Editing SubSpace (video game) (section)

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{{Infobox video game
| title = SubSpace: The Internet Game
|image = Subspace Cover.jpg
|director      = Michael Simpson
|producer      = Rod Humble
|artist        = Juan L. Sanchez
|programmer    = Jeff Peterson<br>Jerod M. Bennett<br>Robin Keir
|composer      = David Fries<br>Mical Pedriana
|developer = [[EA Pacific|Burst Studios]]
|publisher = [[Virgin Interactive]]
|released = December 1997
|genre = [[Action game|Action]]
|modes = [[Multiplayer video game|Multiplayer]]
|platforms = [[Windows]]
}}

'''''SubSpace''''' is a [[2D computer graphics|2D]] space shooter [[video game]] created in 1995 and released in 1997 by [[Virgin Interactive]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Continuum |url=http://www.getcontinuum.com/ |website=www.getcontinuum.com |access-date=23 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230717203556/http://www.getcontinuum.com/ |archive-date=Jul 17, 2023 |language=en |url-status=live}}</ref> which was a finalist for the [[Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences]] Online Game of the Year Award in 1998.<ref name='AIAS award'>{{cite web|url=http://www.interactive.org/awards.php?winners&year=1998&cat=199824#199824 |title=The Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences :: Awards |accessdate=June 19, 2007 |publisher=[[The Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences]] |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20070927043422/http://www.interactive.org/awards.php?winners&year=1998&cat=199824#199824 <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archivedate = September 27, 2007}}</ref> ''SubSpace'' incorporates quasi-realistic zero-friction [[physics]] into a [[massively multiplayer online game]].<ref name="ssd">{{cite web |url=http://www.subspacedownloads.com/index.php?act=what_is  |archive-date=Feb 22, 2004 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040222182731/http://www.subspacedownloads.com/index.php?act=what_is |language=en |access-date=22 July 2023 |title=What Is SS? |website=www.subspacedownloads.com}}</ref> 

The game is no longer operated by VIE; instead, fans and players of the game provide servers and technical updates.<ref name="GameSurge">{{cite web | title =NR Gaming Infantry Interview | publisher =GameSurge (originally from New Reality Gaming) | date =September 20, 1999  | url =http://www.gamesurge.com/archive/september99.shtml | accessdate =March 5, 2008}}</ref>  

The action is viewed from above, which presents challenges very different from those of a [[3D computer graphics|three-dimensional]] game. The game has no built-in story or set of goals; players may enter a variety of [[server (computing)|server]]s, each of which have differing objectives, maps, sounds, and [[graphics]].

''SubSpace'' is considered an early entry in the [[massively multiplayer online game|massively multiplayer online]] genre due to its unprecedented player counts.<ref name="GameSpot">{{cite web | last =Sengstack | first =Jeff | title =SubSpace for PC Review – PC Review SubSpace | website =GameSpot | date =January 9, 1998  | url =http://www.gamespot.com/pc/action/subspace/review.html?mode=gsreview | accessdate =March 5, 2008}}</ref>