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Interstate '76

Interstate '76 is a 1997 vehicular combat video game developed and published by Activision for Microsoft Windows. It is set in the year 1976, in an alternate timeline where the 1973 oil crisis never ended, leading to widespread chaos in the American Southwest. To survive the lawlessness, civilians become vigilantes, modifying their cars with weapons in order to survive. Gameplay revolves around customizing and altering cars to engage in combat with enemy vehicles. The game was developed using an enhanced version of the engine previously used in MechWarrior 2: 31st Century Combat (1995), and numerous well-known musicians contributed to the soundtrack. Interstate '76 was released on March 26, 1997. It received generally favorable reviews, and was praised for its originality, style, music, and characters, while being criticized for its graphics and the difficulty of driving and shooting simultaneously. It received an expansion in 1998, a sequel, Interstate '82 (1999), and spawned a spin-off series, Vigilante 8.

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Interstate '76 is a 1997 vehicular combat video game developed and published by Activision for Microsoft Windows. It is set in the year 1976, in an alternate timeline where the 1973 oil crisis never ended, leading to widespread chaos in the American Southwest. To survive the lawlessness, civilians become vigilantes, modifying their cars with weapons in order to survive. Gameplay revolves around customizing and altering cars to engage in combat with enemy vehicles. The game was developed using an enhanced version of the engine previously used in MechWarrior 2: 31st Century Combat (1995), and numerous well-known musicians contributed to the soundtrack. Interstate '76 was released on March 26, 1997. It received generally favorable reviews, and was praised for its originality, style, music, and characters, while being criticized for its graphics and the difficulty of driving and shooting simultaneously. It received an expansion in 1998, a sequel, Interstate '82 (1999), and spawned a spin-off series, Vigilante 8.

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  1. publication date: 2010 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
  2. release date: 1997-03-26 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
  3. release date: 1998-02-28 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
  4. release date: 1998 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

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  1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
  2. The record states that the publication date is "2010". What evidence would count against this claim?
  3. The record states that the release date is "1997-03-26". What evidence would count against this claim?
  4. The record states that the release date is "1998-02-28". What evidence would count against this claim?
  5. The record states that the release date is "1998". What evidence would count against this claim?
  6. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
  7. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

Bibliography

  1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1377141354

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