| Jupiter Mission 1999 | |
|---|---|
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| Publisher(s) | Avalon Hill Microcomputer Games |
| Designer(s) | Scott Lamb [1] |
| Platform(s) | Atari 8-bit, Commodore 64 |
| Release | 1983 |
| Genre(s) | Action-adventure [2] |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
Jupiter Mission 1999 is an action-adventure game written by Scott Lamb for the Atari 8-bit family and published by Avalon Hill Microcomputer Games in 1983. [1] The game shipped on four floppy disks. [3] It was followed by a sequel in 1984, Quest of the Space Beagle . [4]
Jupiter Mission 1999 is an adventure game in which the government chooses the player to pilot a spaceship to Jupiter. [5] The game consists of 11 interrelated mini-games. [3]
Mark Bausman, in a review for Computer Gaming World , wrote, "All eleven games have been tied together nicely to present a coherent adventure." [2] Bausman disliked the amount of time spent waiting for parts of the game to load, but concluded "from the standpoint of overall playability, I would have to say that this is the best adventure game I have seen in a long time." [2] Bill Wallace reviewed Jupiter Mission 1999 in Space Gamer No. 70, writing "If Jupiter moon trivia is your thing, or if you enjoy clunky Basic games, you should own Jupiter Mission 1999." [5] Scott Mace of InfoWorld wrote, "What Jupiter Mission lacks in characterization, it makes up for in action, strategy, and the sheer panorama of the game." [6] He also commented on the difficulty of the space navigation. [6]
Suspended: A Cryogenic Nightmare is an interactive fiction video game written by Michael Berlyn and published by Infocom in 1983. Infocom's sixth game, it was released for Amstrad CPC, Apple II, Atari 8-bit family, Atari ST, Commodore 64, Commodore Plus/4, IBM PC, TRS-80, and TI-99/4A. It was later available for Macintosh, Amiga, and Atari ST.
Pinball Construction Set is a video game by Bill Budge written for the Apple II. It was originally published in 1982 through Budge's own company, BudgeCo, then was released by Electronic Arts in 1983 along with ports to the Atari 8-bit family and Commodore 64.
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Atari Logo is ROM cartridge-based version of the Logo programming language for the Atari 8-bit family published by Atari, Inc. in 1983. It was developed by Logo Computer Systems, Inc. (LCSI) in Quebec, Canada. LCSI wrote Apple Logo, and the Atari version maintains strong compatibility with it.
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The Chessmaster 2000 is a computer chess game by The Software Toolworks. It was the first in the Chessmaster series and published in 1986. It was released for Amiga, Apple II, Atari 8-bit family, Atari ST, ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC, MSX, Macintosh, and IBM PC compatibles.
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