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A drill-armed Big Daddy approaches the player in an original BioShock screenshot.

A drill-armed Big Daddy approaches the player in an original BioShock screenshot.

PC · 2007 · 6 guides & references

Cheats, locations & unlocks

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Key characters

Player character

Jack

A plane-crash survivor who descends through the lighthouse into Rapture. His understanding of the city develops with the player’s.

Radio contact

Atlas

An early voice of guidance who asks Jack for help while directing him through Rapture.

Rapture’s founder

Andrew Ryan

The industrialist whose beliefs shaped the city. His broadcasts and institutions reveal the principles behind its construction.

Scientist

Brigid Tenenbaum

A researcher connected to ADAM who urges Jack to rescue the Little Sisters.

Characters

Artwork & pictures

An illuminated plasmid advertisement overlooks a stairway in Rapture.
An illuminated plasmid advertisement overlooks a stairway in Rapture.
A drill-armed Big Daddy approaches the player in an original BioShock screenshot.
A drill-armed Big Daddy approaches the player in an original BioShock screenshot.
The Medical Pavilion entrance and its art deco signs in Rapture.
The Medical Pavilion entrance and its art deco signs in Rapture.
The player faces a Big Daddy in a flooded, tiled corridor.
The player faces a Big Daddy in a flooded, tiled corridor.

Pictures & sources

References

Covered edition: Original 2007 PC BioShock campaign. BioShock Remastered, BioShock 2 and later series entries are outside this wiki. Images are publisher assets from the original Steam listing.