Syndicate

STORY / GAMEPLAY
As the world slips into the future, multinational corporations grow in size and profits; they even own small countries and exercise direct influence over each government. They practically became the Earth's leaders, un-democratically controlling people's lives through commerce. These corporations, named MegaCorps, invented a device that can inserted inside a person's neck and stimulates the brain stem to alter his or her perception of the outside world. Your job, as the Head of a massive corporation larger than any government, is to slowly spread your influence country by country and save humanity from the shadows. You form a team of top android agents and your main aim is to order and take on the cities displayed via a fixed-view isometric style, in pursuit of mission goals such as assassinating executives of a rival syndicate, rescuing captured allies, "persuading" civilians and scientists to join your side or simply kill all enemy agents. With the isometric style view you can see a good portion of the city or complexes surrounding your androids. On the left of the screen is your tactical display that shows the status of your androids, the weapons, the ammo and the map. Along your missions you should research and develop new weaponry and upgrades by rising up your funds. The funds are increasing every time you complete a mission. The basic gear of your four team members is a pistol, but you can gain more destructive weaponry as you progress, like Uzis, mini-guns, flamethrowers, sniper rifles, time bombs, lasers and the enormously destructive Gauss gun. You can also collect several other items like med kits to heal your agents, scanners to locate pedestrians/vehicles and the "Persuadertron" to brainwash your targets into blind obedience!

GRAPHICS / SOUND
The Jaguar version has pretty much the same graphics as the home computer versions (running in only 16 colors!), except that the map is slightly larger and easier to follow. Syndicate on the JAG is actually identical to the DOS version, with smooth multi-directional scrolling and very detailed scenery. The sprites are pretty small (as in all versions) but they are wonderfully animated. An added bonus for all Jaguar owners is the new Zoom function that allows the view to be zoomed out so you can see four times as much of the surroundings.
The game's sound is typical, including a bunch of nice sound effects and a few gameplay tunes that do the job well and add to the war atmosphere.