Post by extremewreck2000 on Jul 13, 2024 7:17:29 GMT
Huh, this seems to be a lost Commodore 64 shmup in which only one copy was ever produced of the full game, one that Fred Gasking talked about on this page. All we have of this game is a scrolling demo, but what we do know about the game is this:
This was going to be the 2nd sequel to Lions of the Universe, which had a previous sequel, Return of the Lions, that was seemingly never completed. Unlike those 2, Born In Space would also have up & down scrolling to go alongside the right directional horizontal scrolling. It was long thought that this game was never finished, but eventually proof was found of the game being completed as it was reviewed in an issue of 64'er, where it was given a 9/10 rating.
Also, according to graphic designer & coder Hannes Sommer, the game was sold to someone at some point, but he can't remember who it was & apparently he no longer has the game himself(as in, he just sold the only known copy of the game to that individual).
Hopefully the review copy & the only known copy of the full version surface someday because this is quite an unexpected discovery!
This was going to be the 2nd sequel to Lions of the Universe, which had a previous sequel, Return of the Lions, that was seemingly never completed. Unlike those 2, Born In Space would also have up & down scrolling to go alongside the right directional horizontal scrolling. It was long thought that this game was never finished, but eventually proof was found of the game being completed as it was reviewed in an issue of 64'er, where it was given a 9/10 rating.
Also, according to graphic designer & coder Hannes Sommer, the game was sold to someone at some point, but he can't remember who it was & apparently he no longer has the game himself(as in, he just sold the only known copy of the game to that individual).
Hopefully the review copy & the only known copy of the full version surface someday because this is quite an unexpected discovery!
