| BSS Jane Seymour | |
|---|---|
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| Publisher(s) | |
| Platform(s) | Amiga, Atari ST, MS-DOS |
| Release | 1990 [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]
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]
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]
| Publication | Score |
|---|---|
| ACE | 810/1000 (Amiga) [7] |
| Computer and Video Games | 91% (Amiga) [6] |
| ST Format | 87% (1990) [8] 70% (1992) [9] |
| The Games Machine (UK) | 89% (Amiga) [10] |
| Zero | 89% (Amiga) [11] |
| Amiga Joker | 75% [12] |
| .info | 4/5 (Amiga) [2] |
| PC Joker | 70% (DOS) [4] |
| Pelit | 82% [13] |
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]
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Konami is also distributing Spacewrecked, the so-called "Dungeon Master in space" from Europems Gremlin Software. Originally released as BSS Jane Seymour [...]
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