BSS Jane Seymour

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BSS Jane Seymour
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Publisher(s)
Platform(s) Amiga, Atari ST, MS-DOS
Release1990 [3]
Genre(s) Role-playing, dungeon crawl
Mode(s) Single-player

BSS Jane Seymour: Federation Quest 1 is a 1990 science fiction role-playing video game published by Gremlin Graphics for the Amiga, Atari ST, and MS-DOS. For the North American release and DOS release in Europe, the game was co-published by Gremlin and Konami, and renamed to Spacewrecked: 14 Billion Light Years from Earth. [1] [2] [4] [5]

Contents

Plot

Federation has dispatched the player to salvage the derelict Biological Survey Ship (BSS) Jane Seymour. According to a report, the radiation from a nearby star has driven the crew insane and the ship's zoological samples have broken free. [6]

Gameplay

The combat is in real-time and aiming is done manually with a gun sight. Better guns have more accurate aiming and faster reload speed. The player can recruit robots and program them to different tasks like combat and item crafting. [6]

Reception

Computer and Video Games called the game "an excellent adventure", with the only criticism being the "cuddly and cartoony" look of the enemies. [6] The Games Machine compared the gameplay to Dungeon Master and the graphic style and setting to Xenomorph . The game was said to be more complicated than other games of its type and the game's difficulty was noted as very high. [10] Zero called the game "well executed, well playable and well worth a look". [11] ST Format compared the game to Captive and Dungeon Master, and said the game is "lively and addictive". [8] In a 1992 re-review, ST Format gave a more negative assessment, calling the game "a fair 3D adventure hampered by an unnecessarily long-winded control system and too much loading and disk-swapping". [9] ACE compared the controls to Ubisoft's Zombi . The game was said to be "surprisingly addictive" for a game of this style, but frustrating at times. [7] Pelit called the game unnecessarily complicated. [13] .info compared the game to Day of the Viper and said "the graphics are better, the play even more detailed and frantic". [2]

References

  1. 1 2 Nielsen, Paul (August 1991). "Industry News". Computer Gaming World . No. 85. Russell Sipe. Konami is also distributing Spacewrecked, the so-called "Dungeon Master in space" from Europems Gremlin Software. Originally released as BSS Jane Seymour [...]
  2. 1 2 3 4 Malcom, Tom (February 1992). "Cyberplay - Spacewrecked". .info (47). Info Publications Ltd: 31–32.
  3. ↑ "BSS Jane Seymour". Back Cover of the Game's Box (Atari ST). Gremlin Graphics. © 1990
  4. 1 2 Nettelbeck, Joachim (April 1992). "Explorer - Games Für Abenteurer - Spacewrecked". PC Joker (in German). No. 2/92. Joker-Verlag. p. 72.
  5. ↑ "Spacewrecked: 14 Billion Light Years from Earth". Front Cover of the Game Box. Gremlin Graphics, Konami.
  6. 1 2 3 4 "Review - BSS Jane Seymour". Computer and Video Games . No. 104. Future plc. July 1990. pp. 44–45.
  7. 1 2 Dillon, Tony (August 1990). "Screen Test - BSS Jane Seymour". ACE . No. 35. EMAP. p. 52.
  8. 1 2 Hutchinson, Andrew (November 1990). "Leisure - BSS Jane Seymour Federation Quest 1". ST Format . No. 16. Future plc. p. 59.
  9. 1 2 Pillar, Jon (September 1992). "Screenplay - BSS Jane Seymour". ST Format . No. 38. Future plc. p. 95.
  10. 1 2 Lapworth, Warren (August 1990). "Reviews - BSS Jane Seymour". The Games Machine . No. 33. Newsfield Publications. pp. 46–47.
  11. 1 2 Lakin, Paul (May 1990). "Review - BSS Jane Seymour". Zero . No. 7. Dennis Publishing. pp. 52–53.
  12. ↑ Magenauer, Max (April 1990). "Games im Test - Federation Quest 1". Amiga Joker (in German). No. 4. Joker-Verlag. p. 18.
  13. 1 2 Tapaninmäki, Jukka; Nirvi, Niko (Spring 1991). "Dungeon Masterin perilliset". Pelit (in Finnish). No. 1/91. Erikoislehdet Oy, Tecnopress. pp. 10–14.
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