Whale's Voyage
Whale's Voyage, known in North America as Distant Frontiers, is a 1993 role-playing game developed by an Austrian company Neo Software and published by Flair Software. The game was programmed by Hannes Seifert and Niki Laber.
Whale's Voyage
- Model
- Whale's Voyage
- Date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Flair Software
- Language
- English
- Genre
- role-playing video game
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Whale's Voyage, known in North America as Distant Frontiers, is a 1993 role-playing game developed by an Austrian company Neo Software and published by Flair Software. The game was programmed by Hannes Seifert and Niki Laber.
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Key facts
Key facts
• Released — February 1993 • Genre — Role-playing • Publisher — Flair Software • Developer — Neo Software
Plot
Plot
The player is a space traveler who becomes stranded in space after making a bad deal purchasing the spacecraft "Whale". Left orbiting a remote planet, they must use trade and skill to upgrade the ship enough to escape.
Definition
Definition
The canonical record carries the following identifying particulars. The same evidence establishes that whale's Voyage is associated with Austria.
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The following works and productions are recorded by name or by count. It is also recorded that adventures on the western coast of South America, and the interior of California: including a narrative of incidents at the Kingsmill Islands, New Ireland, New Britain, New Guinea, and other islands in the Pacific Ocean. The natural history of the sperm whale. To which is added, a sketch of a South-Sea whaling voyage. It is also recorded that whale's Voyage is recorded as published in 1993. It is also recorded that narrative of a whaling voyage round the globe, from the year 1833 to 1836.
Reception
Reception
Amiga Format praised the title, despite describing it as huge, complicated, and daunting, and thought it lacked the depth and immersion of space adventures like BAT 2. Amiga Power thought the game offered CD32 owners something to play other than pinballers and platformers. Amiga Joker thought the game was a successful debut, and congratulated the Austrian video gaming industry. CU Amiga thought the game did not inspire confidence in the Austrian games market. Amiga Dream gave it a score of 85%. In 1994, the game was voted by readers as #2 Best RPG in 1993 in the Amiga Joker magazine.
Legacy
Legacy
A sequel was released in 1995 entitled Whale's Voyage II: Die Übermacht. While never originally released in English, the sequel was unofficially translated into the language in 2018.
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- “Whale's Voyage”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q1771500: Whale's Voyage
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This entry is compiled from 8 catalogued sources across 4 independent registers. The registers consulted are Crossref registry, Wellcome Collection, Wikidata and Wikipedia. Every statement above is held against the register that stated it; where the registers are silent, the entry is silent.
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