Snowball

Science Fiction Mystery Outer space

Snowball
Author(s)	Mike Austin, Nick Austin, Pete Austin and Ian Buxton
Publisher(s)	Level 9
Release date(s)	1983
Authoring system	A-code
Platform(s)	Amstrad CPC, Amstrad PCW, BBC Micro, Commodore 64, MSX, Spectrum
Language(s)	English
License(s)	Commercial (Out of commerce)
Multimedia
Color effects	TBD
Graphics	none/Line Art
Sound/Music	No
Ratings
Cruelty scale	Tough

How It Begins

The massive starship, Snowball 9, is carrying 2 million hibernating colonists to Eden, fertile planet in the Eridani starsystem. The Snowball has been hijacked and is heading into the sun.

Notable Features

Claims to have over 7000 locations.

Versions

Game available on Spectrum, Amstrad CPC, BBC Micro, Commodore 64, Amstrad PCW and MSX systems.

Spectrum version

• Snowball (Mike Austin, Nick Austin, Pete Austin and Ian Buxton, publisher: Level 9; 1983).
  • IFID: LEVEL9-018
    IFID links: IFDB, Babel metadata, Babel download. (Note: Babel services at IF Archive are not yet available.)

Amstrad PCW version

• Part of the trilogy Silicon Dreams. Snowball (Mike Austin, Nick Austin, Pete Austin and Ian Buxton, publisher: Rainbird; 1986).
  • IFID: LEVEL9-018
    IFID links: IFDB, Babel metadata, Babel download. (Note: Babel services at IF Archive are not yet available.)

Notable Information

• Prequel to Return to Eden by Nick Austin, Chris Queen and Tim Noyce.
• Prequel to The Worm in Paradise by Mike Austin, Nick Austin, Pete Austin and artist James Horsler.
• Starred by a female character, described in a very ambiguous way.

Silicon Dreams Trilogy by Level 9

Snowball (1983) Return to Eden (1984) The Worm in Paradise (1985)

Links

• Snowball - at IFDB.
• Snowball - at World of Spectrum.
• Silicon Dreams on PCW - at Habisoft