Outpost (Mac, CD-ROM) Sierra - 1994 USA, Canada Release

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Outpost
Title
Outpost
Product ID
20626-13725
Product UPC
020626137256
Platform(s)
Packaging
Retail Box
Media
CD-ROM
Copyright date(s)
1994
Publisher(s)
Category(s)
Recommended age(s)
6+

Description from the packaging.

The legacy of Earth depends upon your survival.
Based on current NASA research in planetary science, robotics, terraforming, and interstellar spacecraft design, Outpost places you in control of the most comprehensive strategy simulation ever developed for the PC.

Earth is destroyed by a catastrophic event, and you're responsible for rebuilding civilization on another planet. Where you go and if you survive is up to you- there's a galaxy of possibilities.

  • Shape a new society.
  • Build and control the growth of your colony.
  • Consult an artificially intelligent computer.
  • Perform genetic research.
  • Exploit robots.
  • Deal with hostile rebel colonies.
  • Sustain life in hostile atmospheres.

Designer: Bruce Balfour is a designer of best selling computer games and a former scientist for the Space Sciences Division of NASA's Ames Research Center. At NASA Balfour researched artificial intelligence applications with regard to future interplanetary probes.

System Requirements

Mac System 7.0
Required CPU
68030
Required RAM
8MB
Req. Hard Drive
5MB Free
Required CD Speed
2X
Recommend RAM
12MB
Recommend CD Speed
4X
Supported Video
13" 256 Color

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