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''E.O.S.: Earth Orbit Stations'' is a
space station A space station (or orbital station) is a spacecraft which remains orbital spaceflight, in orbit and human spaceflight, hosts humans for extended periods of time. It therefore is an artificial satellite featuring space habitat (facility), habitat ...
construction and management
simulation video game Simulation video games are a diverse super-category of video games, generally designed to closely simulate real world activities. A simulation game attempts to copy various activities from real life in the form of a game for various purposes such ...
developed by Karl Buiter for
Electronic Arts Electronic Arts Inc. (EA) is an American video game company headquartered in Redwood City, California. Founded in May 1982 by former Apple Inc., Apple employee Trip Hawkins, the company was a pioneer of the early home computer game industry ...
. It was released for the
Commodore 64 The Commodore 64, also known as the C64, is an 8-bit computing, 8-bit home computer introduced in January 1982 by Commodore International (first shown at the Consumer Electronics Show, January 7–10, 1982, in Las Vegas). It has been listed in ...
and
Apple II Apple II ("apple Roman numerals, two", stylized as Apple ][) is a series of microcomputers manufactured by Apple Computer, Inc. from 1977 to 1993. The Apple II (original), original Apple II model, which gave the series its name, was designed ...
in 1987.


Gameplay

The game focuses on both the material and economic challenges of building a permanent, fully functioning space station in geocentric orbit. The game is set in 1996, and the player is given various selected scenarios to fulfill. These scenarios consist of mundane tasks such as setting up a simple space station, to developing and supplying a specified amount of high-grade,
zero G Weightlessness is the complete or near-complete absence of the sensation of weight, i.e., zero apparent weight. It is also termed zero g-force, or zero-g (named after the g-force) or, incorrectly, zero gravity. Weight is a measurement of the fo ...
pharmaceutical Medication (also called medicament, medicine, pharmaceutical drug, medicinal product, medicinal drug or simply drug) is a drug used to diagnose, cure, treat, or prevent disease. Drug therapy ( pharmacotherapy) is an important part of the ...
s, and to being the first to contact alien life. The game is also a cutthroat strategy game in multiplayer, as players compete over finite resources and resource management.


Reception

''
Computer Gaming World ''Computer Gaming World'' (CGW) was an American Video game journalism, computer game magazine that was published between 1981 and 2006. One of the few magazines of the era to survive the video game crash of 1983, it was sold to Ziff Davis in 199 ...
'' in 1987 gave the game a mixed review. While the single-player portion was praised, the review felt the game had too high a learning curve to be suitable for multiplayer. The user interface was particularly bothersome, described as "a textbook case of how ''not'' to design a window/menu/graphics interface." The documentation was similarly described as poorly organized and cryptic. In 1992 and 1994 surveys of science fiction games the magazine gave the title two-plus stars of five, calling it "An interesting failure ... the logistics just are not that much fun". ''
Compute! ''Compute!'' (), often stylized as ''COMPUTE!'', is an American home computer magazine that was published from 1979 to 1994. Its origins can be traced to 1978 in Len Lindsay's ''PET Gazette'', one of the first magazines for the Commodore PET. ...
'' reviewed the game more favorably, stating that "''EOS'' offers a level of challenge unusual in space-related software. To succeed at this game requires careful thought".


Reviews

* ''
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'' #43 (Feb 1988)


See also

*'' Project: Space Station''


References


External links

* {{lemon64 game, id=808, name=Earth Orbit Stations
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