Buck Rogers (Matrix Cubed)

Buck Rogers (Matrix Cubed)
The sequel to SSI's Buck Rogers (Countdown to Doomsday)

Here is the Intro and the Demo

Category:

Entertainment

Tags:

• buck
• rogers
• matrix
• cubed
• SSI

[Delmoko]

wish they made this for a console like genesis

[Torlan47]

I never did get a chance to play this one. I might have to look it up. Thanks for the upload.

[RadioArmitage]

I loved countdown to doomsday, but for some reason I could never really get into matrix cubed. I'll have to give it another go.

[1simo93521]

@MsOffbeat Yep had Amiga version and MD one, and I much preferred the MD version by far.

Never knew they made a sequel.

[HardWarUK]

Have this for the PC and the other one for my Commodore 64 - big boxes and everything! Fantastic RPG's! Made such a change from AD&D!

[HardWarUK]

@MsOffbeat I thought the Genesis version had parts cut out too and it was a cut-down game.

[MsOffbeat]

The Genesis version of Doomsday is enormously superior to the PC version. Mostly on accout of the top-down view and the colourful backgrounds, but it is also more fun to play.

Matrix Cubed has some good elements and some bad. They could have stripped it down and made a great sequel to Doomsday for the Genesis but it was not to be.

[HudsonAO8TQ1]

@BlazingOwnager k i see ur point. i think tho that because the MD had a better processor and culd support more sprites/colours n junk that they decided to spice up the graphics at the cost of excluding gameplay/story. the MD had the same RAM as the C64 tho so genrly speaking it was rly only the better than 8-bit processor and the sound controller which put the MD ahead technically. i duno, mayb thats y. perhaps sega figured console gamers have short attention span and need nice things to look at

[BlazingOwnager]

@HudsonAO8TQ1 I only said compared to; it's like saying the GBA version of Doom was awful compared to the PC version since it skipped almost an entire episode's worth of content and had green blood. Doesn't mean it was a bad game - hey, I mean seriously Doom on your GBA! - but it was still half of what the original was. To clarify this game doesn't suck on Genesis, but doesn't live up to the PC originator. What's odd is even the C64 version jammed all the content in, and that had less power.

[HudsonAO8TQ1]

@BlazingOwnager actually mate the genesis version is one of the highest rated games you could own on your sega megadrive/genesis. yeah it might have had less content but with 16 bit trade-off you get awesome sound and graphics. the story and gameplay on countdown to doomsday for sega is still every bit as engaging and compelling.

saying its awful (even compared to PC version) is a bit strong. its just a smaller game. both versions have their own strong points.

[HardWarUK]

SSI's Buck Roger's games, on PC, were so much better than the AD&D stuff! The games really followed the Buck Rogers story and characters..... I have this game on PC and Doomsday on C64,boxed and with manuals. You really do need the manuals with these old RPG's and you really do need to read them. I someone's wonder if gamers say the old gamers are harder because they don't have/don't read the manual! :)

[Doommaster1994]

Whoops sorry I thought this was Countdown to Doomsday.