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System Shock is a first-person action-adventure video game developed by Looking Glass Technologies and published by Origin Systems. Released in 1994, the game is set aboard the fictional Citadel Station in a cyberpunk vision of 2072. Assuming the role of a nameless hacker, the player attempts to hinder the plans of a malevolent artificial intelligence.
Unlike other first-person games of the time, System Shock features true 3D environments, and allows the player to look up and down, duck, go prone, jump, mantle, and lean to the side. Critics praised System Shock and hailed it as a major innovation in its genre. It was later placed on multiple hall of fame lists. The game was a moderate commercial success, with sales exceeding 170,000 copies. A sequel, System Shock 2, was released by Looking Glass Studios and off-shoot developer Irrational Games in 1999; the 2000 game Deus Ex and the 2007 game BioShock are spiritual successors to the two games.
System Shock is presented from a first-person perspective in a 3D environment. Its interface has been compared to that of Ultima Underworld; it features a freely movable mouse cursor for aiming weapons, interacting with objects, and manipulating the heads-up display (HUD). View and posture controls on the HUD allow the player to lean left or right, look up or down, crouch, and crawl; practical uses for these actions include taking cover, retrieving items beneath the player character, and navigating small passages. The HUD also features three "multi-function displays", which each present one of five selectable information windows, such as a weapon readout, an automap, or an inventory.
"In the Navy" is a song recorded by American disco group Village People released in 1979. It was the last top 10 hit for the group in the United States.
After the enormous commercial success of their 1978 hit "Y.M.C.A." which unexpectedly became the unofficial hymn and powerful advertising tool for the YMCA, the United States Navy contacted group manager Henri Belolo for production of a similar song about the United States Navy, considering using the song in a recruiting advertising campaign on television and radio. Henri Belolo gave the rights for free on the condition that the Navy help them shoot the music video. Less than a month later, Village People arrived at the San Diego Naval base. The Navy provided them with a warship (USS Reasoner (FF-1063)), several aircraft, and the crew of the ship (with the stipulation that the crew wouldn't dance). The Navy later canceled the campaign after protests erupted over using taxpayer money for a music video of a controversial group.
VERSE A: Your moves are so sweet I wanna touch you body So come along with me I wanna get inside you
And I don't give a damn Of all the things that you've come to Cause my intention is To rip the system out of you
CHORUS: With no space to move With no air to breathe You forced to give me what I need I'm gonna get you on the floor again
With no space to move With no air to breathe Prepare your cell to take the seed I'm gonna make you bleeding Take the leading wire
VERSE B: I've got the fake ID I start the infiltration I've found a breach in your Security foundation
I've fixed your databank Now you can recall my face Enjoy it for a moment Just before you leave this place
CHORUS.
ENDING: Latex suit Second skin Put it on Be my model
Gimme more Scream and shout Let it out Cyberlover