CyberStrike is a futuristic 3D combat online game by Simutronics Corporation, involving team combat between customizable mechs, each of which is controlled by a different player.
Initially exclusive to the GEnie online service, it opened in February 1993, and later that year won the first ever "Online Game of the Year" award from Computer Gaming World magazine. In 1994 it was offered in stores by Microprose.
In 1997, a new version of the game, CyberStrike 2 was announced as a joint project between Simutronics and Sony's 989 Studios. A single-player mission-based version was released in stores, and a multiplayer version opened on GEnie in December 1998. It was also released on America Online, and then via Simutronics' own website, http://www.play.net . After CyberStrike 2 opened, the original version of the game was renamed as CyberStrike Classic.
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