''Burntime'' is a strategy/RPG video game for

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and

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produced by

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in 1993.

Plot

The game is set in a

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future, based on the three stages of every civilized society:

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, and downfall. Burntime starts at the end of a flourishing

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. The main goal of the game is to conquer the remaining habitable areas, as well as to survive.

Gameplay

To progress through this game the player must establish sources of

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and

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. The player must then clear out

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s and hire

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to guard the location. Armor can be found in the form of protective suits, and all elements of a suit must be collected for full protection. There are three classes of mercenaries:

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s, and

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. Fighters are good at defending areas and killing monsters. Technicians are needed to combine scrap items to produce working items (for example, wire, plus screws, plus a woodpile will produce a rat trap, a great source of food and income). Finally, doctors will heal the player and his men if he keeps them over a period of time.

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