289:
corridors. Even though Adam defeats the initial invaders he is wounded in the process. He is ready to board Alpha I, the time traveling vehicle developed at
Station Omega, when more aliens appear and try to force their way into the boarding chamber. The monitors show his colleague, Daisy Hernandez, telling Adam to get into the Alpha I without letting the aliens gain access to it. As the aliens force the door open, Adam dives through the air lock and fires a single shot into the control panel; this closes the door and prevents the aliens from pursuing him further. As they escape the station in the Alpha I, they are pursued by Alien fighter craft, but open up a time portal and escape. Meanwhile, back on Station Omega, an Alien is shown holding a drop of Adam's blood and eyes it strangely. This is a subtle hint as to where Adam's nemesis, Tomegatherion, is cloned from.
322:
own. Vehicles take damage independently of Adam and can be repaired with health pickups spawned by defeating larger aliens. Specific vehicles are often required to advance - for example, boats allow travel over bodies of water, while planes and helicopters allow travel through the air. Each vehicle has a unique combination of top speed, armor and fuel capacity, inviting players to consider their options carefully. Vehicles range from mundane civilian forms of transport to powerful military hardware - the player will pilot tanks, armored cars and aircraft as frequently as cars, trucks and motorcycles. In addition, the Alpha I (the ship the player uses to travel through time) becomes a powerful armored hovercraft during boss battles and for the entirety of the Comet level.
281:
limit of one day before moving on to another area. After repeating this several times, they teleport back to their homeworld, an artificially created comet, before returning exactly 25 years later as it has completed its orbit around the nearby star systems back to earth. Greece was the first targeted area in 1916, southern Spain was second, eastern Canada was third, and the south island of Japan was fourth. In 1941, the first targeted area was the
Indonesian island Java. In 1966, it was the United States. Finally, in 1991, the
318:
careful not to shoot or run down any civilians in the process of rescuing them. The player must react to
Harvester Waves quickly, as if the aliens manage to harvest 8 humans in a single wave they will create an extremely dangerous 'Mutant' creature, which immediately attacks the player regardless of location. There are also several optional missions that require saving people from the aliens, and although one can fail these missions and still progress through the game, doing so will result in significant human casualties.
598:
476:
471:
593:
588:
583:
578:
466:
461:
456:
298:
34:
314:
sea. Generally, gameplay consists of completing a series of missions. Many of these are very basic, e.g. reach a certain area, but others can be more complicated and require careful thought and skill. Once the player completes a mission they are prompted to check the map to find out what the next mission is.
317:
There is a meter at the bottom of the screen that represents civilian casualties. If too many civilians die for any reason (including friendly-fire), the aliens will destroy the area and the mission will have failed. Generally, only
Harvester aliens deliberately kill civilians, but the player must be
313:
requires the player to stop the aliens from slaughtering everyone in the shield area. The player will navigate the map, often coming across towns where aliens will teleport in to attack the town and harvest civilians. Aliens warp in frequently to attack the player and can appear from the land, air or
280:
The opening text tells of how an alien force has harvested the population of Earth over a 100-year time period. Every 25 years, they land and imprison whole areas in shields that prevented anyone from leaving and any outside help getting in. The aliens harvest the population of the area within a time
394:
traditionally what I've done. ... And basically, we just have to listen to them because we're not as good as they are. Nobody in the world is as good as they are, so we'd be daft to try and say, "We think you're wrong." So we just have to work with them, and we implement everything that they ask for.
288:
The opening cutscene shows
Station Omega, an orbital space station containing Earth's last survivors. The year is 2016 and the aliens have returned to destroy the last remnant of the human race. The aliens attack and board Station Omega, chasing Adam Drake, the game's playable character, through the
321:
The use of vehicles is a key aspect of this game. Vehicles provide significant protection from alien attacks and allow the player to travel at a far greater speed than on foot. Adam can still fire most weapons from within a vehicle, although many vehicles are equipped with powerful weapons of their
384:
between the
Japanese publisher and British developer added to the difficulty of implementing these changes, as the developers sometimes struggled to understand what Nintendo wanted from them; Whyte cited as an example a message in which Nintendo told them to make the graphics "more materialistic".
350:
The eventual goal of each level is to destroy the Shield
Generator to remove the shield that surrounds the region. To do this, the player must first destroy a number of Alien Processors, which act as sub-bosses. Defeating an Alien Processor opens a gateway to the next area and allows the player to
346:
that each use different types of ammunition. The buildings also have
Ammunition pickups and fuel cans (of which one will refuel a vehicle once). With thorough exploration, rarer items can be found including alien artifacts and 'weapon crystals', three of which combine to form a technologically
369:
The development team were very enthusiastic about the
Nintendo 64 as a development platform. Project leader John Whyte commented: "It's been really well designed and we haven't even scratched the surface. It's scary. The drawing chip is a masterpiece of engineering. There are no hassles for
393:
It's fine. It's hard. It's a very hard relationship because their quality is so high, that it's so hard to match the quality of the products they do. And they really want you to focus on making
Nintendo products. It's very hard to write games that you're not writing for yourself, which is
248:, players assume the role of a genetically engineered soldier, Adam Drake, who must investigate and eliminate an alien attack force that has been returning once every 25 years to "harvest" the human population of Earth for their organic material. Being in possession of a
241:, having issues with the game's violent themes, and eventual dropping of the title, leaving DMA to find a new publisher. Gremlin would later acquire the rights to the game and released it in Europe, while Midway Games released it in North America.
325:
There are many buildings in each stage which can be entered on foot, many of which are essential to talk to plot characters and acquire necessary items. Buildings also contain health pickups, new weapons other than the standard
351:
save their progress. Once the Shield Generator itself has been destroyed, the player immediately faces that level's boss. Once the boss is defeated, the player travels forward in time and to the next level.
373:
In contrast to DMA Design's previous publisher, Psygnosis, who showed minimal interest in the development of their games, Nintendo frequently directed the development team to make major changes to
1497:
285:
region of Russia was targeted. The player only has to stop the aliens in the first area that they target in order to save every future targeted area of that time period.
1437:
1477:
914:
1472:
269:
1392:
272:
in the 1990s, and the near future (2016). The game is non-linear, as players can go anywhere and do anything within the limits of the game's boundaries.
1227:
1220:
1095:
1462:
1447:
1397:
1199:
1457:
1467:
1206:
1452:
1442:
1422:
1407:
1351:
386:
852:
1492:
1487:
1482:
1236:
1432:
1417:
1387:
1427:
1192:
1164:
1309:
1088:
91:
1356:
1185:
693:
924:
366:, though it was not in playable form and was described by journalists as one of the most incomplete of the 13 games.
824:
1412:
1316:
1023:
802:
781:
755:
632:
569:
1402:
1382:
1142:
738:
497:
1274:
1250:
1081:
1135:
1128:
1330:
1178:
363:
191:
56:
44:
973:
1281:
1267:
1213:
1000:
370:
developers compared to other systems. You don't have to worry about clipping. It just handles it."
226:
122:
81:
252:
device, Drake must return to the past and battle in five areas over a 100-year period that covers
1323:
1243:
1171:
141:
621:
265:
257:
112:
1154:
381:
215:
187:
182:
951:
884:
860:
485:
343:
1361:
1104:
1044:
607:
521:
665:
1376:
919:
807:
786:
760:
509:
201:
160:
65:
947:
557:
297:
261:
234:
70:
1062:
644:, but is an unsettling and enjoyable game with lots of original and fun features.
331:
253:
249:
230:
146:
1288:
829:
625:
421:
222:
218:
49:
1295:
1068:
1028:
102:
33:
978:
533:
238:
856:
447:
335:
302:
282:
362:
was one of 13 games demoed at the Nintendo 64's unveiling at the 1995
327:
169:
76:
636:
reviewed the game and gave four stars out of five, commenting that
339:
296:
1073:
1077:
237:
for the system, but was delayed due to its original publisher,
670:
545:
923:. No. 67. November 1998. p. 76. Archived from
620:
The game received "average" reviews according to the
347:
advanced powerful laser weapon unique to that level.
1344:
1152:
1118:
1111:
197:
181:
152:
140:
121:
111:
90:
55:
43:
26:
1007:. No. 22. Future Publishing. pp. 65–71.
736:Semrad, Ed (February 1996). "Ultra 64 Unveiled".
694:"IGN Presents: The History of Grand Theft Auto"
391:
389:, described their relationship with Nintendo:
268:in the 1940s, the United States in the 1960s,
1089:
8:
882:Edge staff (December 1998). "Body Harvest".
742:. No. 79. Sendai Publishing. p. 6.
575:
453:
432:
1498:Video games developed in the United Kingdom
1048:. No. 114. November 1998. p. 125.
1115:
1096:
1082:
1074:
640:is not as clever or polished as DMA's own
431:
406:
32:
23:
774:
772:
770:
1438:Video games about extraterrestrial life
653:
825:"Body Harvest for Nintendo 64 Reviews"
1016:
1014:
659:
657:
7:
1478:Video games set in the United States
819:
817:
664:Schneider, Peer (October 22, 1998).
436:
411:
1473:Video games set in the Soviet Union
402:
692:McLaughlin, Rus (March 28, 2008).
14:
1393:Video games about alien invasions
1003:(December 1998). "Body Harvest".
972:Fielder, Joe (October 30, 1998).
800:"An Interview with David Jones".
577:
455:
380:s gameplay and visual style. The
717:Body Harvest Instruction Booklet
596:
591:
586:
581:
576:
474:
469:
464:
459:
454:
18:1998 action-adventure video game
1463:Video games set in outer space
789:. April 1997. pp. 98–102.
301:Protagonist Adam Drake in the
1:
1448:Video games about time travel
1398:Alternate history video games
1031:. December 1998. p. 124.
642:Space Station: Silicon Valley
1458:Video games set in Indonesia
1310:Space Station Silicon Valley
726:Body Harvest Opening Credits
779:"NG Alphas: Gamespotting".
1514:
1468:Video games set in Siberia
946:Hsu, Tim (November 1998).
810:. April 1997. p. 103.
233:. It was intended to be a
1453:Video games set in Greece
1443:Video games about insects
1423:Single-player video games
1408:Gremlin Interactive games
1262:
1143:All New World of Lemmings
901:Electronic Gaming Monthly
739:Electronic Gaming Monthly
498:Electronic Gaming Monthly
440:
437:
415:
412:
31:
38:North American cover art
1493:Video games set in 2016
1488:Video games set in 1991
1483:Video games set in 1941
853:"Body Harvest - Review"
1433:Open-world video games
1418:Nintendo 64-only games
1388:Action-adventure games
1228:The Ballad of Gay Tony
1136:Lemmings 2: The Tribes
396:
306:
1428:Third-person shooters
974:"Body Harvest Review"
948:"Body Harvest Review"
300:
1200:Liberty City Stories
1179:Grand Theft Auto III
927:on September 9, 1999
863:on December 11, 2014
763:: 64. February 1996.
192:third-person shooter
1221:The Lost and Damned
1214:Grand Theft Auto IV
903:. Ziff Davis. 1998.
434:
409:
385:DMA Design's head,
227:Gremlin Interactive
82:Gremlin Interactive
1324:Wild Metal Country
1244:Grand Theft Auto V
1172:Grand Theft Auto 2
622:review aggregation
407:
307:
1413:Nintendo 64 games
1370:
1369:
1340:
1339:
1207:Vice City Stories
617:
616:
430:
429:
225:and published by
207:
206:
174:November 13, 1998
1505:
1403:DMA Design games
1383:1998 video games
1165:Grand Theft Auto
1155:Grand Theft Auto
1116:
1098:
1091:
1084:
1075:
1050:
1049:
1042:"Body Harvest".
1039:
1033:
1032:
1018:
1009:
1008:
997:
991:
990:
988:
986:
969:
963:
962:
960:
958:
943:
937:
936:
934:
932:
911:
905:
904:
899:"Body Harvest".
896:
890:
889:
879:
873:
872:
870:
868:
859:. Archived from
848:
842:
841:
839:
837:
821:
812:
811:
797:
791:
790:
776:
765:
764:
753:"Body Harvest".
750:
744:
743:
733:
727:
724:
718:
715:
709:
708:
706:
704:
689:
683:
682:
680:
678:
661:
601:
600:
599:
595:
594:
590:
589:
585:
584:
580:
579:
479:
478:
477:
473:
472:
468:
467:
463:
462:
458:
457:
435:
410:
382:language barrier
379:
216:action-adventure
188:Action-adventure
173:
165:October 20, 1998
164:
80:
69:
36:
24:
1513:
1512:
1508:
1507:
1506:
1504:
1503:
1502:
1373:
1372:
1371:
1366:
1336:
1258:
1148:
1107:
1102:
1059:
1054:
1053:
1041:
1040:
1036:
1027:. No. 48.
1024:Next Generation
1020:
1019:
1012:
999:
998:
994:
984:
982:
971:
970:
966:
956:
954:
952:Game Revolution
945:
944:
940:
930:
928:
913:
912:
908:
898:
897:
893:
881:
880:
876:
866:
864:
851:McCall, Scott.
850:
849:
845:
835:
833:
823:
822:
815:
806:. No. 28.
803:Next Generation
799:
798:
794:
785:. No. 28.
782:Next Generation
778:
777:
768:
756:Next Generation
752:
751:
747:
735:
734:
730:
725:
721:
716:
712:
702:
700:
691:
690:
686:
676:
674:
663:
662:
655:
650:
633:Next Generation
618:
597:
592:
587:
582:
570:Next Generation
475:
470:
465:
460:
408:Aggregate score
405:
401:
377:
364:Shoshinkai show
357:
344:rocket launcher
295:
278:
177:
168:
159:
136:
117:Stacey Jamieson
107:
86:
75:
64:
39:
22:
21:1998 video game
19:
12:
11:
5:
1511:
1509:
1501:
1500:
1495:
1490:
1485:
1480:
1475:
1470:
1465:
1460:
1455:
1450:
1445:
1440:
1435:
1430:
1425:
1420:
1415:
1410:
1405:
1400:
1395:
1390:
1385:
1375:
1374:
1368:
1367:
1365:
1364:
1362:Leslie Benzies
1359:
1354:
1348:
1346:
1342:
1341:
1338:
1337:
1335:
1334:
1327:
1320:
1313:
1306:
1299:
1292:
1285:
1278:
1271:
1263:
1260:
1259:
1257:
1256:
1255:
1254:
1240:
1237:Chinatown Wars
1233:
1232:
1231:
1224:
1210:
1203:
1196:
1189:
1182:
1175:
1168:
1160:
1158:
1150:
1149:
1147:
1146:
1139:
1132:
1124:
1122:
1113:
1109:
1108:
1105:Rockstar North
1103:
1101:
1100:
1093:
1086:
1078:
1072:
1071:
1058:
1057:External links
1055:
1052:
1051:
1045:Nintendo Power
1034:
1010:
992:
964:
938:
915:"Body Harvest"
906:
891:
888:. No. 65.
874:
843:
813:
792:
766:
745:
728:
719:
710:
684:
666:"Body Harvest"
652:
651:
649:
646:
615:
614:
611:
608:Nintendo Power
603:
602:
573:
565:
564:
561:
553:
552:
549:
541:
540:
537:
529:
528:
525:
522:GameRevolution
517:
516:
513:
505:
504:
501:
493:
492:
489:
481:
480:
451:
443:
442:
439:
428:
427:
424:
418:
417:
414:
403:
400:
397:
356:
353:
309:Each level in
294:
291:
277:
274:
205:
204:
199:
195:
194:
185:
179:
178:
176:
175:
166:
156:
154:
150:
149:
144:
138:
137:
135:
134:
131:
127:
125:
119:
118:
115:
109:
108:
106:
105:
100:
96:
94:
88:
87:
85:
84:
73:
61:
59:
53:
52:
47:
41:
40:
37:
29:
28:
20:
17:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
1510:
1499:
1496:
1494:
1491:
1489:
1486:
1484:
1481:
1479:
1476:
1474:
1471:
1469:
1466:
1464:
1461:
1459:
1456:
1454:
1451:
1449:
1446:
1444:
1441:
1439:
1436:
1434:
1431:
1429:
1426:
1424:
1421:
1419:
1416:
1414:
1411:
1409:
1406:
1404:
1401:
1399:
1396:
1394:
1391:
1389:
1386:
1384:
1381:
1380:
1378:
1363:
1360:
1358:
1355:
1353:
1350:
1349:
1347:
1343:
1333:
1332:
1328:
1326:
1325:
1321:
1319:
1318:
1314:
1312:
1311:
1307:
1305:
1304:
1300:
1298:
1297:
1293:
1291:
1290:
1286:
1284:
1283:
1279:
1277:
1276:
1272:
1270:
1269:
1265:
1264:
1261:
1253:
1252:
1248:
1247:
1246:
1245:
1241:
1239:
1238:
1234:
1230:
1229:
1225:
1223:
1222:
1218:
1217:
1216:
1215:
1211:
1209:
1208:
1204:
1202:
1201:
1197:
1195:
1194:
1190:
1188:
1187:
1183:
1181:
1180:
1176:
1174:
1173:
1169:
1167:
1166:
1162:
1161:
1159:
1157:
1156:
1151:
1145:
1144:
1140:
1138:
1137:
1133:
1131:
1130:
1126:
1125:
1123:
1121:
1117:
1114:
1110:
1106:
1099:
1094:
1092:
1087:
1085:
1080:
1079:
1076:
1070:
1066:
1065:
1061:
1060:
1056:
1047:
1046:
1038:
1035:
1030:
1029:Imagine Media
1026:
1025:
1017:
1015:
1011:
1006:
1002:
996:
993:
981:
980:
975:
968:
965:
953:
949:
942:
939:
926:
922:
921:
920:Game Informer
916:
910:
907:
902:
895:
892:
887:
886:
878:
875:
862:
858:
854:
847:
844:
832:
831:
826:
820:
818:
814:
809:
808:Imagine Media
805:
804:
796:
793:
788:
787:Imagine Media
784:
783:
775:
773:
771:
767:
762:
761:Imagine Media
758:
757:
749:
746:
741:
740:
732:
729:
723:
720:
714:
711:
699:
695:
688:
685:
673:
672:
667:
660:
658:
654:
647:
645:
643:
639:
635:
634:
629:
627:
623:
612:
610:
609:
605:
604:
574:
572:
571:
567:
566:
562:
560:
559:
555:
554:
550:
548:
547:
543:
542:
538:
536:
535:
531:
530:
526:
524:
523:
519:
518:
514:
512:
511:
510:Game Informer
507:
506:
502:
500:
499:
495:
494:
490:
488:
487:
483:
482:
452:
450:
449:
445:
444:
433:Review scores
425:
423:
420:
419:
398:
395:
390:
388:
383:
376:
371:
367:
365:
361:
354:
352:
348:
345:
341:
337:
333:
329:
323:
319:
315:
312:
304:
299:
292:
290:
286:
284:
275:
273:
271:
267:
263:
259:
255:
251:
247:
242:
240:
236:
232:
228:
224:
221:developed by
220:
217:
213:
212:
203:
202:Single-player
200:
196:
193:
189:
186:
184:
180:
171:
167:
162:
158:
157:
155:
151:
148:
145:
143:
139:
132:
129:
128:
126:
124:
120:
116:
114:
110:
104:
101:
98:
97:
95:
93:
89:
83:
78:
74:
72:
67:
63:
62:
60:
58:
54:
51:
48:
46:
42:
35:
30:
25:
16:
1329:
1322:
1315:
1308:
1303:Body Harvest
1302:
1301:
1294:
1287:
1280:
1273:
1266:
1249:
1242:
1235:
1226:
1219:
1212:
1205:
1198:
1191:
1184:
1177:
1170:
1163:
1153:
1141:
1134:
1127:
1119:
1064:Body Harvest
1063:
1043:
1037:
1022:
1005:N64 Magazine
1004:
995:
985:December 28,
983:. Retrieved
977:
967:
957:December 28,
955:. Retrieved
941:
931:December 28,
929:. Retrieved
925:the original
918:
909:
900:
894:
883:
877:
867:December 28,
865:. Retrieved
861:the original
846:
836:December 28,
834:. Retrieved
828:
801:
795:
780:
754:
748:
737:
731:
722:
713:
703:December 28,
701:. Retrieved
697:
687:
677:December 28,
675:. Retrieved
669:
641:
638:Body Harvest
637:
631:
630:
619:
606:
568:
558:N64 Magazine
556:
544:
532:
520:
508:
496:
484:
446:
392:
375:Body Harvest
374:
372:
368:
360:Body Harvest
359:
358:
349:
324:
320:
316:
311:Body Harvest
310:
308:
287:
279:
262:World War II
246:Body Harvest
245:
243:
235:launch title
211:Body Harvest
210:
209:
208:
133:Allan Walker
71:Midway Games
57:Publisher(s)
45:Developer(s)
27:Body Harvest
15:
1357:Mike Dailly
1352:David Jones
1275:Blood Money
1193:San Andreas
1001:Weaver, Tim
438:Publication
387:David Jones
355:Development
332:machine gun
254:World War I
250:time travel
231:Nintendo 64
147:Nintendo 64
142:Platform(s)
130:Stuart Ross
123:Composer(s)
92:Director(s)
1377:Categories
1289:Hired Guns
1021:"Finals".
830:Metacritic
648:References
626:Metacritic
422:Metacritic
413:Aggregator
223:DMA Design
219:video game
214:is a 1998
99:John Whyte
50:DMA Design
1296:Uniracers
1186:Vice City
1069:MobyGames
404:Reception
399:Reception
266:Indonesia
113:Artist(s)
103:Gary Penn
1317:Tanktics
1129:Lemmings
1120:Lemmings
979:GameSpot
624:website
534:GameSpot
293:Gameplay
239:Nintendo
229:for the
183:Genre(s)
1331:Manhunt
857:AllGame
515:7.75/10
503:8.25/10
448:AllGame
336:shotgun
303:Siberia
283:Siberia
198:Mode(s)
153:Release
1345:People
1282:Walker
1268:Menace
1251:Online
759:(14).
613:8.1/10
551:8.4/10
426:73/100
330:are a
328:pistol
270:Russia
258:Greece
1112:Games
441:Score
416:Score
378:'
340:rifle
305:level
264:–era
256:–era
987:2016
959:2016
933:2016
885:Edge
869:2016
838:2016
705:2016
679:2016
539:7/10
491:8/10
486:Edge
342:and
276:Plot
1067:at
698:IGN
671:IGN
563:91%
546:IGN
244:In
1379::
1013:^
976:.
950:.
917:.
855:.
827:.
816:^
769:^
696:.
668:.
656:^
628:.
527:D+
338:,
334:,
260:,
190:,
170:EU
161:NA
77:EU
66:NA
1097:e
1090:t
1083:v
989:.
961:.
935:.
871:.
840:.
707:.
681:.
172::
163::
79::
68::
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
