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In this "3D voyage into unknown space" your task is to fly deep into the black void. How far you get is naturally dependent on you managing to miss colliding with oncoming asteroids and menacing enemy spacecraft.

The game allows either keyboard or joystick control and, as your velocity is determined by how close you are to the vortex (becoming faster and faster and faster!) you simply control banking left or right. You are armed with laser torpedoes, which can destroy aliens, but remain inoperative during asteroid storms. Finally, if this all seems too easy, the alien laser blasts steadily wear down your shields leaving you open to destruction.

I found the three-dimensional effects interesting, but it didn't seem to have the "feel" of some other 3D games, such as Star Raiders. Because hi-res graphics are used, the game is purely black and white which therefore loses it some impact. Well priced, but it cannot really be called "state-of-the-art". I played similar offerings three years ago on an Apple II.

P.D.