Underplayed Gems

Jeff Wayne's The War of the Worlds (1999)

Jeff Wayne's The War of the Worlds cover
Developer
Pixelogic
Publisher
GT Interactive Software
Platforms
PlayStation
Genres
Racing, Real Time Strategy (RTS), Strategy

How it feels

A late-90s vehicular shooter steeped in Victorian sci-fi spectacle, where you battle Martian tripods in chunky third-person combat tied to a beloved musical legacy.

sci-fi themedvehicular combatthird-person shooterretroalien invasionaction-orientedcinematic

About

Jeff Wayne's The War of the Worlds is a third-person vehicular shooter for the PlayStation, released alongside the RTS for PC for the 100th anniversary of H.G. Wells' book War of the Worlds and 20th of Jeff Wayne's 1978 musical adaption.

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