The player assumes the role of Dr. Angelo, sent in to virtual reality to defeat Jobe, who was born with an intellectual disability but increased his brain capacity by 400% using virtual reality, then eventually left his physical body and entered VR permanently.

For instance, one of the levels has the player flying through tunnels while avoiding multiple objects, much like one of the games in the film.

Cyberwar consists of three discs but also includes a CD with the soundtrack featured in the game.

A reviewer for Next Generation gave the PC version two out of five stars, calling it "little more than a rehash of SCI's original title The Lawnmower Man with slightly changed action sequences and the 256-color graphics supposed to be included the first time.

[3] Reviewing it as an import, Next Generation gave it two out of five stars, razing it for its extremely limited interactivity.