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DRILLER

Originally published in 1987 on ZX Spectrum, by Incentive Software

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Driller-amiga.jpg
Space station oblivion.jpg

"... it's a great puzzle game..."  CPC Game Reviews


"Driller is one of the best games Crash has seen."  Crash

Idea of the game:

The game requires the player to manoeuvre the excavation probe, through a first-person view, through eighteen regions (in the shape of a rhombicuboctahedron) of the moon Mitral, and place a drilling rig in each of them to allow a minimum of 50% of the gas to escape.

All formats:

ZX Spectrum - 1987 - Incentive - Cassette £14.95 - Disc £17.95

C64 - Cassette £14.95 - Disc £17.95
Amstrad - Cassette £14.95 - Disc £17.95
Amiga  - £24.95
Atari - £24.95

Credits:

Concept, game design, world design; Ian Andrew
Program design; Chris Andrew
Programming; Chris Andrew (Spectrum and Amstrad CPC) and Stephen Northcott (Commodore 64)
Computer Art; Paul Gregory, Ian Denny and Robin Chapman

Driller Amstrad CPC.jpg
Driller Commodore 64.jpg

FUN FACTS

  • First game to feature the real time solid 3D engine "Freescape". 

  • Freescape was so called as games using it gave the user FREEdom to move around a landSCAPE.

  • The trend of adding "Scape" to words began with Freescape.

  • Frame update was about once per second on 8 bit machines.

  • The game came with a cardboard model, that you could make into the 3D world you played in.

  • The game was launched in the USA as Space Station Oblivion.

This page was created several years after release of many of the games. There may be errors or omissions. If you see anything not right or missing, please let us know so we can correct things. Many thanks. info@h23.com

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