Tracer (video game) explained

Tracer
Developer:	Future Endeavors
Publisher:	7th Level
Released:	June 25, 1996^[1]
Genre:	Puzzle
Platforms:	Windows

Tracer is a puzzle video game developed by short-lived Ottawa, Canada studio Future Endeavors and published by 7th Level for Microsoft Windows.^[2]

Gameplay

Tracer is an action game with puzzles, in which the player is a contract hacker who is trying to outrun a virus in cyberspace that has been sent to hunt the player down after being set up by a client.

Reception

Next Generation reviewed the PC version of the game, rating it three stars out of five, and stated that "as far as this sort of thing goes, the game is certainly worth a look."^[3]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Tracer, the Cyberspace Strategy Game Ships. https://web.archive.org/web/19980129210237/http://www.7thlevel.com/corp/press/1996/tracer2.htm. 7thlevel.com. January 29, 1998. June 25, 1996. August 18, 2023.
2. Web site: 7th Level Signs Letter of Intent With Future Endeavors Company's First Exclusive Publishing Deal. https://web.archive.org/web/19980220105455/http://www.7thlevel.com/corp/press/1996/futendev.htm. 7thlevel.com. February 20, 1998. April 15, 1996. August 18, 2023.
3. Finals. Next Generation. 22. Imagine Media. October 1996. 185.