Kingpin: Life of Crime

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Kingpin: Life of Crime is a first-person shooter developed by Xatrix Entertainment (now a part of Treyarch) and published by Interplay Entertainment in June 1999. The game begins with the player character wounded and beaten up by the Kingpin's henchmen, and the story follows his thirst for revenge. Released shortly after the Columbine High School massacre, the game attracted controversy which led it to be dropped from various retailers, despite receiving moderate critical acclaim. The soundtrack for Kingpin was provided by the rap group Cypress Hill, and featured three tracks from their album IV. They were: - 16 Men Till There's No Men Left - Checkmate - Lightning Strikes Alongside the full versions of these tracks, instrumental versions with the vocals removed were used as backing tracks. Cypress Hill also provided some of the voice acting for the game.

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8 h 13 minAverage completion time
7 h 13 minMain
8 h 8 minMain + Sides
12 h 29 minCompletionist

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Genres
Shooter • RPG
Game Modes
Single player • Multiplayer
Player Perspective
First person
Platforms and release dates

Linux

1999-07-01

PC

2009-08-19
Developers
Xatrix Entertainment
Publishers
Interplay Entertainment
Game Engines
id Tech 2
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Kingpin: Life of Crime is a first-person shooter developed by Xatrix Entertainment (now a part of Treyarch) and published by Interplay Entertainment in June 1999. The game begins with the player character wounded and beaten up by the Kingpin's henchmen, and the story follows his thirst for revenge. Released shortly after the Columbine High School massacre, the game attracted controversy which led it to be dropped from various retailers, despite receiving moderate critical acclaim. The soundtrack for Kingpin was provided by the rap group Cypress Hill, and featured three tracks from their album IV. They were: - 16 Men Till There's No Men Left - Checkmate - Lightning Strikes Alongside the full versions of these tracks, instrumental versions with the vocals removed were used as backing tracks. Cypress Hill also provided some of the voice acting for the game.

Details

Genres
Shooter • RPG
Game Modes
Single player • Multiplayer
Player Perspective
First person
Platforms and release dates

Linux

1999-07-01

PC

2009-08-19
Developers
Xatrix Entertainment
Publishers
Interplay Entertainment
Game Engines
id Tech 2