Buzz Aldrin's Race into Space

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Description

Buzz Aldrin's Race into Space re-creates the thrilling endeavor of trying to lead your country's space program to the moon before a competing superpower does the same. As head of your country's space program you will need to develop all the hardware you need for your spacecraft and make it safe, choose the right persons to send into space and make sure they come back alive. Loaded with lots of historic video clips, and other historic correct items make this game reflect the "Cold War" situation as it should.

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Alternate Titles

• "Buzz Aldrin's Race into Space: A U.S.-Soviet Space Race Simulation" -- Tag-lined title
• "BARIS" -- Common acronym

Part of the Following Groups

• Board game translations
• Setting: 1950s
• Setting: 1960s
• White Label releases

User Reviews

Buzz Aldrin's Race into Space

DOS

Jeff Martin (2)

Critic Reviews

PC Zone	DOS	May, 1994	95 out of 100	95
PC Gamer UK	DOS	Jun, 1994	90 out of 100	90
PC Zone	DOS	May, 1993	90 out of 100	90
PC Joker	DOS	Mar, 1993	80 out of 100	80
Play Time	DOS	May, 1993	79 out of 100	79
Joker Verlag präsentiert: Sonderheft	DOS	1993	76 out of 100	76
PC Player (Germany)	DOS	Oct, 1994	76 out of 100	76
ASM (Aktueller Software Markt)	DOS	May, 1993	9 out of 12	75
PC Games (Germany)	DOS	Apr, 1993	72 out of 100	72
Secret Service / New S Service	DOS	Dec, 1993	70 out of 100	70

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Trivia

Board game

The game was based on a board game called LIFTOFF!, designed by Fritz Bonner and published by Task Force Games in 1989, according to the manual.

Related Web Sites

• Race into Space Project (The homepage of a modern, freeware re-release of the title for Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X.)