MobyRank MobyScore
Commodore 64
...
4.0
Atari ST
84
3.4
DOS
...
3.5

Description

You have a ship with virtually no equipment. Take her and trade among the different star systems. You can be safe and trade on razor-thin margins among the safe systems, or take some risks and trade with anarchic systems while watching out for pirates. You can save on fuel costs by buying a fuel scoop and fly near the sun, but again, watch out for pirates! Or be a pirate yourself and raid other ships... Don't get a bad rep as the police will come after you... Dock with space stations and do your trades (some may take contraband...) Upgrade your ship with your proceeds with better weapons, shields, and other equipment. With 8 different galaxies, each with HUNDREDS of planets, there are plenty of room for exploration! Can you make your reputation all the way up to "elite"?

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User Reviews

Explore the galaxy on one 5 1/4 Floppy. DOS woods01 (156)
One in a million! Amstrad CPC Paul Wildman (3)
Welcome, Commander Jameson. Amstrad CPC pophase (8)
probably the most immersive non-roleplaying game of it's time DOS Zzap (43)

The Press Says

Sinclair User ZX Spectrum Nov, 1985 5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars 100
Zzap! Amiga Feb, 1989 98 out of 100 98
ASM (Aktueller Software Markt) Atari ST Dec, 1988 11 out of 12 92
The Games Machine (UK) DOS Oct, 1987 88 out of 100 88
The Games Machine (UK) Amiga Feb, 1989 86 out of 100 86
Power Play Atari ST Dec, 1988 85 out of 100 85
The One Amiga Jan, 1989 85 out of 100 85
Computer and Video Games (CVG) Atari ST Nov, 1988 82 out of 100 82
ST Action Atari ST Nov, 1988 78 out of 100 78
ST/Amiga Format Atari ST Nov, 1988 75 out of 100 75

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Trivia

Two versions were supplied with the DOS release, Shaded and Line Drawn, at the selection screen this message is displayed regarding the shaded version;

"...but unless your machine is powerful (6MHz 80286 or greater) it will not run very quickly and you should select the line drawn version"


This entry was contributed by Makitk (27), totalgridlock (86), Martin Smith (64035), Terok Nor (10544), cafeine (142) and Will D (799)
 

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