Silencer

Silencer is an online, multiplayer-only video game by Mind Control Software that was published by the World Opponent Network (WON.net) for free play on their website in January 2000. It features capture-the-flag-style gameplaycommon in 3D first-person shooter arenas at the timebut presents it in a low-resource 2D package. The game was released by WON.net as an open beta. It saw a number of beta updates before it was removed, without explanation, from WON.net's website in September 2000 and the multiplayer servers shut down in October 2000. Silencer is a bit of an anomaly in that it managed to spawn a fan-made WONswap site, 7 known fansites, plus a legacy of independent multiplayer servers and game clones (see below), from its short run as an open beta on WON.net. Gameplay Silencer combines the elements of a platform game with science fiction action games such as Crusader: No Remorse (an earlier game that also features characters called "Silencers"). The game involves five competing agencies that send agents, called "Silencers," into the field to hack public computer terminals with the goal of exposing the Martian government's secrets. The player controls a Silencer that carries an array of weapons and other items. Silencers in the same team work together to kill enemy Silencers while also collecting secrets. There can be more than one team from the same agency. The five agencies each have specializations which give them various advantages over each other (including access to one agency-specific item): Noxisgood jumpers and high endurance (good for beginners) Staticskilled hackers and excellent radar technology Caliberupper-class group with great pay and easy access to secret info Lazarushigh-tech cult that worships rebirth Black Roseelite agency whose agents always work alone At the start of each game, each team's leader creates a hidden door to a base at any location on the map they choose. This base has features for healing, purchasing a variety of items and weapons, and storing secrets. Silencers search the playfield for computer terminals to hack while evading assault from enemy Silencers. Silencers are paid for any hacked information they make it back to base with (for the purchase of more items). As the game progresses and intel is collected, teams will learn the location of a terminal with a top secret. A Silencer then has a limited amount of time to retrieve the top secret.