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Federation of Free Traders is a space simulation/exploration game that is quite similar to an earlier title, Elite. The player is able to zoom around in space while trading goods, undertake missions, or simply explore the galaxy (which consists of over 8 million planets).There is a significant amount of playable options in FOFT and a considerable attention is paid to detail. For instance, if the player becomes tired of roaming through outer space, they can skim a planet or two (which plays in a similar fashion to David Braben's other game, Virus).
During the docking sequence players can create their own programs for automated functions, using a built-in BASIC like language called SIMPLE.
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Alternate Titles
- "FOFT: Federation of Free Traders" -- UK/EU title
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The Games Machine (UK) | Amiga | Jul, 1989 | 93 out of 100 | 93 |
The One | Amiga | Jul, 1989 | 89 out of 100 | 89 |
The One | Atari ST | Oct, 1988 | 89 out of 100 | 89 |
Commodore User | Amiga | Jul, 1989 | 76 out of 100 | 76 |
Amiga User International | Amiga | Aug, 1989 | 7 out of 10 | 70 |
Joker Verlag präsentiert: Sonderheft | Atari ST | 1990 | 70 out of 100 | 70 |
Amiga Format | Amiga | Sep, 1989 | 69 out of 100 | 69 |
Power Play | Amiga | Sep, 1989 | 62 out of 100 | 62 |
The Games Machine (UK) | Atari ST | Apr, 1989 | 44 out of 100 | 44 |
Computer and Video Games (CVG) | Atari ST | Apr, 1989 | 44 out of 100 | 44 |
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Inspiration of Elite
The game's inspiration was an improvement of Elite, what programmer Paul Blythe told The One:"I love Braben and Bell's Elite. I played it and played it and thought it was brilliant, but there was always a feeling that it could have been taken further - although maybe not within the constraints of 8-bit." (Source: The One, issue #1, 1988/10).
Galaxy size
The galaxy is quite huge. According to the programmer, it would take 65,000,000 real time hours at maximum speed to fly from one side to the other.Atari ST update
After the original Atari ST release, there were quite some criticisms on the gameplay and reception partly was not very well (i.e. The Games Machine 44%). The major point criticised was the slow pace at moving through space because of the instant stopping of fast travel as soon as a ship appeared in range, which happens very often. This problem was solved in the later Amiga conversion. Gremlin offered an upgrade for the Atari ST version for ยฃ1, which contained the changes to gameplay made in the Amiga version.Atari ST Credits (7 people)
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