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Space Island is set in the year 2651 on the planet Zyro. 20,000 years ago the Avafad people of Zyro developed Timespread, a machine which enables matter to be reduced to zero mass, thus making it transportable at speeds greater than that of light itself. Hence time can be changed.

Your objective is to disable Timespread and return it to Earth because it has been causing time distortion around the planet Zyro. Unfortunately this is where the trouble starts, when you try and land a survey ship on the island Roba, where Timespread is situated, your ship is destroyed by Timespread's highly sophisticated defence system. There is only one survivor left on Roba, one of your androids, who is situated on a small island west of Roba itself. Your only chance is to carefully guide this android to the island Roba where it can disable Timespread.

You are shown an overhead view of Roba and the surrounding islands, whilst the android is represented by a small cross. Occasionally the android will talk to you, asking for assistance. This is a real time game, so there is little time to sit back and think.

Space Island is reasonably original, complicated in some respects, whilst simple in its concept. A good game well worth considering for the long dark evenings.