[Coco] New game out: OMNISTAR

[Kevin Becker]

I played a beta version and it was pretty fun. I bought the full
release when announce but haven't tried it yet to see what may have
changed.

On Tue, 2020-09-22 at 00:03 -0400, Paulo Garcia wrote:
> Intriguing... Has Anyone tried the game?
> 
> Paulo
> 
> On Sun, Sep 13, 2020 at 10:37 AM Alex Evans <varmfskii at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> 
> > Zager and Evans
> > In the year 2525
> > If man is still alive
> > If woman can survive
> > They may find-
> > 
> > On Fri, Sep 11, 2020 at 5:51 PM Rick Adams <rick at rickadams.org>
> > wrote:
> > > *OMNISTAR*
> > > 
> > > *A game for your Tandy Color Computer 3 and RGB monitor.*
> > > 
> > > *rickadams.itch.io
> > > *
> > > 
> > > It is the year 2525 and the worldwide intrusive surveillance net
> > > OMNISTAR encircles the globe with satellites in orbit around 20
> > > of the
> > > world's most prominent cities.
> > > 
> > > You are a promising hacker, hired by the resistance, who are
> > > hoping you
> > > will be able to take down the OMNISTAR where others have failed.
> > > It is
> > > rumored there is a secret message waiting for the one who
> > > succeeds.
> > > 
> > > But how to start? There is a login prompt, but no information on
> > > what
> > > accounts are valid. You'll have to guess! Once you get in, there
> > > are
> > > programs left on the various nodes of the OMNISTAR by previous
> > > attempts,
> > > but no information on what each of them does. Will they help you
> > > on your
> > > quest, or hinder you?
> > > 
> > > A member of the resistance has been assigned to each node to
> > > monitor
> > > your progress and help whenever they can.
> > > 
> > > The goal is to damage the OMNISTAR so that SYSTEM STATUS is 0%.
> > > 
> > > But if you are attacked such that USER STATUS goes to 0%, game
> > > over!
> > > 
> > > Each of the nodes and programs also has a percentage, and once
> > > that
> > > percentage goes to zero, they will not operate.
> > > 
> > > You will see automated processes moving from node to node, in
> > > service to
> > > the OMNISTAR. They are MILBOTs, MEDBOTS, and SPYBOTs... what do
> > > each of
> > > these do? The names may provide a clue. And they have percentages
> > > too,
> > > so can you knock those down?
> > > 
> > > Good luck!
> > > 
> > > PS: Any similarity to the name of a certain large corporation is
> > > purely
> > > coincidental.
> > > 
> > > 
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> Paulo
>