Essex
While on a sightseeing tour on the Starship Essex you are recruited by a dying agent to find a scientist and his formula - the only things that can prevent the evil alien race of the Vollchons of defeating the…
Essex is an adventure developed by Synapse Software Corporation, released 1 September 1985 on Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Atari ST/STE and Commodore C64/128/MAX. The main story takes about 6 hrs to finish.
What Essex is
Essex is an adventure game developed by Synapse Software Corporation and released in 1985. It was published by Brøderbund Software. It is available on Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Atari ST/STE, Commodore C64/128/MAX and DOS. It runs on BTZ.
The premise, in the publisher's words
While on a sightseeing tour on the Starship Essex you are recruited by a dying agent to find a scientist and his formula - the only things that can prevent the evil alien race of the Vollchons of defeating the Federation.
How it plays
It is played from a text perspective. Its themes are science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 6 hrs.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
Quick answers
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