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They Call Me... The Skul

In the North Putnam Maximum Security Correction Facility, strange things have been going on. Rumors of secret experiments taking place with some of the inmates, a strange Power Elite gang, and other criminals…

31 December 1996

They Call Me... The Skul is a shooter developed by Byron Preiss Multimedia Company, released 31 December 1996 on DOS and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What They Call Me... The Skul is

They Call Me... The Skul is a shooter game developed by Byron Preiss Multimedia Company and released in 1996. It was published by SoftKey Multimedia. It is available on DOS and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

In the North Putnam Maximum Security Correction Facility, strange things have been going on. Rumors of secret experiments taking place with some of the inmates, a strange Power Elite gang, and other criminals walking around with super powers. It it to this strange location that Steve Kane was taken when he was wrongly convicted of highway homicide. His life was saved on day by a man named Big John, which unleashed strange powers within him and turned him into the Skul.
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

They Call Me... The Skul launched on 31 December 1996, within three weeks of Mario Kart 64, Wild Arms, Mega Man 8 and Money Puzzle Exchanger.

Released around the same time: Mario Kart 64, Wild Arms, Mega Man 8, Money Puzzle Exchanger.

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When did They Call Me... The Skul come out?
They Call Me... The Skul was released on 31 December 1996 for DOS and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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