It does have one advantage over most games with escort missions in that no one can expect a cargo container to have good path finding abilities. ^_^ A pretty solid title and quite unique for the time.
As Mark Vergeer said it it is like Defender, but I also like the idea of the game, protecting the other ships. Cool concept. I wonder if the creators of Wing Commander used this idea for their game that came out years later on the PC. Kind of a similar idea but played more like a first person shooter type game.
Great CoCo original, it used to be one of my favourite game on my CoCo 2. The animation and scrolling is very smooth. The gameplay is very interesting, but I always wished that it had just a little more variation as you progress.
The game's difficulty rises pretty quickly in later levels. Even managing to get all fuel ships to the end of the first level is no easy task. The realist high momentum physics of the ship are part of what makes the game fun, but it also makes it harder to control.
This looks like a graphical version of a text based strategy game I used to play on BBS's called Tradewars. I like the concept of ushering ships to safety. They need to reboot this game.
Very interesting game mechanic here. Defender with a twist. Love the idea of guiding a set of fuel ships to safety across a stretch of outer-space that is riddled with asteroids. Love the pace and the planning that is involved in it.
Are there any ports to different systems? Like the C64, Ti99 or AppleII?
@markvergeer I'm not aware of any other ports. When Steve Bjork worked for Datasoft some of their games appeared on the Atari 8-bit computers. But once Steve founded SRB Software the only games I know of to appear on other platforms were ports of arcade titles like Pitfall! II and Super Fitfall!
Quite a decent little game for the CoCo there, showing that reasonable gameplay and graphics are possible. The strategy element makes the game a bit more longer lasting i.e. play one more game etc. Thanks for the demo.
I just hate escort missions in any game and here is a game that is nothig BUT escort missions :D Looks very cool though. At least you can't accidentally shoot your own fuel pods. That would have made this game much more difficult.
It does have one advantage over most games with escort missions in that no one can expect a cargo container to have good path finding abilities. ^_^ A pretty solid title and quite unique for the time.
TheBladeJunker 3 weeks ago
As Mark Vergeer said it it is like Defender, but I also like the idea of the game, protecting the other ships. Cool concept. I wonder if the creators of Wing Commander used this idea for their game that came out years later on the PC. Kind of a similar idea but played more like a first person shooter type game.
65Gamerguy 4 weeks ago
Graphics are so nice. i want to play this!
OGRMaster 4 weeks ago
i grew up with this, i cannot tell me how happy it makes me you found it. even though my sister was always better at this.
Zito773 4 weeks ago
Great CoCo original, it used to be one of my favourite game on my CoCo 2. The animation and scrolling is very smooth. The gameplay is very interesting, but I always wished that it had just a little more variation as you progress.
The game's difficulty rises pretty quickly in later levels. Even managing to get all fuel ships to the end of the first level is no easy task. The realist high momentum physics of the ship are part of what makes the game fun, but it also makes it harder to control.
Starxxon 4 weeks ago
This looks like a graphical version of a text based strategy game I used to play on BBS's called Tradewars. I like the concept of ushering ships to safety. They need to reboot this game.
willgraham13 4 weeks ago
Cool blast from the past :-)
cc6809 4 weeks ago
What a cool concept for a game, I would have loved playing this back then. Actually, I would love to play this one now.
edt1138 4 weeks ago
Very interesting and original title!
alex76gr 4 weeks ago
Very interesting game mechanic here. Defender with a twist. Love the idea of guiding a set of fuel ships to safety across a stretch of outer-space that is riddled with asteroids. Love the pace and the planning that is involved in it.
Are there any ports to different systems? Like the C64, Ti99 or AppleII?
markvergeer 4 weeks ago
@markvergeer I'm not aware of any other ports. When Steve Bjork worked for Datasoft some of their games appeared on the Atari 8-bit computers. But once Steve founded SRB Software the only games I know of to appear on other platforms were ports of arcade titles like Pitfall! II and Super Fitfall!
marlinlee 4 weeks ago
Quite a decent little game for the CoCo there, showing that reasonable gameplay and graphics are possible. The strategy element makes the game a bit more longer lasting i.e. play one more game etc. Thanks for the demo.
electricadventures 4 weeks ago
Sidescrolling SpaceShip Shooters Have Never Been My Cup Of Tea. But It Looks Decent.
HaxAras 4 weeks ago
I just hate escort missions in any game and here is a game that is nothig BUT escort missions :D Looks very cool though. At least you can't accidentally shoot your own fuel pods. That would have made this game much more difficult.
Polaventris 4 weeks ago