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Omega

Omega, on the surface, appears to be just a simple tank combat simulation game. Once you get into it, however, the game gets much deeper. The player actually codes the AI for their tank using a pretty robust…

31 December 1989

Omega is an adventure developed by Origin Systems, released 31 December 1989 on Amiga, Apple II, Apple IIGS and Atari ST/STE.

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What Omega is

Omega is an adventure game developed by Origin Systems and released in 1989. It is available on Amiga, Apple II, Apple IIGS, Atari ST/STE, Commodore C64/128/MAX, DOS and Mac.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Omega, on the surface, appears to be just a simple tank combat simulation game. Once you get into it, however, the game gets much deeper. The player actually codes the AI for their tank using a pretty robust progamming language system.
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are science fiction and warfare. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Omega launched on 31 December 1989, within three weeks of Fantasy World Dizzy, A Boy and His Blob: Trouble on Blobolonia, Denaris and Pipe Dream.

Released around the same time: Fantasy World Dizzy, A Boy and His Blob: Trouble on Blobolonia, Denaris, Pipe Dream.

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When did Omega come out?
Omega was released on 31 December 1989 for Amiga, Apple II, Apple IIGS, Atari ST/STE, Commodore C64/128/MAX, DOS and Mac.

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