LineWars II

Infobox VG| title = LineWars II
developer = Patrick Aalto
publisher = Safari Software
designer = Patrick Aalto
engine = Custom
released = September 1994
genre = Space Combat Sim
modes = Single player, Multi-player
platforms = MS-DOS
requirements = IBM AT-Compatible computer (386 or 486 highly recommended), MCGA, VGA, VESA, S3 or Mach32 Graphics card, 128K - 640K of total RAM (depending on graphics mode and music), About 1 MB of disk space (either floppy disk or hard disk)
input = Keyboard, mouse, joystick, Thrustmaster FCS

LineWars II is a computer game written for MS-DOS in 1994.

Storyline

Recently receiving your Fighter Pilots License, you are assigned to guard a remote outpost in the obscure Deneb star system. The more seasoned pilots, those which you would normally have as comrades, have been assigned to locate the rebel pirate base, rumoured to be hidden near a neighbouring star system.

Since no pirate activity has been detected in your assigned system for many years, StarBase Captain Wanobi has decided to keep only you and the 110-year old cyborg, Sir Dak Wyntol, who was a fighter in the historical battle at Aldebaran, to protect the StarBase.

You are virtually alone on the StarBase when SpaceWatch sensors detect an asteroid storm coming straight towards the StarBase! You must launch immediately to protect the base from being hit by asteroids.

As you are boarding your ship, Captain Wanobi says, "I will recommend your promotion and transfer to the Princess Royal Guard, if you can save our base." The promise seems incredible since the Royal Guard is the most highly covetted post that a fighter pilot can possibly imagine!

You board your ship and launch to destroy the asteroids. You are determined to save the base, even though the mission seems quite impossible. Soon after your launch Sir Dak Wyntol will launch to help you, though nobody expects him to be of any help.

The story is continued through the game's 9 missions:

* Asteroid Storm
* The First Blood
* Princess Escort
* Pirate Ambush
* Disable a Base
* Defend the Base
* The Convoy
* Freedom Fight
* Final Battle

History

"LineWars II" was developed by Patrick Aalto and released as shareware by Safari Software (a subsidiary of Epic MegaGames) during September 1994.

External links

* [http://www.patrickaalto.com/lw2.html Patrick Aalto's LineWars II Homepage]
* [http://www.terrybutler.co.uk/misc/linewars-ii/ LineWars II Downloads]