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Terminal Velocity (video game)
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<p><i>Terminal Velocity</i> is a 1995 <a href="/facts/Shooter_video_game/CcCtH1mD">shooter video game</a> originally developed by <a href="/facts/Terminal_Reality/uJkSFXeL">Terminal Reality</a> and published by <a href="/facts/3D_Realms/QAgsGXx5">3D Realms</a> for <a href="/facts/DOS/sWwDXNmX">DOS</a> and <a href="/facts/Windows_95/1E1L93qC">Windows 95</a>, and <a href="/facts/MacSoft/fyFcyoRp">MacSoft</a> for <a href="/facts/Mac_OS/EkobAhow">Mac OS</a>. It is an arcade-style flight combat game, with simpler game controls and physics than flight simulators. It is known for its fast, high-energy action sequences, compared to <a href="/facts/Flight_simulation_video_game/n9nxufzP">flight simulators</a> of the time. </p><p>The game received generally positive reviews. Critics often compared it to <i><a href="/facts/Descent_(video_game)/l4PA0qzJ">Descent</a></i> and praised its graphics, although some were turned off by what they thought to be the gameplay's lack of depth. Terminal Reality also developed a similar game, <i><a href="/facts/Fury3/TvLrVjIF">Fury3</a></i>, published that same year by <a href="/facts/Microsoft/nGIDDXdx">Microsoft</a>. It uses the same <a href="/facts/Game_engine/lojx7lTG">game engine</a> and basic game mechanics, but was designed to run natively on the new <a href="/facts/Windows_95/1E1L93qC">Windows 95</a> operating system, leading it to be described as essentially the Windows version of <i>Terminal Velocity</i>. </p>