

Jason Burnett (NC) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

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This review is from: Shattered Steel (CD-ROM)

Pros:
-Graphics where good for the time and do not look all too bad in modern times.
-Gameplay is great
-sounds are pretty good for the time
-ability to customize your own load out.
-the menu select was pretty interesting, in a good way, it really tries to immerse you in the world of this game.

Cons:
-You need to be tech savvy to play this game,
-Controls are just weird, but not game breaking

Conclusion:
It will not run on Windows, but you can download DOSBox, or some other emulator and play it, and that is not the tricky part. You need to be familiar with DOS at bare minimum, but if you are patient and willing to learn DOSBox does have a Wiki page that will teach you the basic, but you still need a technical background to understand how to get the game to run. Chances are, if you are interested in this game it is solely based on the reason for nostalgia and the issue with being able to launching it is rather moot to you. The box does state that it can run on windows 95, but I think not, or at least not with a virtual machine Windows 95. The game is fun and worth $5.99, just make sure you know what you are getting into before you buy it.