Description of Earth Orbit Stations
Earth Orbit Stations (aka EOS), a really nice simulation game sold in 1987 for Commodore 64, is available and ready to be played again! Also available on Apple II, time to play a managerial and sci-fi / futuristic video game title.
External links
Captures and Snapshots
Comments and reviews
SamuraiMarine 2024-02-13 0 point
Damn... I forgot about this game. I remember playing it on my Apple II until late at night, then having to get up and go to work the next morning dead tired.
admin 2014-11-28 0 point Apple II version
Yes, you're right it's an apple II game. I updated the platform.
noone 2014-11-28 1 point Apple II version
file extensions are nib, looks like mac not c64, or dos :/
Write a comment
Share your gamer memories, help others to run the game or comment anything you'd like. If you have trouble to run Earth Orbit Stations (Commodore 64), read the abandonware guide first!
Download Earth Orbit Stations
We may have multiple downloads for few games when different versions are available. Also, we try to upload manuals and extra documentation when possible. If you have additional files to contribute or have the game in another language, please contact us!
Commodore 64 Version
89 KBApple II Version
- Year: 1987
- Publisher: Electronic Arts, Inc.
Karl Buiter's first, and most underrated, design, Earth Orbit Stations is a classic space program simulation that was one of the first of its kind.
It is also probably the only space station simulation that focuses on the commercial aspect of running a private-owned space station, as opposed to controlling the government-run facility. The game's premise is sometime in the near future: you have been appointed space director by the Federation of Earth Orbit Stations. Your task is to build space stations, conduct research, market products (yes, products), and compete against up to three other directors. You can choose from a number of missions, with distinct objectives that require different strategies. The missions are all very interesting: the goals range from pure research, rescue operation, space colony construction, and even a search for intelligent life in the universe.
There are many modules to build for your space station, including command, life, solar collector, chemical lab, and communications. Most of these require that appropriate technology be researched first. All the missions require you to build special units, such as space hospitals for the Mars rescue operation. You can also launch probes and shuttles from the station. All of this, of course, requires money (i.e. space credits), which you earn by selling space-produced products (i.e. modules) to Earth. You can deposit money in the EOS bank, or even request help from the commercial sponsors if you are responsible for more than half the total research effort in the game. You can even use ads to attract more buyers, and go bankrupt if your revenues cannot cover operating costs. As if this isn't complex enough, you need to keep an eye on your opponents at all time, because if any of them achieves the goal first, the game is over.
With great gameplay, unique premise, and an excellent interface, Earth Orbit Stations is a must-play for fans of space simulations and business games alike. It's also worth a look by anyone who loves Karl Buiter's other underdogs, Sentinel Worlds and Hard Nova. Too bad the PC version was never released.
Review By HOTUD
Similar games
Fellow retro gamers also downloaded these games:
