ReBoot

The game's creation began in 1995, when two representatives (one from EA Canada, the other from Mainframe Studios) met and agreed on the idea. EA Canada spent over the next three years going through various technological meetings during the development cycle. ReBoot garnered mixed reviews from critics who were divided over the digital control, gameplay and graphics.

• Title — ReBoot • Developer — EA Canada • Publisher — Electronic Arts • Composer — Robert Buckley • Designer — George Ashcroft • Genre — Action • Modes — Single-player • Platforms — PlayStation • Producer — Jules Burt • Programmer — Jan Tian • Director — Denise Brown Mark Lutz

The player controls Bob, who starts with an ordinary pistol. The main goal in each level is to mend the tear and kill enemies. Weapons that are more powerful can be obtained as the player progresses through the game. Bob can use a variety of keytools to either mend a tear or defeat an enemy. Keytool abilities include stealing health from enemies to replenish the player's; scrambling the wires of Megabyte's basic weapon, the turret, to turn it against enemies; and freezing enemies for a limited period of time. Throughout each level is an item that can be used to power up the player's weapon, replenish health or give the player temporary invincibility. Some items are hidden, while others appear after defeating an enemy. In the game, there are cutscenes that play after every level. If the player completes a level in a quick amount of time, close to the time given to mend a tear, a good version of the cutscene will play. If the player fails to finish the level before this hidden timer runs out, a bad version of the cutscene will play. There are no Game Cubes in the game.

Megabyte has found a way to use the power of energy tears to reach the core of the principal office thanks to Hexadecimal's mirrors and is determined to take over Mainframe. Bob, the game's lead character, must mend tears and destroy deadly adversaries in the six sectors of Mainframe: Baudway, Cit E (also known as Wall Street), Beverly Hills, Kits, Floating Point Park and G-Prime along with the island of Lost Angles.

EA Canada's studio was located close to Mainframe Studios, which produced the ReBoot television series. In 1995, representatives from the two studios met and agreed to make a game based on the show. EA Canada spent a year in design meetings, testing game concepts and prototype technologies. The entire development cycle was roughly two years.