Tachyon: The Fringe
Caught in the middle of a violent conflict on the fringe of the galaxy - your ability to survive will depend on your piloting skills and combat savvy as a mercenary space fighter. But, as you explore the…
Tachyon: The Fringe is a shooter developed by NovaLogic, released 30 March 2000 on PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Tachyon: The Fringe is
Tachyon: The Fringe is a shooter game developed by NovaLogic and released in 2000. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Tachyon: The Fringe is a Space combat simulation video game developed and published in 2000 by Novalogic. It features the voice acting of Bruce Campbell as main character Jake Logan in a 3-D space simulator. Tachyon was developed by Randy Casey, who had previously written two other titles for Novalogic: F-22 Lightning II and F-22 Raptor.
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.
How it was received
Tachyon: The Fringe holds a critic score of 70 out of 100. That places it above 37% of the 3,306 rated shooter games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2000 averaged 72, so it scored 2 points below the year average.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Pentium II 450MHz or better, 128MB minimum of RAM and Direct3D w/ 16MB or better. At 0GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today.
What it launched against
Tachyon: The Fringe launched on 30 March 2000, within three weeks of Thief II: The Metal Age, MDK2, Heroes of Might and Magic III: The Shadow of Death and Mega Man Legends 2. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Thief II: The Metal Age, MDK2, Heroes of Might and Magic III: The Shadow of Death, Mega Man Legends 2.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Tachyon: The Fringe yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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