Burn Cycle (stylized as Burn:Cycle) is a 1994 point-and-click adventure video game for the CD-i that incorporates full motion video and is set in a surrealist cyberpunk world. The game follows Sol Cutter, a computer hacker and data thief, whose latest theft causes a virus named Burn Cycle to be implanted in his head. The game features a two-hour countdown timer to defuse the virus, with the player jumping back and forth between a fictional ingame virtual reality world known as the Televerse in order to destroy the Burn Cycle virus and solve the mystery of its creation.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burn_Cycle

Here’s a walkthrough of it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zoLw7SEmLYk

  • Sergio@slrpnk.netOPEnglish
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    2 days ago

    Someone mentioned this game elsewhere on the fediverse recently… they said it’s a forerunner of the Cyberpunk 2077 game… Well, keep in mind that Burn:Cycle was made 30 years ago so don’t expect too much graphics-wise… Still it’s an interesting mix of video cutscenes, 3D graphics, and point-and-click, especially for the time…

    • HammerjackMEnglish
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      1 day ago

      Wow, the story sounds incredibly cyberpunk, the visuals look incredibly cyberpunk… and the gameplay looks incredibly irritating. I’m glad we live in an age of longplays where I can watch the entire game without having to actually play it. Thanks for sharing!