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You play [[Luke Nounverber|Sol Cutter]], a small-time thief who ferries stolen data [[Neural Implanting|inside of his brain]] (à la ''[[Johnny Mnemonic]]''). While he's robbing Softech Industries, a deadly [[Computer Virus]] known as [[Title Drop|Burn:Cycle]] is downloaded into Sol's mind. It's dormant now, but if Sol doesn't get that virus out of his head within [[Time Bomb|two hours]], his brain is yogurt. This countdown occurs in real time, essentially boiling down the game to one big [[Timed Mission]], but there are enough [[Save Point|save]] opportunities to see gamers through.
You play [[Luke Nounverber|Sol Cutter]], a small-time thief who ferries stolen data [[Neural Implanting|inside of his brain]] (à la ''[[Johnny Mnemonic]]''). While he's robbing Softech Industries, a deadly [[Computer Virus]] known as [[Title Drop|Burn:Cycle]] is downloaded into Sol's mind. It's dormant now, but if Sol doesn't get that virus out of his head within [[Time Bomb|two hours]], his brain is yogurt. This countdown occurs in real time, essentially boiling down the game to one big [[Timed Mission]], but there are enough [[Save Point|save]] opportunities to see gamers through.


Despite having decent graphics for the time and comparably-good acting, ''Burn:Cycle'' is infamous for both its kitschy aesthetic and nutty (yet oddly straight-faced) storyline. Sol's [[Private Eye Monologue|hard-boiled narration]] riffs on ''[[Blade Runner (Film)|Blade Runner]]'', and the colorful characters he meets along the way are arguably the game's biggest strength.
Despite having decent graphics for the time and comparably-good acting, ''Burn:Cycle'' is infamous for both its kitschy aesthetic and nutty (yet oddly straight-faced) storyline. Sol's [[Private Eye Monologue|hard-boiled narration]] riffs on ''[[Blade Runner]]'', and the colorful characters he meets along the way are arguably the game's biggest strength.
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** After Sol's brain gets transferred into a woman, he wakes up in a spandex outfit with a navel-baring window.
** After Sol's brain gets transferred into a woman, he wakes up in a spandex outfit with a navel-baring window.
* [[Batman Gambit]]: Everything Sol does in the game is according to Vielli's design -- even his failures!
* [[Batman Gambit]]: Everything Sol does in the game is according to Vielli's design -- even his failures!
* [[Battle in The Center of The Mind]]: The [[Rail Shooter]] segment versus Sol's Rage.
* [[Battle in the Center of the Mind]]: The [[Rail Shooter]] segment versus Sol's Rage.
* [[Bond Villain Stupidity]]: Dealey [[In the Back|turning his back]] on Sol. This mere moments after gloating over how he killed Sol's partner. True, Dealey's men were just about to burst in, but Sol had literally nothing to lose in shooting him.
* [[Bond Villain Stupidity]]: Dealey [[In the Back|turning his back]] on Sol. This mere moments after gloating over how he killed Sol's partner. True, Dealey's men were just about to burst in, but Sol had literally nothing to lose in shooting him.
* [[Brain Uploading]]
* [[Brain Uploading]]
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* [[Gender Bender]]: Under duress, Sol agrees to be downloaded into one of Vielli's spare bodies: a "pleasure model". [[Squick|Ick]].
* [[Gender Bender]]: Under duress, Sol agrees to be downloaded into one of Vielli's spare bodies: a "pleasure model". [[Squick|Ick]].
** Cutter's nemesis mentions he [[Attractive Bent Gender|looks better now]].
** Cutter's nemesis mentions he [[Attractive Bent Gender|looks better now]].
** [[First Law of Gender Bending]]: Sol Cutter's original body is pretty much unusable now, so he's [[Cursed With Awesome|stuck with the good-looking, athletic body]].
** [[First Law of Gender Bending]]: Sol Cutter's original body is pretty much unusable now, so he's [[Cursed with Awesome|stuck with the good-looking, athletic body]].
* [[Generic Ethnic Crime Gang]]: Puerto-Rican pharmaceutical smugglers.
* [[Generic Ethnic Crime Gang]]: Puerto-Rican pharmaceutical smugglers.
* [[Gunpoint Banter]]: "When God was crapping stupidity, he dropped a ''shitload'' on you!"
* [[Gunpoint Banter]]: "When God was crapping stupidity, he dropped a ''shitload'' on you!"
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* [[Inside a Computer System]]
* [[Inside a Computer System]]
* [[It's Quiet... Too Quiet]]: Sol remarks on this after gaining entry to his hotel room.
* [[It's Quiet... Too Quiet]]: Sol remarks on this after gaining entry to his hotel room.
* [[It Was With You All Along]]: See "Master of Disguise".
* [[It Was with You All Along]]: See "Master of Disguise".
* [[Kavorka Man]]: Sol is an average-looking bloke with a thinning hairline. Judging by the contents of his hotel room, though, he's been busy. Gala also comments on his "cute ass".
* [[Kavorka Man]]: Sol is an average-looking bloke with a thinning hairline. Judging by the contents of his hotel room, though, he's been busy. Gala also comments on his "cute ass".
* [[Kill'Em All]]: {{spoiler|Only Sol and Vielli survive the game... and technically speaking, Vielli's already dead!}}
* [[Kill'Em All]]: {{spoiler|Only Sol and Vielli survive the game... and technically speaking, Vielli's already dead!}}
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* [[Mutilation Interrogation]]: [[Inverted Trope|Inverted]] with Dealey, who threatens to keep chopping away at Sol's (unconscious) body until he delivers the software. Sol gets around this impediment by switching bodies altogether.
* [[Mutilation Interrogation]]: [[Inverted Trope|Inverted]] with Dealey, who threatens to keep chopping away at Sol's (unconscious) body until he delivers the software. Sol gets around this impediment by switching bodies altogether.
* [[Neck Lift]]: "Sol's Rage" throttles Sol while rattling off his past failures.
* [[Neck Lift]]: "Sol's Rage" throttles Sol while rattling off his past failures.
* [[Never Bring a Knife To A Gun Fight]]: [[Subverted Trope|Subverted]] in NAMO's backstory: Whenever an undercover agent is found within their ranks, they give him a pistol and [[Mercy Lead|an hour's lead]] to run away. Once it's elapsed, a cadre of ladies with short-bladed knives are sent out after him. According to Sol, not ''one'' of those agents survived with their [[Flaying Alive|scalp attached]].
* [[Never Bring a Knife to A Gun Fight]]: [[Subverted Trope|Subverted]] in NAMO's backstory: Whenever an undercover agent is found within their ranks, they give him a pistol and [[Mercy Lead|an hour's lead]] to run away. Once it's elapsed, a cadre of ladies with short-bladed knives are sent out after him. According to Sol, not ''one'' of those agents survived with their [[Flaying Alive|scalp attached]].
* [[Night Vision Goggles]]: The hotel level.
* [[Night Vision Goggles]]: The hotel level.
* [[Nothing Personal]]
* [[Nothing Personal]]
* [[No New Fashions in The Future]]: Epitomized by the characters' clothes and hair styles, which more resemble late-[[The Eighties|80s]] punk fashions.
* [[No New Fashions in the Future]]: Epitomized by the characters' clothes and hair styles, which more resemble late-[[The Eighties|80s]] punk fashions.
* [[Outgrown Such Silly Superstitions]]: [[Averted Trope|Averted]] with the New Age Movement.
* [[Outgrown Such Silly Superstitions]]: [[Averted Trope|Averted]] with the New Age Movement.
* [[Playful Hacker]]: Zip.
* [[Playful Hacker]]: Zip.
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* [[Show Some Leg]]: Sol arranges for Gala to use this trick on a guard patrolling outside his hotel.
* [[Show Some Leg]]: Sol arranges for Gala to use this trick on a guard patrolling outside his hotel.
* [[Slow Doors]]: [[Averted Trope|Averted]] in the prologue; Sol doesn't make it, and Kris is shot dead on the helipad.
* [[Slow Doors]]: [[Averted Trope|Averted]] in the prologue; Sol doesn't make it, and Kris is shot dead on the helipad.
* [[Tap On the Head]]: One karate chop from Gala is enough to lay a mook flat.
* [[Tap on the Head]]: One karate chop from Gala is enough to lay a mook flat.
* [[There Are Two Kinds of People in The World]]: "Those who rush, and those who don't."
* [[There Are Two Kinds of People in the World]]: "Those who rush, and those who don't."
* [[Threshold Guardians]]: The gold Buddha.
* [[Threshold Guardians]]: The gold Buddha.
* [[Trauma-Induced Amnesia]]: The scattered flashbacks to Sol's days as a corporate "[[Professional Killer|adjuster]]".
* [[Trauma-Induced Amnesia]]: The scattered flashbacks to Sol's days as a corporate "[[Professional Killer|adjuster]]".
* [[Two Decades Behind]]
* [[Two Decades Behind]]
* [[Unusually Uninteresting Sight]]: Nobody inside the nightclub seems to bat an eyelash when a gunfight erupts.
* [[Unusually Uninteresting Sight]]: Nobody inside the nightclub seems to bat an eyelash when a gunfight erupts.
* [[We Hardly Knew Ye]]: Kris in the intro. [[Zig Zagging Trope|Zig zagged]] when Sol rediscovers her in the Televerse -- {{spoiler|only for Kris to morph into her true form, Vielli}}.
* [[We Hardly Knew Ye]]: Kris in the intro. [[Zig-Zagging Trope|Zig zagged]] when Sol rediscovers her in the Televerse -- {{spoiler|only for Kris to morph into her true form, Vielli}}.
* [[We Will Spend Credits in The Future]]
* [[We Will Spend Credits in the Future]]
* [[Welcome to My World]]: Vielli in the Televerse.
* [[Welcome to My World]]: Vielli in the Televerse.
* [[What Do You Mean It Wasn't Made On Drugs?]]
* [[What Do You Mean It Wasn't Made on Drugs?]]
* [[White Collar Crime]]
* [[White Collar Crime]]
* [[Would You Like to Hear How They Died?]]: Dealey's mocking reference to Kris' death, revealing it was he who shot her.
* [[Would You Like to Hear How They Died?]]: Dealey's mocking reference to Kris' death, revealing it was he who shot her.

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 "It ain’t easy bein’ a two-bit thug in an eight-bit town."

A first-person Cyberpunk Adventure Game which incorporates puzzles and Full Motion Video, similar to that of The Seventh Guest. Regarded by retro gamers as a Cult Classic and one of the best games on the Philips CD-i.

You play Sol Cutter, a small-time thief who ferries stolen data inside of his brain (à la Johnny Mnemonic). While he's robbing Softech Industries, a deadly Computer Virus known as Burn:Cycle is downloaded into Sol's mind. It's dormant now, but if Sol doesn't get that virus out of his head within two hours, his brain is yogurt. This countdown occurs in real time, essentially boiling down the game to one big Timed Mission, but there are enough save opportunities to see gamers through.

Despite having decent graphics for the time and comparably-good acting, Burn:Cycle is infamous for both its kitschy aesthetic and nutty (yet oddly straight-faced) storyline. Sol's hard-boiled narration riffs on Blade Runner, and the colorful characters he meets along the way are arguably the game's biggest strength.

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 "Don't touch those! I get charged for what I use."

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