''R3: The Art of Rocketry'' is a
video game
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written by
Bruce Webster
Bruce F. Webster is an American academic and software engineer. He is a principal at Bruce F. Webster & Associates and an adjunct professor in computer science at Brigham Young University.
Early life and education
Webster received a full Nat ...
for the
Amiga
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released in 1995. It was a playable demo on the coverdisks of ''
Amiga Power
''Amiga Power'' (''AP'') was a monthly magazine about Amiga video games. It was published in the United Kingdom by Future Publishing and ran for 65 issues, from May 1991 to September 1996.
History
The first issue of ''Amiga Power'' was publi ...
'' (issue 54) in October 1995 and on ''
Amiga Format
''Amiga Format'' was a British monthly computer magazine for Amiga computers, published by Future Publishing. The magazine lasted 136 issues from 1989 to 2000. The magazine was formed when Future split '' ST/Amiga Format'' into two separate pub ...
'' (issue 89) in September 1996.
The game was initially released as
shareware
Shareware is a type of proprietary software that is initially shared by the owner for trial use at little or no cost. Often the software has limited functionality or incomplete documentation until the user sends payment to the software developer. ...
, but the author later released the full game as freeware on Aminet in 2000.
The registered version included ''Tritus'' from Davin Pearson, a three-player competitive ''
Tetris
''Tetris'' () is a puzzle video game created in 1985 by Alexey Pajitnov, a Soviet software engineer. In ''Tetris'', falling tetromino shapes must be neatly sorted into a pile; once a horizontal line of the game board is filled in, it disa ...
''-inspired game, much in the same manner of the game ''
Super Foul Egg''.
Gameplay
''R3'' is a ''
Thrust
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'' clone where the player navigates a flying craft by rotating applying power in that direction. Vertical movement is affected by gravity.
''R3'' adds the ability to purchase new and better craft, which are organised into five classes. Each craft in the same class has similar characteristics, such as class 3 being large on the cargo space and shields, but low on missiles and low on thrust power. Each class has three craft within it, the weakest having lower everything (engine power, gun range, gun speed, cargo space, shields) but being much cheaper.
References
External links
Aminet archive of the freeware release''R4 (Rocketman)''is the sequel to ''R3''
1995 video games
Amiga games
Amiga-only games
Multidirectional shooters
Shareware games
Video games developed in the United Kingdom
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