Wanderer
Wanderer is a sci-fi adventure game combining card trading and space combat in a universe where cats have become a valuable currency. After the protagonist's feline companion is held for ransom, players…
Wanderer is a shooter developed by Lankhor, released 31 December 1986 on Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST/STE and Commodore C64/128/MAX.
What Wanderer is
Wanderer is a shooter game developed by Lankhor and released in 1986. It was published by Elite Systems. It is available on Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST/STE, Commodore C64/128/MAX and ZX Spectrum.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Wanderer is a sci-fi adventure game combining card trading and space combat in a universe where cats have become a valuable currency. After the protagonist's feline companion is held for ransom, players navigate through various planets, engaging in a poker-inspired card game with alien civilizations while collecting cats as rewards. Between trading sessions, players pilot their ship through vector-graphic 3D space battles and black hole sequences, shooting down enemy vessels in first-person combat to progress through the story.
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it launched against
Wanderer 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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