Echelon (Commodore 64)

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Description

Echelon is a space combat simulator with wire-frame graphics. Fly around an alien planet, looking for clues to a "mysterious event" in the planet's past.

The game has a feature that allows people to play without concerning themselves with battle, or turn off the "exploration" and concentrate solely on combat.

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Critic Reviews

64'er	May, 1989	14 out of 15	93
Happy Computer	Feb, 1988	77 out of 100	77
The Games Machine (UK)	Jun, 1988	71 out of 100	71
ASM (Aktueller Software Markt)	Dec, 1988	7 out of 12	58

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Trivia

C64 version

The Commodore 64 version of Echelon shipped with the "Lip Stik", a headset and microphone that purported to take voice commands, but in reality just acted as a firebutton. It plugged directly into the joystick port.

References

Unmarked even on the Hint Map were several unusual locations and structures, including a McDonalds, the Golden Gate bridge, and others. They could be blown up, and the bridges could be flown under and through (lengthwise).

Sound

The game uses Access' "Real Sound" technlogy - digitized sound through the standard PC speaker.

Information also contributed by Matt McLaine

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• Cambridge Centre for Computing History (MS-DOS) (For Tandy & IBM compatibles: exhibit reference ID CH11372; additional material.)
• Cambridge Centre for Computing History (US Gold, Amstrad CPC) (For Amstrad CPC464: exhibit reference ID CH41747; additional material.)
• Cambridge Centre for Computing History (ZX Spectrum) (For ZX Spectrum: exhibit reference ID CH9688; additional material.)
• Commodore 64 Boxed Sets (For C64: game packaging digitalisations. Include box, manual, brochure, additional material.)
• CPC-Power (in French) (For Amstrad CPC: game database entry; game packaging; manual digitalizations; goodies; advertisement; magazine reviews; downloadable releases; additional material.)
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• DOSBox, an x86 emulator with DOS (Statistics page of compatibility with original DOS version.)
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