Stellar Agent
| Stellar Agent | |
|---|---|
| Developer(s) | Robert Kraus |
| Publisher(s) | Better Games |
| Release | 1991 |
| Genre(s) | Adventure |
Stellar Agent is a 1991 video game published by Better Games and designed by Robert Kraus.
Gameplay
[edit]Stellar Agent is a text only adventure game in which the player selects actions from numbered menus, with screen divided by sections including "Location," "Description," and "Current Situation".[1] It is a science fiction spy game with various options on-screen for each location.[2] The game uses a menu-driven interface instead of a parser.[3]
Reception
[edit]Computer Gaming World said that "Robert A. Kraus has attempted to recapture the glory days of old [...] Stellar Agent puts the player square in a science-fiction spy adventure that is both enjoyable to read and play."[3]
Charles Ardai reviewed the game for Computer Gaming World, and stated that "unpolished as it is, Stellar Agent also recalls the best of the early adventure game era: ingenious logic puzzles; multi-stage death traps; a robust and shameless mixing of science fiction, high fantasy and anything else that caught the designer's fancy; and, best of all, the anything-goes atmosphere of discovery and fun that characterized such classics as Starcross and the original Adventure." Ardai called the game "really no more than a collection of puzzles which are loosely strung together" but noted that the puzzles were "fine examples of their type and, to the delight of this puzzle-hungry player, there are a ton of them. Some of them are the kind of puzzle one doesn't see too often any more."[1]
The PC Games Bible said that the game "Contains a few rough edges but remains an enjoyable adventure with some tough puzzles that are always logical."[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Ardai, Charles (February 1992). "Back to Basics: Better Games' Stellar Agent". Computer Gaming World. Vol. 1, no. 91. pp. 71, 74.
- ^ a b Matthews, Robin; Rigby, Paul (1992). The PC Games Bible. Wilmslow, Cheshire: Sigma Press. p. 51. ISBN 1-85058-332-3. Retrieved 2024-05-02 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ a b "Taking a Peek". Computer Gaming World. No. 90. January 1992. p. 12. Retrieved 2024-05-16 – via Internet Archive.