Space Rogue
DOS - 1989
Also released on: Mac - Amiga - Apple II - Commodore 64 - FM Towns - Sharp X68000
Description of Space Rogue
While scouting a deserted spacecraft, you witnessed a sudden explosion of your mothership that left you stranded.
Aside from this novel plot, Space Rogue features one of the first believable and fun 3D space navigation that is populated with wormholes, starships, mining outposts, and planets. The ability to view the action from chase plane, cockpit, and cinematic modes also allows flexibility rarely seen in early RPGs. The spaceflight dynamic is also somewhat realistic, in that you will experience appropriate spin, loops and rolls.
Once you dock with a space station, you will control the action from a traditional top-down view to converse with various NPCs to advance the plot. One of the best things about this game is that you can avoid the main plot as long as you want and just content yourself with buying and trading cargo at the various outposts to earn enough money to equip your ship with better systems.
In short, Space Rogue doesn't break new grounds, but it is a solid sci-fi RPG that will provide you with dozens of hours of enjoyment (and dogfighting fun). Of historical interest is also the fact that this is the first game Paul Neurath designed for Origin before he founded Looking Glass Studios-- the first seed of a fertile relationship that would lead to the phenomenal Ultima Underworld. Two thumbs up for this classic!
Review By HOTUD
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Comments and reviews
larry 2021-10-29 0 point
one of the great games that further the flag of elite in different directions.
warriori 2017-07-23 3 points Commodore 64 version
Some reason C64 version NOT starting WinVICE 3.1 (x64) version?!?
But working perfectly WinVICE 2.4 (x64) version.
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Other Releases
Space Rogue was also released on the following systems:
Mac
- Year: 1989
- Publisher: Night Dive Studios, LLC, ORIGIN Systems, Inc.
- Developer: ORIGIN Systems, Inc.
Amiga
- Year: 1990
- Publisher: ORIGIN Systems, Inc.
- Developer: ORIGIN Systems, Inc.
Apple II
- Year: 1989
- Publisher: ORIGIN Systems, Inc.
- Developer: ORIGIN Systems, Inc.
Commodore 64
- Year: 1989
- Publisher: ORIGIN Systems, Inc.
- Developer: ORIGIN Systems, Inc.
FM Towns
- Year: 1990
- Publisher: Wave Train
- Developer: ORIGIN Systems, Inc.
Sharp X68000
- Year: 1990
- Publisher: Wave Train
- Developer: ORIGIN Systems, Inc.
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