Stellar Agent

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Stellar Agent is a 1991 video game published by Better Games and designed by Robert Kraus.

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Gameplay

Stellar Agent is a text only adventure game in which the player selects actions from numbered menus, with screen divided by sections including "Location," "Description," and "Current Situation". [1] It is a science fiction spy game with various options on-screen for each location. [2] The game uses a menu-driven interface instead of a parser. [3]

Reception

Computer Gaming World said that "Robert A. Kraus has attempted to recapture the glory days of old [...] Stellar Agent puts the player square in a science-fiction spy adventure that is both enjoyable to read and play." [3]

Charles Ardai reviewed the game for Computer Gaming World , and stated that "unpolished as it is, Stellar Agent also recalls the best of the early adventure game era: ingenious logic puzzles; multi-stage death traps; a robust and shameless mixing of science fiction, high fantasy and anything else that caught the designer's fancy; and, best of all, the anything-goes atmosphere of discovery and fun that characterized such classics as Starcross and the original Adventure." Ardai called the game "really no more than a collection of puzzles which are loosely strung together" but noted that the puzzles were "fine examples of their type and, to the delight of this puzzle-hungry player, there are a ton of them. Some of them are the kind of puzzle one doesn't see too often any more." [1]

The PC Games Bible said that the game "Contains a few rough edges but remains an enjoyable adventure with some tough puzzles that are always logical." [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 Ardai, Charles (February 1992). "Back to Basics: Better Games' Stellar Agent". Computer Gaming World. 1 (91): 71, 74.
  2. 1 2 Matthews, Robin; Rigby, Paul (1992). The PC Games Bible. Wilmslow, Cheshire: Sigma Press. p. 51. ISBN   1-85058-332-3 . Retrieved 2024-05-02– via Internet Archive.
  3. 1 2 "Taking a Peek". Computer Gaming World . No. 90. January 1992. p. 12. Retrieved 2024-05-16– via Internet Archive.
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