Voyager - Quick Look - Atari ST

I take a quick look at "Voyager" on the Atari ST. Published in 1989 by Ocean Software.

#atarist #retrocomputing #retrogaming

[adamw.p.]

I had this game on a compilation big box with other 3 other games. They were R-Type, Bio Challenge, and IK+. The only one I played the most was IK+ simply because that game was so awesome. I might revisit this game one of the days though, I didn't give it much love back in the day.

[robbiereisman]

I enjoyed this one as a kid, too. Good stuff.

[gaspop_]

Looks quite nice! 3d-games on the Atari ST like this, Starglider and Eco all had one thing in common; me having no idea what to do and just moving around trying to blast everything and dying instantly 😁

[paulwestphal]

Great! I have been looking for games that could benefit from 16mhz. I'll try this one and see if it makes it more playable.

[amirlx]

Love the banter. "Let me blow you up, sir!"

[ArttuTheCat]

If I ever find this game on my Amiga 500 -
and in the original box release,
including the original audio tape -
I will be the happiest tomcat ever 😺👍.

[IsaacKuo]

It's a sexy box with legs and a pointy nose! Yes, the title screen robot is in the game, it's just the limitations of polygon graphics of the time, you see.

[retropuffer]

That looked awesome, too bad about the controls. I liked "vector" style games back in the day. I played Spectre on my Mac which surprisingly wasn't ported to the ST/Amiga according to Moby.

[danielk]

Never got into Voyager -- looks nice, but also frustrating. Reminds me of Starglider 2.

[thefurthestmanfromhome]

Went under the working title of Moons Of Saturn i believe?

Yep it's a then modern take on Battle zone and yep Bob Wakelin did indeed steal design assets from Alien 😂


Always loved the look of it at the time, was still a C64 user, so wireframe 3D was terribly, terribly slow on the system.

Had loved Encounter on the A8 and C64, so hoped for a similar experience with this, but solid polygon 3D rather than sprites.

Too slow for that sadly 😭

[TMS]

So obsessed about technical effects, they completely forgot about gameplay.