Earthrise (1990 video game)
Earthrise, also known as Earthrise: A Guild Investigation, is an adventure game developed by Matt Gruson and released for the PC in 1990 by Interstel. The player assumes the role of an astronaut sent to an asteroid base to investigate why it has ceased communication. Like Sierra titles of the time, it used the combination of a text-based interface with EGA graphics.
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| Developer(s) | Interstel |
| Publisher(s) | Interstel |
| Platform(s) | DOS |
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| Genre(s) | Adventure |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
Reception
Computer Gaming World reviewed Earthrise as "a clean, simple game with logically-constructed puzzles and a humorous touch". They rated the graphics as unspectacular and criticized the game's text parser as more trial-and-error in certain scenarios.[1]
References
- Scorpia (September 1990). "Scorpion's View / Interstel's Earthrise". Computer Gaming World. No. 74. Golden Empire Publications. pp. 30–32. Retrieved 6 July 2017.
External links
- Earthrise at MobyGames
- Earthrise can be played for free in the browser at the Internet Archive
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