Buck Rogers: Countdown to Doomsday
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| Developer(s) | Strategic Simulations, Inc. |
| Publisher(s) | Strategic Simulations, Inc. |
| Engine | Gold Box |
| Platform(s) | Amiga, Commodore 64, MS-DOS, Sega Mega Drive/Genesis |
| Release date | 1990 |
| Genre(s) | computer role-playing game, Tactical RPG |
| Mode(s) | Single player |
Buck Rogers: Countdown to Doomsday is a computer role-playing game released by Strategic Simulations, Inc. in 1990, set in the Buck Rogers XXVC game setting.
Versions of the game were sold for the IBM PC Compatible, Mega Drive/Genesis, Commodore 64, and the Amiga. Matrix Cubed is a sequel to Countdown to Doomsday; it came out in 1992.
[edit] Description
At the beginning of the game the player creates a party of six characters from a choice of five classes (Rocketjock, Warrior, Medic, Rogue, and Engineer) and six races (Human, Desert Runner, Tinker, Venusian, Martian, and Mercurian)
The game has five view modes:
- Solar System View: The map shows the positions on the inner planets and major asteroids from an "overhead" perspective. The player's spaceship can be moved around in relation to the planets. Ship-to-ship combat is started from this view.
- Overworld view: This is another overhead view, where the player can move the party around on the surface of a planet. Land combat can be started from this view.
- Adventuring view: This is a 3D view that shows the party's environment form their perspective. Land combat can be started from this view.
- Land Combat: This is an overhead isometric view of the area that the party is in. Individual characters, NPCs, and enemies are displayed in scale.
- Ship-to-Ship Combat: The player sees the enemy space ship. Controls are limited to menus at the bottom of the screen.
[edit] Differences between versions
Most versions of the game display the Adventuring view from the point of view of the party (i.e. the display is first-person), and have a simple text menu for spaceports.
The Sega Mega Drive/Genesis version of the game shows the Adventuring view from a point of view behind the party leader (i.e. the display is third-person), and uses the Adventuring view in spaceports.
The available races and classes are also more limited on the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis version. The player may only select from Human, Desert Runner, and Tinker as races, and may select only Warrior, Rocketjock, Medic, or Rogue as a character class. There are also significantly fewer skills and equipment types available to players as compared to the PC version.
There are only two known versions for MS-DOS:
| OS | Version | Language |
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| MS-DOS | V1.00 | Turbo Pascal 5.5 (exepacked) |
| MSDOS | V1.3 | Turbo Pascal 5.5 (exepacked) |
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