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System Shock

TitleSystem Shock
First release1994
DeveloperLooking Glass Studios
PublisherOrigin Systems
PlatformDOS
Genresaction-adventure game, cyberpunk video game
Players1 player
Co-opNo
Releases
DOS: 1994-09-22
Wikidata IDQ1151634

System Shock is an action-adventure game developed by Looking Glass Technologies and published by Origin Systems. Released in 1994, the game is set aboard a space station in a cyberpunk vision of the year 2072. Assuming the role of a nameless hacker, the player attempts to hinder the plans of a malevolent artificial intelligence called SHODAN.

Description: TheGamesDB (community-contributed, no licence stated; internal use only) Facts from Wikidata (CC0), gaps filled from TheGamesDB. Only retro platforms tracked by this site are listed; the year is the earliest release date recorded on Wikidata.
Sources
Wikidata (Q1151634) · last updated 2026-09-27 · CC0
TheGamesDB (19965) · last updated 2026-07-18 · no licence stated · internal use only
Image credits
Box art, Screenshots (3): Source: TheGamesDB (user-uploaded) · © Origin Systems · internal use only. TheGamesDB page
Screenshots, Logos (2): Source: libretro-thumbnails (upstream libretro-thumbnails (art by developers/publishers; see repo README)) · © Origin Systems · internal use only.
Logo: Nightdive Studios, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (“System shock logo.png”)
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