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Outcast is an action/adventure computer game by French developer Appeal, released in 1999 by publisher Infogrames.
Plot
In 2007 the US Government successfully sends a probe to an alien world in a parallel universe. The probe starts transmitting video images of the world back to Earth. Then, just minutes into the mission, an alien life form discovers the probe and damages it, causing an unforseen backlash of energy to create a black hole threatening Earth. Cutter Slade, an ex U.S. Navy SEAL, is given the job of escorting three scientists on a mission to this alien world to recover the probe and close the black hole.
Arriving in this alien world, Cutter is separated from the other scientists and is hailed by the natives as their messiah.
Technology
The game used a voxel engine to render its outdoor landscapes.
Sequel
A sequel, Outcast II[1] (http://www.outcastii.net/), was started but then cancelled. The Open Outcast project[2] (http://www.openoutcast.de/) is developing an open source, free sequel using the Crystal Space 3D engine.
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