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The player assumes the role of a spacecraft pilot whose mission is to travel between the various bodies of the Solar System.The game opens with a mix of electric guitar music and digitized speech during which the player is shown the text of a transmission sent from the headquarters of a body known as "P.L.A.N.E.T.":
Celestia allows users to navigate at different speeds, and allow users to orbit stars, planets, moons, and other space objects, track space objects such as spacecraft, asteroids, and comets as they fly by, or travel to and/or fly through galaxies. Light time delay is an optional function.
Beyond Planet Earth: 1994: Discovery Channel Multimedia: Bible Cryptogram: 1993: Jim Fox, Mainstay Computer The Bizarre Adventures of Woodruff and the Schnibble: 1994: Coktel Vision, Sierra On-Line: Black Dog Cribbage: 1994: Black Dog Software: Blackout: 1991: Zarkware: Blades of Exile: 1995: Spiderweb Software: Blinky Bill And The Magician: 1999
The first macOS compatible version of program was released in 2009, [40] allowing games to be made for two operating systems with minimal changes. Version 8.1 (April 2011) sees the name changed to GameMaker (lacking a space) to avoid any confusion [41] with the 1991 software Game-Maker.
VGA Planets is a multi-player space strategy war game originally released in 1992. The game simulates combat in space between galactic scale empires. It follows the 4X game (eXplore, eXpand, eXploit and eXterminate) model: The players start with a home world, and have to build spaceships, explore the galaxy, colonize planets, mine minerals, build up their industry.
Universe Sandbox is a series of simulation video games.In Universe Sandbox, users can see the effects of gravity on objects in the universe and run scale simulations of the Solar System, various galaxies or other simulations, while at the same time interacting and maintaining control over gravity, time, and other objects in the universe, such as moons, planets, asteroids, comets, and black holes.
PBS/WMHT Games in Education Conference [1] [2] Moddb.com Top 100 Mod/Game of the Year 2008 [3] Many various Moddb.com interviews and features [4] Slashdot.org Article - Involving Kids In Free Software Through Games? [5] Total PC Gaming Magazine, February 2009; Podcast interview with Michael Tomaino [6] PC Format Magazine, issue 232, November 2009
Written in 1984 by Roberta Williams, the game was a joint project with Disney prior to their collaboration on The Black Cauldron. The game was intended for children. While there were several similar games featuring Disney characters, Mickey's Space Adventure is not considered part of a larger series. The PC version was released on two 360 KB ...