Starcross
The year is 2186. Humanity has established colonies on the moon, Mars, and several of the larger asteroids. Earth's sky is dotted with space habitats, and the spaceways are always busy. As usual, there is the…
Starcross is an adventure developed by Infocom, released 1 September 1982 on Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Amstrad PCW and Apple II. The main story takes about 15 hrs to finish.
What Starcross is
Starcross is an adventure game developed by Infocom and released in 1982. It is available on Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Amstrad PCW, Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Atari ST/STE, Commodore 16, Commodore C64/128/MAX, Commodore Plus/4, DOS, Mac, Tatung Einstein and TRS-80.
The premise, in the publisher's words
The year is 2186. Humanity has established colonies on the moon, Mars, and several of the larger asteroids. Earth's sky is dotted with space habitats, and the spaceways are always busy. As usual, there is the urgent need for energy to power this advanced civilization; one of the primary sources of that energy is quantum black holes. In STARCROSS, you are a miner of black holes, scouring the asteroid belt in your one-man survey ship. Finding and harnessing a single black hole can make a person's fortune. It's a lonely business, fraught with the known and unknown hazards of space. You've equipped your ship, the M.C.S. STARCROSS, with the best gear you could afford. You've put everything into…
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 15 hrs.
What it launched against
Starcross launched on 1 September 1982, within three weeks of Mr. Do! and Pole Position.
Released around the same time: Mr. Do!, Pole Position.
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