The Snowball 9 was eqipped with robots which were to prepare Eridani A for colonization. But being suddenly awakened from hibernation, you realize something has gone wrong...
AdventureScience fictioninteractive fictionBBC Microcomputer System, Atari 8-bit, Commodore C64/128/MAX, ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC, MSX
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Character
Earnest, classical in form, plot-driven and grave.
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- character-ledplot-driven
- gravecomic
- cooloverwhelming
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About the game
- Platforms
- BBC Microcomputer System, Atari 8-bit, Commodore C64/128/MAX, ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC, MSX
- Developer
- Level 9 Computing
- Publisher
- Level 9 Computing
- Released
- December 31, 1983
- Modes
- Single player
- Perspective
- Text
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