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Mission Omega 
Developer(s) Stephen Ward Publisher(s) Mind Games Platform(s) ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC Release date(s) 1986 Genre(s) Strategy / Adventure Mode(s) Single player Media/distribution Cassette tape Mission Omega is a computer game published in 1986 by Incentive Software for the ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64 and Amstrad CPC home computers. It was programmed by Stephen Ward.
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Gameplay
The United States of Europe vessel Windwraith has been sent to intercept a mysterious object the size of a small moon which is speeding towards Earth. Robots must infiltrate the mystery-ship (dubbed the "Omega") and deactivate it within the hour or Earth will be destroyed.
Gameplay is a mixture of arcade adventure, maze game and strategy. The player controls robots (which are designed, built and named in-game) around the interior of the Omega and must shut down its four reactors. These robots have a limited amount of artificial intelligence and can be programmed to take set routes or allowed to explore of their own accord. The player can also directly control the robots. Occasionally, simple puzzles (often involving setting levers correctly) must be solved or hostile robots aboard the Omega must be combatted.
The player has one hour in real-time to deactivate Omega's four reactors.
Critical reception
CRASH magazine found Mission Omega to be "an interesting, difficult but colourful and enjoyable hybrid game that should appeal to equally to strategy and arcade fans." However, the instructions printed on the cassette inlay were criticized for being contradictory and lacking keyboard controls.[1]
External links
References
- ^ Masterton, Sean (September 1986). "Frontline – Mission Omega". CRASH (Newsfield): pp. 82–83.
Categories:- 1986 video games
- Amstrad CPC games
- Commodore 64 games
- Strategy video games
- ZX Spectrum games
- Strategy video game stubs
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