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25 years after it first came out, this game was re-released: first on UsefulNotes/Playstation4 in 2016, and then on UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch in 2018, in two varieties: original and [[UpdatedRerelease HD]].

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25 years after it first came out, this game was re-released: first on UsefulNotes/Playstation4 Platform/Playstation4 in 2016, and then on UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch Platform/NintendoSwitch in 2018, in two varieties: original and [[UpdatedRerelease HD]].
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* FanRemake[=/=]FanSequel: ''[[http://www.dreamcodex.com/regen.php rE/Generation]]'', developed for the Retro Remakes 2004 Competition.

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* FanRemake[=/=]FanSequel: FanSequel: ''[[http://www.dreamcodex.com/regen.php rE/Generation]]'', developed for the Retro Remakes 2004 Competition.

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* DungeonBypass: Explosives can be used to break open security doors.
* EnergyWeapon: You'll find a laser pistol fairly early in the game. It works well on [=A/-=] and [=B/Generation=] bioweapons.



* IsometricProjection

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* IsometricProjectionIsometricProjection: A fairly straightforward example that encourages the use of diagonals to move efficiently.



* LockAndKeyPuzzle

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* LockAndKeyPuzzleLockAndKeyPuzzle: Much of the gameplay requires you to locate misplaced keycards or hit the correct switches in order to open security doors.



* RealityWarper: [[spoiler:The [=D/Generation=]]]

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* RealityWarper: [[spoiler:The [=D/Generation=]]][=D/Generation=] is capable of terrifyingly realistic illusions that look and feel all too realistic.]]

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* AbandonedLaboratory:

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* AbandonedLaboratory:AbandonedLaboratory: The entire game takes place in the Genoq facility, whose employees are now hiding in fear from hostile creatures and automated security systems.



* NiceJobBreakingItHero: By persevering and making it all the way to Derrida, you [[spoiler:give the [=D/Generation=] the one thing it needs to escape before the building is blown up. The final level consists of fixing what you broke.]]

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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: By persevering and making it all the way to Derrida, Derrida to accomplish your task, you [[spoiler:give realize the stakes are much higher than initially thought: [[spoiler:you've given the [=D/Generation=] the one thing it needs to escape before the building is blown up.facility. The final level consists of fixing what you broke.]]



* RightManInTheWrongPlace: You're just a courier. Despite the warnings you find upon arriving at Genoq, you persist in your goal to deliver your package to Derrida.



* UnwittingPawn: The courier. [[spoiler:It wasn't Derrida who ordered the package, it was the [=D/Generation=], and delivering the item gives it the ability to escape. The final stretch of the game consists of making sure it doesn't.]]

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* UnwittingPawn: The You, the courier. [[spoiler:It wasn't Derrida who ordered the package, it was the [=D/Generation=], and delivering the item gives it the ability to escape. The final stretch of the game consists of making sure it doesn't.]]
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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: By persevering and making it all the way to Derrida, you [[spoiler:give the [=D/Generation=] the one thing it needs to escape before the building is blown up. The final level consists of fixing what you broke.]]


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* UnwittingPawn: The courier. [[spoiler:It wasn't Derrida who ordered the package, it was the [=D/Generation=], and delivering the item gives it the ability to escape. The final stretch of the game consists of making sure it doesn't.]]

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----25 years after it first came out, this game was re-released: first on UsefulNotes/Playstation4 in 2016, and then on UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch in 2018, in two varieties: original and [[UpdatedRerelease HD]].






* AbandonedLaboratory

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* VideoGameRemake: ''D/Generation HD'', a remake of the game with a more modern graphics style, released for the PS4, Xbox One, and PC.

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* VideoGameRemake: ''D/Generation HD'', a remake of the game with a more modern graphics style, released for the PS4, [=PS4=], Xbox One, and PC.
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* VideoGameRemake: ''D/Generation HD'', a remake of the game with a more modern graphics style, released for the PS4 and Xbox One.

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* VideoGameRemake: ''D/Generation HD'', a remake of the game with a more modern graphics style, released for the PS4 and PS4, Xbox One.One, and PC.
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* VideoGameRemake: ''D/Generation HD'', a remake of the game with a more modern graphics style, released for the PS4 and Xbox One.
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An ActionGame for home computers published by Mindscape in 1991, ''D/Generation'' takes place in the year 2021 at a genetics research facility based in Singapore. You play a courier armed with a laser gun who is charged with delivering a package to a man named Derrida, CEO of Genoq. In the course of doing this you battle genetic experiments and save employees of the company ([[VideoGameCrueltyPotential or ignore them, or kill them, or allow them to die]]), never straying from your mission to deliver the package.

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An ActionGame for home computers published by Mindscape in 1991, ''D/Generation'' takes place in the year 2021 at a genetics research facility based in Singapore.UsefulNotes/{{Singapore}}. You play a courier armed with a laser gun who is charged with delivering a package to a man named Derrida, CEO of Genoq. In the course of doing this you battle genetic experiments and save employees of the company ([[VideoGameCrueltyPotential or ignore them, or kill them, or allow them to die]]), never straying from your mission to deliver the package.
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* MookMaker: Air ducts in the floor spawn A/Generations and B/Generations when you approach. Run over a duct to secure it.

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* MookMaker: Air ducts in the floor spawn A/Generations [=A/Generations=] and B/Generations [=B/Generations=] when you approach. Run over a duct to secure it.



* RealityWarper: [[spoiler: The [=D/Generation=]]]

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* RealityWarper: [[spoiler: The [[spoiler:The [=D/Generation=]]]



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* ChestMonster: The [=C/Generations=] disguise themselves as normal office equipment or survivors until you walk up to them. The ones in human form have only one "tell": [[spoiler:if you use an explosive nearby, they won't shiver like real humans do.]]

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* ChestMonster: The [=C/Generations=] disguise themselves as normal office equipment or survivors until you walk up to them. The ones in human form have only one "tell": [[spoiler:if "tell". [[spoiler:If you use an explosive nearby, they won't shiver like real humans do.]]



* TimedMission: Roughly three quarters into the game you discover that [[spoiler: Genoq has dispatched a bomber to destroy the building and remove all evidence of the bioweapons, leaving you with 20 minutes to complete your job and escape. This is very unlikely to kill you, however -- the [=D/Generation=] will take care of that first.]]

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* TimedMission: Roughly three quarters into The last quarter of the game gives you discover that [[spoiler: Genoq 20 minutes to win. [[spoiler:Genoq has dispatched a bomber to destroy the building and remove all evidence of the bioweapons, leaving you with 20 minutes to complete your job and escape. bioweapons. This is very unlikely to kill you, however -- the [=D/Generation=] will take care of that first.]]
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* FanRemake[=/=]FanSequel: ''[[http://www.dreamcodex.com/regen.php rE/Generation]]'', developed for the Retro Remakes 2004 Competition.
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* DeflectorShields: One variety of power-up is temporary invincibility, represented by giving your character sprite a mosaic blur-like filter.



* HoistByHisOwnPetard: When multiple security turrets are in a room, you can sometimes run between them and lure them into shooting each other. Helps save grenades.

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* HoistByHisOwnPetard: When multiple security turrets are in a room, you can sometimes run between them and lure them into shooting each other. Helps save conserve grenades.


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* TimeStandsStill: One item temporarily freezes time for everything except you. However, this also means that you can't toggle switches until the effect wears off.

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* ApatheticCitizens: They just want to get out of there.

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* ApatheticCitizens: They just want to get out of there. The first one you meet even tries to convince you to sit tight and let someone else figure out what's going on.



* DroneOfDread: The gameplay soundtrack.

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* DroneOfDread: The gameplay soundtrack.soundtrack is pretty much this exclusively.



* HoistByHisOwnPetard: When multiple security turrets are in a room, you can sometimes run between them and lure them into shooting each other. Helps save grenades.



* LimitedSoundEffects

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* LimitedSoundEffectsLimitedSoundEffects: And music too (see Drone of Dread above).



* MookMaker
* OneHitPointWonder

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* MookMaker
MookMaker: Air ducts in the floor spawn A/Generations and B/Generations when you approach. Run over a duct to secure it.
* OneHitPointWonderOneHitPointWonder: Applies to you, civilians, and weaker enemies. Turrets and later foes require a shot of heavier ordnance.
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An ActionGame which takes place in a research facility working on genetics. You play a delivery boy armed with a laser gun who is charged with delivering a package to a man named Derrida, CEO of Genoq. In the course of doing this you battle genetic experiments and save employees of the company (or ignore them, or [[VideoGameCrueltyPotential kill them, or allow them to die]]), never straying from your mission to deliver the package.

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An ActionGame which for home computers published by Mindscape in 1991, ''D/Generation'' takes place in the year 2021 at a genetics research facility working on genetics. based in Singapore. You play a delivery boy courier armed with a laser gun who is charged with delivering a package to a man named Derrida, CEO of Genoq. In the course of doing this you battle genetic experiments and save employees of the company (or ([[VideoGameCrueltyPotential or ignore them, or [[VideoGameCrueltyPotential kill them, or allow them to die]]), never straying from your mission to deliver the package.



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!! This !!This game contains examples of:



* ChestMonster: The C-gens disguise themselves as normal office equipment or survivors until you walk up to them. The ones in human form have only one "tell": [[spoiler: if you use an explosive nearby, they won't shiver like real humans do.]]

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* ChestMonster: The C-gens [=C/Generations=] disguise themselves as normal office equipment or survivors until you walk up to them. The ones in human form have only one "tell": [[spoiler: if [[spoiler:if you use an explosive nearby, they won't shiver like real humans do.]]

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* OneUp: One for each civilian you save.



* ChestMonster: The C-gens disguise themselves as normal office equipment or survivors until you walk up to them.

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* ChestMonster: The C-gens disguise themselves as normal office equipment or survivors until you walk up to them. The ones in human form have only one "tell": [[spoiler: if you use an explosive nearby, they won't shiver like real humans do.]]



* HackingMinigame: Kind of

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* HackingMinigame: Kind ofof.



* OnlySmartPeopleMayPass: A computer asks for a password. The only hint is a vague phrase from an NPC

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* OnlySmartPeopleMayPass: A computer asks for a password. The only hint is a vague phrase from an NPCNPC.



* TimedMission: [[spoiler: Roughly three quarters into the game you discover that Genoq has dispatched a bomber to destroy the building and remove all evidence of the bioweapons, leaving you with 20 minutes to complete your job and escape.]]

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* TimedMission: [[spoiler: Roughly three quarters into the game you discover that [[spoiler: Genoq has dispatched a bomber to destroy the building and remove all evidence of the bioweapons, leaving you with 20 minutes to complete your job and escape.escape. This is very unlikely to kill you, however -- the [=D/Generation=] will take care of that first.]]
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* DroneOfDread: The gameplay soundtrack.


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* RealityWarper: [[spoiler: The [=D/Generation=]]]
* TimedMission: [[spoiler: Roughly three quarters into the game you discover that Genoq has dispatched a bomber to destroy the building and remove all evidence of the bioweapons, leaving you with 20 minutes to complete your job and escape.]]

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