Orbiter
Orbiter is a free spaceflight simulator for the PC.
31 December 1986
Orbiter is a simulator developed by Spectrum HoloByte, Inc., released 31 December 1986 on Atari ST/STE, DOS and Mac.
What Orbiter is
Orbiter is a simulator game developed by Spectrum HoloByte, Inc. and released in 1986. It is available on Atari ST/STE, DOS and Mac.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Imagine sitting in the commander’s seat of NASA’s shuttle Orbiter... With your back to the Earth and your face to the heavens you prepare yourself for the final seconds before lift-off. Moments from now you will experience the effects of 3 g’s (3 times the force of gravity on earth) as the shuttle system lifts off from the Kennedy Space Center. For now your thoughts turn to final system checks and the voice of Mission Control. At T-00:03 seconds the first of three main engines ignites, at T-00:02 the shuttle’s Solid Rocket Boosters ignite and you are on your way. Five on-board computers process thousands of bits of data each second as you are hurtled into space. At T+02:12 you are traveling…
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are educational and non-fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it launched against
Orbiter launched on 31 December 1986, within three weeks of World Games, Gauntlet, The Sentinel and Rebelstar.
Released around the same time: World Games, Gauntlet, The Sentinel, Rebelstar.
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Quick answers
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When did Orbiter come out?
Orbiter was released on 31 December 1986 for Atari ST/STE, DOS and Mac.
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