Buzz Aldrin's Race into Space
The sights, the sounds, the wonder... Experience mankind's epic journey to the stars.
Prepare yourself for a multimedia simulation of the greatest adventure mankind has ever known... the race to the moon. Assuming the role of Mission Director for either the United States or the Soviet Republic, you'll design and guide your country's space program in a heated race to land the first man on the moon. Historically detailed in every way, Buzz Aldrin's Race into Space transports you back to the beginning of mankind's exploration of space. Guiding this history, you will experience the glory, the sacrifice, the triumph and the devastation born of the ultimate quest to touch the heavens.
"...a gaming experience not to be missed" - Computer Gaming World
Play the U.S. or Soviets against a human or computer opponent.
Engage in planetary and lunar flybys, LEM tests, lift-offs, space walks, lunar orbits and landings, splashdowns and more!
Choose full modem or e-mail play to race into space against a friend.
Experience hundreds of historic video sequences from NASA.
View never-before-seen film footage from the Soviet space program.
Witness over 10,000 historical photos and digitized images.
Select from over 140 astronauts and cosmonauts, choose their training missions and determine which ones have the right stuff.
Conquer three levels of difficulty, including all new Quick Start beginner play level.
Construct your space program selecting from over 30 different types of space hardware and more than 300 mission types.
Includes an historically detailed book chronicling the history of the space race, including photos, biographies, historic missions, blueprints and more!
Take in the action while listening to a 45-piece orchestrated musical score, sound effects and digitized voice.
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25th Anniversary of Lunar Landing Marks Buzz Aldrin's Race Into Space Arrival on CD-ROM
Irvine, California - Aug 3, 1994 - Interplay Productions announced today the arrival of Buzz Aldrin's Race Into Space, one of their best-selling disk-based titles, for the CD-ROM format. Now available for IBM and 100% compatible computers, the release of Buzz Aldrin's Race Into Space Enhanced CD-ROM coincides with the 25th anniversary of The Appolo 11 landing on the moon. Buzz Aldrin's Race Into Space Enhanced CD-ROM features over 20 historic and proposed plans to reach the moon. The player will choose to assume one of two roles: that of Mission Director for the United States or the Soviet Union. The players' mission is to be the first to put their nation's flag on the moon. The players' resources include that of over 140 astronauts or cosmonauts from which the player will plan, manipulate and direct every possible mission: sub-orbital; orbital manned and unmanned; planetary and lunar fly-bys; lunar orbits; space-walks; LEM tests; lunar passes; and lunar landings.
"We're excited to release this title, especially at such a celebrated time in our nation's history," said Jerry Luttrell, marketing manager for Interplay Productions. "A lot of time and research have gone into the making of this CD-ROM version, to make it a top-notch, informative, interesting and fun game to play."
This CD-ROM version of Buzz Aldrin's Race Into Space boasts over 60 minutes of full-motion video. One of the several highlighted features of this full-motion video is the actual live-action footage of both U.S. and Soviet history-making missions. Additionally, the player will be privy to actual never before seen footage from the Soviet archives. A digitized newsroom, with coverage by a live news-anchor, will keep the "director" fully informed of both U.S. and Soviet movements in the space arena.
Players will watch historic video footage from NASA which shows various space programs including the Mercury, Gemini and Apollo programs, while listening to a full musical score performed by a 52 piece orchestra. Players will witness blast-offs, space flights, walks in space, splash downs, lunar orbitals and the historical lunar landing that marked a monumental achievement and brought an entire nation together.
Players may choose to play against the computer or against a human opponent. In achieving this dual-player capacity, Interplay utilized their technological know-how to connect-up remote rivals via modem or using a unique E-mail feature. A "beginning player" mode reduces failure penalties against the player and increases the difficulty level for the computer opponent.
Buzz Aldrin's Race Into Space Enhanced CD-ROM is available now for IBM computers and 100% compatibles 386SX or higher system, with a hard drive and mouse, requires 4MB of RAM (580K base = 2900K EMS), DOS 3.1 or higher, a VGA video card and MPC compliant CD-ROM drive. Sound devices supported are the Adlib, Adlib Gold, Sound Blaster series and 100% compatible sound cards as well as the internal PC speaker. Buzz Aldrin's Race Into Space Enhanced CD-ROM is also available on floppy disk for both IBM computers and 100% compatibles.
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