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A 2D blend of shooter and real-time strategy where you play a disembodied brain remotely controlling many expendable clone and robot bodies. A fully destructible pixel world and physics chaos make every fight unpredictable.
What defines Cortex Command:
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The closest matches for Cortex Command are Battlezone Combat Commander, Hive Jump and Battlezone 98 Redux. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Cortex Command special – the reasons are listed right on each game.
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