Rings of Saturn (video game)

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Rings of Saturn
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Developer(s) Level-10
Publisher(s) Level-10
Platform(s) Apple II
Release
  • NA: 31 August 1981

Rings of Saturn is a 1981 video game published by Level-10 for the Apple II.

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Rings of Saturn is game in which the player is the captain of the spaceship Goya, and must fly through the A Ring of Saturn, to bring the crew of a crippled ship back to the base. [1]

Reception

Forrest Johnson reviewed Rings of Saturn in The Space Gamer No. 46. [1] Johnson commented that "Rings of Saturn is an innovative game, and it will have novelty value for the arcade denizen." [1]

Reviews

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Johnson, Forrest (December 1981). "Capsule Reviews". The Space Gamer . Steve Jackson Games (46): 36.
  2. https://archive.org/details/pegasus-magazine-06/page/88/mode/2up