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Syndicate Wars

1996 video game
VideoGame video_game Q1115082
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Summary

Syndicate Wars is a video game[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of video game entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,141 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Composer: Russell Shaw[3]
  • Publisher: Electronic Arts[4]
  • Genre: real-time tactics[5], cyberpunk video game[6], science fiction video game[7]
  • Follows: Syndicate[8]
  • Producer: Mike Diskett[9]
  • Developer: Bullfrog Productions[10]
  • Part of the series: Syndicate[11]
  • Platform: Microsoft Windows[12], DOS[13], PlayStation (console)[14]
  • Game mode: multiplayer video game[15], single-player video game[16]
  • Software engine: Magic Carpet[17]
  • Distribution format: CD-ROM[18], digital download[19], digital distribution[20]
  • Review score: ★★★[21]
  • Country of origin: United Kingdom[22]
  • Publication date: October 31, 1996[23]
  • Distributed by: GOG.com[24]
  • Narrative location: South Africa[25]
  • ESRB rating: Teen[26]
  • USK rating: USK 16[27]
  • PlayStation DataCenter URL: https://psxdatacenter.com/games/P/S/SLES-00212.html[28], https://psxdatacenter.com/games/P/S/SLES-00213.html[29], https://psxdatacenter.com/games/U/S/SLUS-00262.html[30]
  • P14470: Games/Syndicate_Wars[31]

Why It Matters

Syndicate Wars is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[32]

Related Entities

Bullfrog Productions CD-ROM DOS Electronic Arts Microsoft Windows South Africa United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . redump.org. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . Gen4. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . gog.com. gog.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . GOG.com. wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . ESRB rating database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . USK Classification Database. wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . PlayStation DataCenter. wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . PlayStation DataCenter. wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . PlayStation DataCenter. wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [32] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 6d ago · JzK · 2026-10-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Playstation datacenter url → https://psxdatacenter.com/games/P/S/SLES-00212.html, https://psxdatacenter.com/games/P/S/SLES-00213.html, https://psxdatacenter.com/games/U/S/SLUS-00262.html
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Playstation datacenter url: https://psxdatacenter.com/games/U/S/SLUS-00262.html, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/84919510|SYNDICATE WARS (#84919510)]] in [[:too"
  2. 8d ago · JzK · 2026-10-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Playstation datacenter url → https://psxdatacenter.com/games/P/S/SLES-00212.html, https://psxdatacenter.com/games/P/S/SLES-00213.html, https://psxdatacenter.com/games/U/S/SLUS-00262.html
    Usk rating → USK 16, USK 16
    Wikipedia languages → ['arz', 'bg', 'de', 'en', 'fr', 'it', 'lld']
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Playstation datacenter url: https://psxdatacenter.com/games/P/S/SLES-00212.html, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/84921869|SYNDICATE WARS (#84921869)]] in [[:too"
  3. 22d ago · Matthias M. · 2026-09-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Usk rating → USK 16, USK 16
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Usk rating: USK 16"
  4. 22d ago · Matthias M. · 2026-09-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Usk id → 1922, 2723
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Usk id: 1922, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/142842245|Syndicate Wars (#142842245)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/5476|USK]] #mix'n'match"
  5. 22d ago · Mule hollandaise · 2026-09-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Review score → ★★★
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Review score: ★★★, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/275226|batch #275226]]"
  6. 22d ago · Mule hollandaise · 2026-09-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Abandonware-france game id → 247
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Abandonware-france game id: 247, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/275230|batch #275230]]"
  7. 16w ago · Kirilloparma · 2026-06-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Narrative location → South Africa
    Instance of → —
    Country of origin → United Kingdom
    Distribution format → CD-ROM, digital download, digital distribution
    + 24 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/38730|batch #38730]]: adding Giant Bomb Wiki game IDs matched via OpenRefine"
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