Sudden sentience

Other (objects, etc.) concept

Something that shouldn't have sentience (self-aware and dictating its own actions) suddenly finds itself to have that.

8
games
5
platforms

Alternate names: Sudden self-awareness, Unexpected sentience

Cases where this is something that happened in the "distant" past should not count, such as most games involving SkyNET.

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Games by year

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The first Sudden sentience video game was released on March 26, 1994.

Dreadlocks and Night Dive Studios published most of these games.

Platforms

Linux 3
Windows 2
MS-DOS 1
Mac OS Classic 1
Mac OS X 1

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