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developer | Major Developments - Chris Andrew, Ian Andrew, Stephen Northcott & Paul Gregory |
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game_name | Driller |
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languages | en |
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platform | cpc |
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players | 1 |
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publish | 0 |
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publisher | Incentive Software Ltd. |
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screen1_sha1 | CPCMaster | |
screen2_sha1 | CPCMaster | |
screen3_sha1 | CPCMaster | |
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wikipedia_url | CPCMaster | |
year | 1987 |
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_type | 1 |
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__back_sha1 | 6d1ddb800e37a556304c05acc43afe0e78af90f0 3452x4764 |
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__long_description | ***Driller*** (also known as Space Station Oblivion in the United States)
is a 1987 puzzle video game. It was written by British developers Major
Developments and published by Incentive Software for the ZX Spectrum,
Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC, Commodore Amiga, Atari ST and IBM PC. The
game was notable for its early 3D game engine, Freescape.
***Gameplay***
The game requires the player to maneuver 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.
The position is established by a mixture of clues from the landscape
(including an "X marks the spot" in the first zone) and trial and error.
The security systems will attack Lesleigh upon sight, and he must
disable or avoid them by any means possible. Only a few can be destroyed
by shooting, the rest must be dispatched by mechanical means through
switches or similar.
The eighteen regions are actually platforms above the true surface of
Mitral; the excavation probe cannot fly or hover (although it can rise
and lower itself slightly on hydraulics), and moving off a platform
causes the player to fall onto the surface, where he is marooned.
However, in one area the player can find a garage containing a
hovering vehicle that can be used to explore and attack security
systems, though not to place drilling rigs.
***Reception***
The game received positive reviews from several sources. CRASH awarded
the game 97%, stating that "with a stunning use of 3D graphics, very
challenging gameplay, and the fascination of exploring a FreeScape
world, Driller is one of the best games CRASH has seen." The magazine's
readers voted it the best overall game of 1987. Your Sinclair gave
Driller 9/10 with reviewer Phil South stating "The game took a year
to build, and it shows in the quality of the workmanship and the
gameplay. I can tell that people are going to be sending in tips
for this for months to come. Superb!" Zzap!64 awarded the game
96%. Amstrad Action reviewed the game in the January 1988 issue
with an overall rating of 96% and earned the AA 'Mastergame' accolade.
Is joint 3rd highest rated game in Amstrad Action's run. Orson Scott
Card wrote in Compute! that "the lame science fiction story ... is a
thinly veiled excuse for what's really a programmer's exercise in 3-D
graphics. But once you stop expecting the story to make sense, this is
a fun game, as you explore a strange world ... a fascinating exprience".
Source:[Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Driller_%28video_game%29) |
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command | run"driller" |
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cpc_model | 6128 |
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file_list | [{"name": "Driller (1987)(Incentive Software).dsk", "sha1": "b0af3d57bd3096e7055c279c055100da4e1563cd", "size": 194816}] |
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floppy_list | Disk 1.dsk: b0af3d57bd3096e7055c279c055100da4e1563cd |
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parent_uuid | 87cef61b-300d-4b6a-8a4c-d75dfbd3f0ca |
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platform | cpc cpc |
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publish | 0 (inherited) |
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tag_tosec | 2018-12-27 |
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variant_name | DSK |
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x_name | Driller (cpc, TOSEC, DSK, 1987, Incentive Software) |
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_type | 2 |
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__imported | 2014-04-16 |
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__tosec_dat | Amstrad CPC - Games - [DSK] (TOSEC-v2015-05-07_CM).dat |
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