{{onesource|date=September 2022}} {{Short description|1996 video game}} {{Infobox video game | title = Deadly Tide | image = Deadly Tide Cover.jpg | developer = Rainbow Studios | publisher = Microsoft | director = | producer = Earl Jarred | designer = | programmer = Mark DeSimone | artist = | writer = | composer = Mark Stratford | platforms = Windows | released = {{vgrelease|NA|November 1996<ref>{{Cite web |title=''Deadly Tide'' |url=http://www.gamespot.com/action/deadtd/index.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19970205010954/http://www.gamespot.com/action/deadtd/index.html |archive-date=February 5, 1997 |access-date=October 19, 2024 |website=GameSpot |quote=Released: 11/96}}</ref>}} | genre = Rail shooter | modes = Single-player }}
'''''Deadly Tide''''' is a rail shooter video game developed by Rainbow Studios and published by Microsoft exclusively for Microsoft Windows.
==Plot== In the year 2445, a race of hostile aquatic aliens arrives on Earth. Four of their ships sit at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean, raising sea levels continuously for 5 years until almost 88% of the surface is submerged. In order to effectively fight the aliens, the fictional Earth Ocean Alliance develops the "Hydras", one-man submarine fighter craft.
The player takes on the role of the last remaining fighter pilot. The objective is to travel through the alien-infested seas and fend off the targets long enough to complete the missions.
The game ends with the player character planting a bomb inside an alien ship and driving away the remaining aliens. However, the player is trapped inside one of the vessels, and his fate is uncertain as the game concludes.
==Gameplay== As in Rainbow Studios' other rail shooters ''The Hive'' and ''Ravage D.C.X.'', the player shoots targets that appear as live sprites in front of a full-motion video background. Occasionally, the video will stop and switch to a still background, which the player can pan around 360 degrees. The weapons include unlimited standard lasers and a limited supply of bombs.
In some levels, the player moves on foot and not in a vehicle. The gameplay, however, remains essentially unchanged.
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==External links== * {{moby game|/deadly-tide}}
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Category:1996 video games Category:Video games about alien invasions Category:Microsoft games Category:Rail shooters Category:Rainbow Studios games Category:Single-player video games Category:Video games developed in the United States Category:Video games set in the 25th century Category:Video games set underwater Category:Submarine simulation video games Category:Windows games Category:Windows-only games