bluecow@unix.cis.pitt.edu (Tobish E Smith) (05/25/91)
I saw a game in a store tonight called Moonbase or something like that. I try to stay abreast of new Mac games, but this one caught me completely offguard. Reading the box, it looks like a SimCity-style game, except you're building a moon base. Anyone know anything about this game? Tob
rdd@cactus.org (Robert Dorsett) (05/26/91)
In article <132073@unix.cis.pitt.edu>, bluecow@unix.cis.pitt.edu (Tobish E Smith) writes: > I saw a game in a store tonight called Moonbase or something like that. I > try to stay abreast of new Mac games, but this one caught me completely > offguard. Reading the box, it looks like a SimCity-style game, except > you're building a moon base. Anyone know anything about this game? That's pretty much it. You play the role of a "lunar colony administrator." (Commander Koenig, anyone? :-)). Start out with absolutely nothing (you), and attempt to build a self-support- ing lunar colony. The limiting factor is the amount of revenue you're able to afford, vs. the amount of support you get from NASA. The economic model is alleged to be fairly accurate. The game was a cooperative effort between Wesson Int'l and KDT. The manual is actually a 120-page science-fiction novella, with boxed "technical" instructions interspersed. There's also a poster by Pat Rawlings. The game runs in both color and black and white. It's based on the PC version released late last year, but has a few more features, and fixes a few bugs in that version. The Mac version was released last month. Disclaimer: I beta-tested the game. It is published by Wesson Int'l, the same company that publishes the Mac TRACON // port I wrote. For more info, contact Wesson @ 512-328-0100. If there's any interest, I'll track down some independent magazine reviews. --- Robert Dorsett Internet: rdd@cactus.org UUCP: ...cs.utexas.edu!cactus.org!rdd
ins_apw@jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU (Philip Wong) (05/27/91)
Yes, it's exactly that. A sim city clone, but done better IMHO. There's more to making a city in this game. You must manage the economy. You have to choose what type of miners and extractors in order to geterate enough money to keep alive. I also believe you may eventually be able to create an atmosphere on the moon, but that's just a guess. It's a 16 color or b/w game and runs very nicely on system 7 with 32 bit addressing (didn't try the virtual mode). ins_apw@jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU Philip Wong (301) 235-3998
Corey_Lynn_Nelson@cup.portal.com (06/01/91)
Robert Dorsett: Well, you told us about the game, but did you LIKE it? We tested SimCity and loved it! =========================================================================== Corey_Lynn_Nelson@cup.portal.com * That is the saving Voice (415) 373-7638 CompuServe: 73617,3476 * grace of humor, if you fail BBS (415) 373-0873 GEnie: c.nelson17 * no is laughing at you. FAX (415) 373-7639 * - A. Whitney Brown Mail: P.O. Box 2229, Livermore, CA 94551 ===========================================================================