| Beyond the Black Hole | |
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| Developer(s) | The Software Toolworks |
| Publisher(s) | The Software Toolworks |
| Composer(s) | Peter Stone |
| Platform(s) | MS-DOS, Commodore 64, Commodore 128, Nintendo Entertainment System |
| Release | 1989: MS-DOS, C64/128 1990: NES |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
Beyond the Black Hole is a computer game developed by The Software Toolworks and published in 1989 for the Commodore 64, Commodore 128, and MS-DOS, as well as for the Nintendo Entertainment System in 1990 under the name Orb-3D.
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Transcription
I will travel where to man has dared to go. Into the black hole? Why that's crazy! If you fall in, you never come out. Stretching you from head to toe É Death by black hole. There are monsters out in the cosmos that can swallow entire stars Inside these equations, there's a monster Anything that strays too close will be pulled in Gravity is infinite at the center of a black hole Time stops - space makes no sense Every galaxy has got one big black hole in the middle And millions of smaller black holes An anomaly of gravity so strange Nothing is more seductive There are monsters out in the cosmos That can swallow entire stars That can destroy space itself Completely invisible Anything that strays too close will be pulled in In the last century, black holes have gone from being mathematical curiosities To real objects in the cosmos Seemingly crucial to the formation of galaxies Nothing can escape it, even light There must be millions and millions of black holes Zipping around our galaxy, nothing there to light them up Millions and millions of black holes Zipping around our galaxy, nothing there to light them up At the heart of a large black hole is a singularity It's a point of inifinite density The accepted laws of physics break down Black holes form when giant stars run out of fuel And collapse under their own weight Dark remnants of burned out stars Truth is stranger than sci-fi An anomaly of gravity so strange Nothing is more seductive There are monsters out in the cosmos That can swallow entire stars That can destroy space itself Completely invisible Anything that strays too close will be pulled in Millions and millions of black holes Zipping around our galaxy, nothing there to light them up Millions and millions of black holes Zipping around our galaxy, nothing there to light them up Nothing is bigger and scarier than a black hole A boundary between the known universe And a place beyond the reach of science
Plot
Beyond the Black Hole is a game in which the player is a scientific officer placed in charge of investigating some unusual phenomena. The player uses cartography orbs to examine objects in space, with two rebound fields on the left and right edges of the screen to reflect the orb back the middle of the screen. The player must dive from orbit into the objects and gains points by hitting an object with the orb. Players must keep the orb fueled by maneuvering it through the fueling pods into the service center, and avoid pirates who want to steal the fuel.[1]
Gameplay
Beyond the Black Hole is stereoscopic 3-D arcade game which comes with 3-D glasses. The player is able to use the keyboard, a joystick, or a mouse to move around in space.[1] The game is playable without the glasses, as the game uses motion, not color, to generate the 3-D effect.[2]
Reception
Beyond the Black Hole was reviewed in 1989 in Dragon #152 by Hartley, Patricia, and Kirk Lesser in "The Role of Computers" column. The reviewers gave the game 5 out of 5 stars.[1] Compute! was less positive, stating that the game "is heavy on packaging and special effects and light on gameplay". The magazine hoped that "a more substantial game" would use the "impressive 3-D effect".[2]
Reviews
- VideoGames & Computer Entertainment[3]
- Stereo World[4]
- Run[5]
References
- ^ a b c Lesser, Hartley; Lesser, Patricia; Lesser, Kirk (December 1989). "The Role of Computers". Dragon (152): 64–70.
- ^ a b Atkin, Denny (December 1989). "Beyond the Black Hole". Compute!. p. 118.
- ^ "Video Games & Computer Entertainment - January 1990". January 1990.
- ^ "Stereo World Vol. 16 No. 6 January/February 1990". January 1990.
- ^ "Run Magazine Issue 82". December 1990.
External links
- Beyond the Black Hole at MobyGames
- Beyond the Black Hole at GameSpot
- Beyond the Black Hole at GameFAQs
This page was last edited on 19 June 2024, at 06:30