Redline (1999 video game)


Redline is a 1999 post-apocalyptic combination first-person shooter/racing video game for Windows. It was developed by Beyond Games and published by Accolade. In Europe, the game is known as Redline - Gang Warfare: 2066. It is a spiritual successor to the Atari Lynx video game BattleWheels. This was the last game Accolade published before being acquired by Infogrames. Tommo purchased the rights to this game and digitally publishes it through its brand in 2015. The game was re-released on Steam and GOG.com in 2014.
A PlayStation version of the game, planned to be radically reworked from the Windows version to be more action-intensive, was cancelled. Afterwards, a sequel/spinoff named Redline Arena was planned for the Dreamcast, but that too was cancelled. Elements from that project got worked into the PlayStation 2 game Motor Mayhem.

Multiplayer

Redline included support to be played online using the MPlayer.com and Heat.net online services. It was available for play for their demo version even before the game was released. After those companies shut down, servers were moved to Gamespy Arcade.

Reception

The game received "average" reviews according to the review aggregation website GameRankings. Most reviewers praised the graphics and premise; however, were divided on the gameplay itself.
Next Generation rated the game two stars out of five, and stated that "Combining two different types of gameplay into one game is a terrific idea, but someone should have mentioned that welding a mediocre first-person shooter onto a mediocre car-combat game is not the way to make the whole better than the sum of its parts." In contrast, Computer Gaming World rated the game three and a half stars out of five, and stated that "While other games have tried to mix vehicular and on-foot combat and done it badly, Redline does a better job of blending the two into a flashy, fast-paced package."