Frederick Pohl's Gateway (PC, CD-ROM) Legend Entertainment - 1992 USA, Canada Release

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Frederick Pohl's Gateway
Packaging cover Frederick Pohl's Gateway.
Product ID 16685-06356
Product UPC 016685063568
Platform(s) PC
Packaging Retail Box
Media CD-ROM
Copyright date 1992
Publisher(s) Legend Entertainment
Category(s) Entertainment, Adventure
Recommended age(s) 13+
Country of Origin United States of America

Description from the packaging.

Get rich quick or die!

The gamble is the same for every gateway prospector. You strap yourself into an alien starship whose destination was programmed 500,000 years ago by a race called the Heechee. You may return with a motherlode of technology that will make you rich. More likely, you will die.

But when scientists discover the terrible secret behind the vanished Heechee civilization, you enter a desperate battle against an ancient race so ruthless and deadly that they are known simply as The Assassins.

  • Explore exotic new worlds.
  • Learn the ropes on Gateway Station, a 22nd century frontier city.
  • Interact with alien races.
  • Search deep space for traces of ancient Heechee civilization.
  • Stunning cinematic animated effects, 256-color VGA graphics.
  • Unique screen design featuring Legend's Next Generation Game System.
  • Superb original Roland and AdLib musical score synchronized with your game play.
  • Digitized sound effects.
  • New screen formats: Pilot an interstellar scout ship, talk with characters, and operate high tech equipment.
  • Based on the Hugo & Nebula award-winning series.
  • The final confrontation! Battle the enemy in cyberspace virtual reality drawn from the nightmares of your own subconscious.

System Requirements

PC MS-DOS 3.3
Required CPU 386-33
Required RAM 640K
Requires Mouse Yes
Supports Mouse Yes
Required Audio AdLib
SoundBlaster
Roland MT-32
Supported Video VGA
PC Windows 95
Required CPU 386DX
Required RAM 4MB
Requires Mouse Yes
Supports Mouse Yes
Required Audio AdLib
SoundBlaster
Roland MT-32
Supported Video VGA

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Retail Box cover Frederick Pohl's Gateway. Retail Box back Frederick Pohl's Gateway.

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