MobyRank MobyScore
Macintosh
...
4.4
Sega CD
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3.2
Windows 3.x
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3.8

Description

A rogue navy ship named Obrian poses a grave threat to humanity. A virus has wiped out its crew, but the threat of it using its Iron Helix doomsday weapon is still there. Using a robotic droid, you must explore the ship to work out how to shut these down.

The game uses interactive quarter-screen footage to display the ship's layout. From an action perspective, the main unusual challenge is that an automated security device is chasing you down, and must be avoided and ultimately destroyed.

As you explore the ship, you will find data ports, which can be jacked into to gain information or to open doorways. To access most of these, you will need to find a DNA sample from a member of staff whose role gave him/her access.



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User Reviews

A harbinger of things to come Windows 3.x Maury Markowitz (203)
A great game in its time. More important for what it foreshadowed than for what it was. Windows 3.x Steelysama (91)
CD Games Begin Windows 3.x Game22 (42)

The Press Says

GamePro Sega CD Feb, 1995 4.5 out of 5 90
Secret Service / New S Service Windows 3.x Jul, 1994 85 out of 100 85
Svenska Hemdatornytt Windows 3.x May, 1994 5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars 83
PC Games (Germany) Windows 3.x Jan, 1994 76 out of 100 76
Just Games Retro Sega CD Jan 11, 2003 71 out of 100 71
Gamer's Zone Windows 3.x 1997 3 Stars3 Stars3 Stars3 Stars3 Stars 60
Game Players Sega CD Feb, 1995 48 out of 100 48

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Trivia

The song played at the game's main menu (samples of which are also heard in various other parts of the game) is a real song. It's appropriately called "Iron Helix", performed by a band called Xorcist. The relationship between the game and the song is symbiotic: The game uses the song in its soundtrack, and the song uses some sound samples from the game.

Xorcist went on to contribute music to two other CD-ROM games: Bad Mojo and Space Bunnies Must Die.


This entry was contributed by Accatone (5238) and Terok Nor (9506)
 

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