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You are a Space Marshall, investigating a distress call from the colony Delta
5-5. As you approach the planet, your ship comes in contact with a gravity well, and
crash-lands. The landing drained your ship of all but minimal power, stranding you.
After putting on your Power Armor, navigating the planet's surface and stepping into
the Colony itself, you must uncover what has happened to the colonists, restore power
to your ship, rescue the colonist's children, and destroy the planet overrun by aliens.
This is a revolutionary RPG that is largely forgotten. The Colony pioneers many
concepts that are now familiar to most RPGers: a fully rotational 3D gameworld,
real-time action, digitized sound effects, and mouse-controlled movement. Despite
shaky 3D effects and static 2D bitmapped view for most interaction scenes (opening
drawers, etc.), The Colony is still a fun and highly innovative game for its time. |
