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From: rdd@cactus.org (Robert Dorsett)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.games
Subject: Re: Moonbase or somesuch...
Message-ID: <7154@cactus.org>
Date: 26 May 91 16:20:14 GMT
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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.


  


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