The Horde

The Horde

1994 · Toys for Bob

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About

The Horde is a hybrid action-strategy video game that was originally released for 3DO and was ported to the Sega Saturn and DOS. It also featured full-motion video sequences featuring a number of actors including Kirk Cameron as Chauncey and Michael Gregory as Kronus Maelor. Video sequences were reduced to slide shows (with full sound) in some versions. The game was bundled with the RealMagic MPEG playback card as a demonstration of the card's abilities to play back full-motion MPEG video via the card's hardware decoder, at the time software MPEG decoding was not viable due to the lack of processing power in contemporary processors. The music was composed by Burke Trieschmann and won Computer Gaming World's Premiere Award for Best Musical Score in 1994.

Release date
April 1, 1994
Developer
Toys for Bob
Publisher
Crystal Dynamics, U.S. Gold, Vise, Arrow Micro-Techs Corp., BMG Interactive, SKC
Genres
Strategy
Themes
ActionFantasy
Age rating
CERO AUSK 6ESRB E

Media

Platforms

PC-9800 Series
3DO Interactive Multiplayer
DOS
FM Towns
Sega Saturn

Release dates

3DO Interactive Multiplayer
North America · Apr 1, 1994
3DO Interactive Multiplayer
Europe · Apr 1, 1994
3DO Interactive Multiplayer
Japan · Jul 23, 1994

Engines

TrueMotion