Echelon 1987
Developed by Access Software, Access Software
- Puzzle, Simulator, Action, Science fiction
Echelon is a space combat simulator with wire-frame graphics. Fly around an alien planet, looking for clues to a "mysterious event" in the planet's past. The game is known for using "RealSound" a patented technology to output high quality sounds through standard PC speakers.
PuzzleSimulatorActionScience fictionwireframe graphicsCommodore C64/128/MAX, ZX Spectrum, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, DOS
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Character
Earnest, plot-driven, grave and cool.
- earnestironic
- character-ledplot-driven
- gravecomic
- cooloverwhelming
- unpretentiousprestige
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- Platforms
- Commodore C64/128/MAX, ZX Spectrum, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, DOS, Apple II, Amstrad CPC
- Developer
- Access Software, Access Software
- Publisher
- U.S. Gold, Access Software
- Released
- December 31, 1987
- Modes
- Single player
- Perspective
- First person
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