Space Pebbles 1.0 COLOR This is a Space Game Mactivity's CD-ROM nr 10 advice: This application did run on a color 68030 processor under System 7.1. It was also tested on a big ColorScreen of a PowerMacintosh running System 7.1.2. The game was also tested on a Quadra with 68040 processor and a 13 inch Color Screen and System 7.1 by Mactivity. Attention: This application runs only on COLOR monitors. For those people who have a monitor that displays greater than 640x480 resolution,the game window will center itself on the screen. Clicking outside of the window will suspend the game. During this time, the game takes the lowest priority for receiving events, so it should not interfere with any processes in the foreground. During game play however, it will take a high priority (ie it hogs your processor). Game Play: An accident at a mining facility in the Binary Mines of Terradyn has blown large fragments into space, and they're headed your way. You have been drafted by Earth Central Government in the year 2110 to protect a distant outpost from excessive bombardment of these "meteorites". You have been given a prototype ship (nicknamed 'The Endurance') which can handle up to thirty direct meteorite hits before it is rendered useless, killing it's occupant. The station you are required to defend, can handle only nine direct hits before it's destruction. The government only gave this station a class one armor fitting, this was due to budget cuts in the Outer Celestial Exploration Program. Your ship has high speed manuevering capabilities, a short range, superspace drive which can move your ship a limited distance within only a few microseconds; two limited range ion-pulse cannons for offense, and a three stage, heavy armor for defense, in which each stage can handle ten direct hits. You must destroy twenty meteorites with your beam weapon to advance to the next level. Destruction of a meteorite due to collision by either your ship or the station will not be counted, although you will receive points. Each new level will completely repair the spacestation's armor, your ship's armor however, cannot be repaired. When you move to a higher level, the probability of a meteorite appearing increases, as well as the potential "top speed" (i.e. Level 5's meteorites can travel at a higher speed than Level 4's meteorites, however, the speed is random; hence the speed of the meteorites varies). Back to the Computer Games Index