''Voyager I: Sabotage of the Robot Ship'' is a computer game designed and programmed by William D. Volk,
and published by the
Microcomputer Games
Avalon Hill Games Inc. is a game company that publishes wargames and strategic board games. It has also published miniature wargaming rules, role-playing games and sports simulations. It is a subsidiary of Hasbro, and operates under the company' ...
division of
Avalon Hill. It was originally released for the
Apple II
The Apple II (stylized as ) is an 8-bit home computer and one of the world's first highly successful mass-produced microcomputer products. It was designed primarily by Steve Wozniak; Jerry Manock developed the design of Apple II's foam-m ...
in 1981,
with later versions for the
Atari 8-bit computers
The Atari 8-bit family is a series of 8-bit home computers introduced by Atari, Inc. in 1979 as the Atari 400 and Atari 800. The series was successively upgraded to Atari 1200XL , Atari 600XL, Atari 800XL, Atari 65XE, Atari 130XE, Atari 800XE, ...
,
,
, and
Commodore PET.
Gameplay
''Voyager I'' is a real-time science fiction game in which the player must prevent an alien ship from destroying Earth.
Reception
Dave Jones reviewed the game for ''
Computer Gaming World
''Computer Gaming World'' (CGW) was an American computer game magazine published between 1981 and 2006. One of the few magazines of the era to survive the video game crash of 1983, it was sold to Ziff Davis in 1993. It expanded greatly through ...
'', and stated that "I feel that while the graphics of ''Voyager I'' are good the game design itself is too simplistic to hold the interest of the average computer game player for very long. If persistence is your "thing" you will find Voyager I interesting but those who enjoy employing strategies or arcade arcade skills will probably want to look elsewhere."
Bruce Berrien reviewed ''Voyager I'' in ''
Space Gamer'' No. 67.
Berrien commented that "the game is slow-moving and rather boring
..''Voyager I'' quickly becomes predictable."
References
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[{{cite web , last1=Boyle , first1=L. Curtis , title=Voyager , url=http://www.lcurtisboyle.com/nitros9/voyager.html , website=Tandy Color Computer Games]
External links
Softalk review
1981 video games
Apple II games
Atari 8-bit computer games
Avalon Hill video games
Commodore PET games
FM-7 games
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Space combat simulators
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