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Ocean Bound

Ocean Bound is a survival game where you and the crew of your ship are stranded on an unknown island. The main goal is to build a ship to escape back to civilization, but before you can do that you must…

31 December 1998

Ocean Bound is a strategy developed by Richard White, released 31 December 1998 on Mac.

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What Ocean Bound is

Ocean Bound is a strategy game developed by Richard White and released in 1998. It was published by Spiderweb Software. It is available on Mac only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Ocean Bound is a survival game where you and the crew of your ship are stranded on an unknown island. The main goal is to build a ship to escape back to civilization, but before you can do that you must establish a colony, collect resources and try to stay alive. But once you manage to escape, the next level simply strands you in another island. There are sixty levels in total, featuring all sorts of islands, some as big as continents, and each one requires a different strategy to stay alive.
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Ocean Bound launched on 31 December 1998, within three weeks of Suikoden II, Super Smash Bros., Crazy Taxi (1999) and Mario Party.

Released around the same time: Suikoden II, Super Smash Bros., Crazy Taxi (1999), Mario Party.

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When did Ocean Bound come out?
Ocean Bound was released on 31 December 1998 for Mac.

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