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Star Command (1988 video game)
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| Developer(s) | Winston Douglas Wood Eric Liebenauer |
| Publisher(s) | Strategic Simulations |
| Platform(s) | DOS, Amiga, Atari ST, PC-98 |
| Release | 1988 |
| Genre(s) | Role-playing |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
Star Command is a video game released by Strategic Simulations in 1988.
Plot
Star Command is a game in which the player creates a crew of eight characters that complete missions from Star Command to earn credits and training for personnel. The crew can explore planets to obtain valuables, and can board disabled enemy ships to fight their crews and commandeer their ship.[1]
Reception
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The game was reviewed in 1988 in Dragon #138 by Hartley, Patricia, and Kirk Lesser in "The Role of Computers" column. The reviewers gave the game 4 1/2 out of 5 stars.[1] Jim Trunzo reviewed Star Command for White Wolf #14, rating it 5 overall, and stated that "This review has only touched upon the major facets of "Star Command". Many other subtleties make this product an enjoyable and challenging simulation. The graphics are well-done and functional and the mechanics of play are simple in spite of the game's sophistication."[3]
Orson Scott Card was less favorable, writing in Compute! that Star Command "wants to be Starflight or Sentinel Worlds, but it isn't". He said that the "primitive graphics" were adequate, but "the problem is that there's no sense of experiencing anything. Mostly you're told about what's going on, and after a short time it seemed to me that it was a text game which consisted of" mechanical fetch quests.[4] In a 1992 survey of science fiction games, Computer Gaming World gave the title two-plus stars of five,[5] and a 1994 survey of strategic space games set in the year 2000 and later gave the game two stars.[2]
Reviews
- Shadis #1 (Jan., 1990)[6]
- Commodore User - Nov, 1989[7]
- ASM (Aktueller Software Markt) - Dec, 1989[8]
- Jeux & Stratégie #54[9]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Lesser, Hartley; Lesser, Patricia; Lesser, Kirk (October 1988). "The Role of Computers". Dragon (138): 70–75.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Brooks, M. Evan (May 1994). "Never Trust A Gazfluvian Flingschnogger!". Computer Gaming World: 54. https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_118.
- ↑ Trunzo, Jim (February 1989). "The Silicon Dungeon". White Wolf Magazine (14): 36–37.
- ↑ Card, Orson Scott (June 1989). "Light-years and Lasers / Science Fiction Inside Your Computer". Compute!: 29. https://archive.org/stream/1989-06-compute-magazine/Compute_Issue_109_1989_Jun#page/n29/mode/2up.
- ↑ Brooks, M. Evan (November 1992). "Strategy & Wargames: The Future (2000-....)". Computer Gaming World: 106. https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_100.
- ↑ "Shadis Magazine". January 1990. https://archive.org/details/shadismagazine/Shadis/Shadis%20Magazine%20%2301/page/n59/mode/2up.
- ↑ "Commodore User Magazine Issue 74". November 1989. https://archive.org/details/commodore-user-magazine-74/page/n72/mode/2up.
- ↑ "Aktueller Software Markt (ASM) Magazine (January 1990)". January 1990. https://archive.org/details/asm_magazine-1990-01/page/n89/mode/2up.
- ↑ "Jeux & stratégie 54". December 1988. https://archive.org/details/jeux-et-strategie-54/page/76/mode/2up.
External links
- Star Command at MobyGames
- Review in Family Computing
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