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{{Infobox video game
|title = The Reap
|image = The Reap PC Cover.jpg
|developer = [[Company:Housemarque|Housemarque]]
|publisher = [[Company:Take-Two Interactive|Take-Two Interactive]]
|designer =
|engine =
|released = November 1997<ref>{{cite web |url=https://taketwointeractivesoftwareinc.gcs-web.com/static-files/4d6dfd68-a8a3-4e9f-b2cd-a6cfbbc78d79 |title=FORM 10-KSB |date=February 6, 1998 |publisher=[[Company:Take-Two Interactive|Take-Two Interactive]] |pages=3–5 |access-date=October 21, 2022}}</ref>
|genre = [[Software:Shoot 'em up|Shoot 'em up]]
|modes = [[Software:Single-player video game|Single-player]]
|platforms = [[Software:Microsoft Windows|Microsoft Windows]]
}}

'''''The Reap''''' is an arcade [[Software:Shooter game|shooter]]. It was released in 1997 for the PC, developed by [[Company:Housemarque|Housemarque]] and published by Take 2 Interactive Software Europe.

== Gameplay ==
The game has a total of 4 stages and each stage has three to four levels, altogether there are 10 levels. Players are tasked to shoot enemies in an arctic oriented scenery. Next they fly through the deep oceans, wherein between shipwrecks and fish bones are sharks, submarines, and a genetically-engineered quadrapus waiting for them. After this there comes a canyon-desert stage. At last, players fight their enemies in a skyscraper city.

The player's ship can get 5 weapon systems and all of them can be upgraded three times. The biggest weapon is a rocket blaster. Players can also find bombs or invulnerability shields.

The game was influenced by the Neo Geo game [[Software:Viewpoint (video game)|Viewpoint (video game)]]<ref>{{cite web|title=What inspired The Reap - A 20th Anniversary Chronicle |url=http://www.housemarque.com/what-inspired-the-reap/}}</ref> and shares some similarities like the isometric view.

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