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Z: Steel Soldiers

Lead your Z: Steel Soldiers into the next century rebooted for the rocket fueled fans of the classic hard-core strategy game. In the bloody aftermath of ‘Z’ comes Z: Steel Soldiers. All your favourite…

70 15 June 2001

Z: Steel Soldiers is a real time strategy (rts) developed by The Bitmap Brothers, released 15 June 2001 on PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Z: Steel Soldiers is

Z: Steel Soldiers is a real time strategy (rts) game developed by The Bitmap Brothers and released in 2001. It was published by EON Digital Entertainment. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Lead your Z: Steel Soldiers into the next century rebooted for the rocket fueled fans of the classic hard-core strategy game. In the bloody aftermath of ‘Z’ comes Z: Steel Soldiers. All your favourite strategies and gameplay from the classic version, with graphics that have powered into the 21st century, vivid 3D landscapes, and a state of the art engine that brings your game to life. Meet the new breed of robots, with a taste for war and a warped sense of humour. Z: Steel Soldiers.
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player. There are 18 achievements to unlock.

How it was received

Z: Steel Soldiers holds a critic score of 70 out of 100. That places it above 33% of the 612 rated real time strategy (rts) games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2001 averaged 72, so it scored 2 points below the year average.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for Intel Core 2 or better, AMD 64 X2 or better, 2 GB RAM and Intel GMA 950 GeForce 7 Series Radeon X1000 series. At 2GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 1GB.

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What it launched against

Z: Steel Soldiers launched on 15 June 2001, within three weeks of Operation Flashpoint: Cold War Crisis, NBA Street, Sonic Adventure 2 and Twisted Metal: Black. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Operation Flashpoint: Cold War Crisis, NBA Street, Sonic Adventure 2, Twisted Metal: Black.

Cheats and codes

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Z: Steel Soldiers — frequently asked questions

When did Z: Steel Soldiers come out?
Z: Steel Soldiers was released on 15 June 2001 for PC (Microsoft Windows).
What are the minimum PC requirements for Z: Steel Soldiers?
At minimum, Z: Steel Soldiers needs Intel Core 2 or better, AMD 64 X2 or better, 2 GB RAM, Intel GMA 950 GeForce 7 Series Radeon X1000 series graphics, 900 MB available space of storage.
How many GB is Z: Steel Soldiers?
The PC version needs about 0.9 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("900 MB available space"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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