Gateway II: Homeworld
| Gateway II: Homeworld | |
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| Game | |
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| Main links | |
| Published | 1993 |
| Credits | |
| Authors | Mike Verdu and Glen Dahlgren |
| Publisher | Legend Entertainment |
| Reception | |
| IFDB rating | 4 out of 5 (20 ratings) |
| Gameplay | |
| Interaction style |  Parser |
| Literary genre |  Science fiction |
| Location |  Outer space |
| Language | English |
| IFDB play time | 8 hours 20 minutes |
| Accessibility | Colour: none. Graphics: required. Sound: optional. |
| Technical details | |
| System | MS-DOS |
| License | Commercial |
| IFID | MZ-DA7557FE8DD79C84E7EB142D19F426D2 |
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How it begins
In the early twenty-second century, an immense alien spacecraft, dubbed the "Artifact," arrives in the Earth's solar system. The Artifact ignores all attempts at communication; no one knows whether its intentions are good or ill.
You are the same protagonist as in Frederik Pohl's Gateway. Having become immensely wealthy from your discoveries, you begin the game as a young retiree in your San Francisco apartment, with nothing on you except the coverall you're wearing.
Soon you receive a transmission. You learn that an ambassador, who had previously been selected to rendezvous with the Artifact, was assassinated. Now you are asked to serve as an advisor to the ambassador's replacement. What's more, minutes later you receive yet another transmission with even more alarming news.
Trivia and Comments
- According to the DM4, Gateway II: Homeworld was "the last mainstream release of a game with a parser."
Versions
Initial Release
Date: 1993
- Gateway II: Homeworld (Mike Verdu and Glen Dahlgren; publisher: Legend Entertainment; 1993).
Compilation
Date: 1997
- Included in the eight-game compilation The Lost Adventures (Legend Entertainment; 1997).
Demo
Date: Date unknown
- IFID: MZ-DA7557FE8DD79C84E7EB142D19F426D2
IFID links: IFDB - Download gw2demo.zip from the IF Archive
- IFID: MZ-DA7557FE8DD79C84E7EB142D19F426D2
Related games
- Part of "Gateway series":
- Frederik Pohl's Gateway (Mike Verdu, Michael Lindner, Glen Dahlgren; publisher: Legend Entertainment; 1992; MS-DOS).
- Gateway II: Homeworld (Mike Verdu and Glen Dahlgren; publisher: Legend Entertainment; 1993; MS-DOS).
Links
N.B. Many IF Archive games are temporarily unavailable in the UK.
- Gateway 2: Homeworld (archived) - at Baf's Guide
- Gateway 2: Homeworld - at IFDB
Date: 1993
Date: 1997
Date: Date unknown