Epic
DOS - 1992
Also released on: Amiga - Atari ST
Description of Epic
Nowadays, DID is famous for having developed ground-breaking flight sims like TFX, EF2000 and F-22. But before that there was Epic, a 3D space combat simulator. Back then in 1992, this was awaited as being the ultimate space combat game and it promised a lot. But at the end it just wasn't executed well enough and probably rushed out too early to be a really great game and the long awaited Wing Commander-killer.
The in-game graphics as well as the stills and animations in the cut-scenes are great. Epic also features ground combat missions on planets next to the space missions, which wasn't seen before in this type of game. It's fun to play, the presentation overall is very stylish. However, there are only very few missions and some bad design faults. When you play it you will also notice soon that you can't fully pitch, making it more of a 2D shooter than a 3D space sim.
Still, Epic is a good game of its own, but it could have been better. If you like space shooters, be sure to give it a try. Needs a slow-down util on faster computers.
Review By HOTUD
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Comments and reviews
Vargas 2022-08-03 0 point DOS version
Nice one mate. Thanks for the controls, for this forgotten but interesting piece of history :)
MrBumpy 2019-04-27 3 points DOS version
My copy included the following read.me file. Hope this helps:
Key Description
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ESC ........... during animation or brief will skip to next section
pressed together with CONTROL will quit back to DOS
pressed twice will self destruct the ship (useful if
you've run out of fuel)
HOME .......... display heading to center of world
F1 ............ front view inside cockpit view
with SHIFT gives outside front view looking at ship
F2 ............ looking back view
with SHIFT gives outside back view looking at ship
F3 ............ looking left view
with SHIFT gives looking at ship view
F4 ............ looking right view
with SHIFT gives looking at ship view
F5 ............ outside view looking at closest target or nearest
enemy ship
F6 ............ outside view trailing ship
F7 ............ lookup view
F10 ........... view current target(s) press again to step to next
D ............. toggle the detail level between auto/low/high
F ............. select fuel scoop
L ............. select lazers
M ............. select missiles
S ............. toggle shield on/off
ENTER ......... step to next weapon
T ............. target the cobalt weapon
P ............. pause press P again to unpause
C ............. center joystick
J ............. toggle betweek joystick and mouse
K ............. in joystick control, decrease x sensitivity
H ............. in joystick control, increase x sensitivity
N ............. in joystick control, increase y sensitivity
O ............. in joystick control, decrease y sensitivity
jasonvoorhees1969 2016-02-04 1 point
STRANGE ASS GAME should be the title of this one.
controls are OFF and there doesn't seem to be any
way to configure them, you can use mouse or arrow-keys
to control your ship, not sure if you have full 360Degree
freedom of movement or not, get tie- fighter or x-wing
instead of this one.
MoRiCKa 2015-10-06 2 points DOS version
Really loved this one back in the days! Who likes scifi games and shooters, space simulators, this was a must.
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Other Releases
Epic was also released on the following systems:
Amiga
- Year: 1992
- Publisher: Ocean Software Ltd.
- Developer: Digital Image Design Ltd.
Atari ST
- Year: 1992
- Publisher: Ocean Software Ltd.
- Developer: Digital Image Design Ltd.
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