New Centurions is a turn-based science fiction

Science fiction

Science fiction is a genre of fiction dealing with imaginary but more or less plausible content such as future settings, futuristic science and technology, space travel, aliens, and paranormal abilities...

 tactical role-playing game

Tactical role-playing game

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 released by Fantasoft

Fantasoft

Fantasoft is a computer game company which programmed and promoted a number of shareware games with a primary focus on the Apple Macintosh platform. The company has been dormant recently for several years...

 for "classic" Mac OS in 2001. The player guides a squad of up to six player character

Player character

A player character or playable character is a character in a video game or role playing game who is controlled or controllable by a player, and is typically a protagonist of the story told in the course of the game. A player character is a persona of the player who controls it. Player characters...

s through a series of missions.

New Centurions was based on the Realmz

Realmz

Realmz is a fantasy adventure and role-playing computer game first developed and published by Fantasoft in 1994 for the Apple Macintosh as shareware. Fantasoft released a Microsoft Windows-compatible version in 1999, and a science fiction role-playing game based on the Realmz engine, titled New...

engine

Game engine

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, and features ten races and thirteen character class

Character class

In role-playing games, a common method of arbitrating the capabilities of different game characters is to assign each one to a character class. A character class aggregates several abilities and aptitudes, and may also sometimes detail aspects of background and social standing or impose behaviour...

es. Modifications from the Realmz engine include upgradeable weapons and more control over character advancement. New Centurions is no longer available from Fantasoft.

External links

• New Centurions (official website)