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[[Image:Space Games - DOS - USA.jpg|thumb|256x256px|Box cover.]]
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{{Video Game
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| Title            = Space Games
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| Image           = Space Games - DOS - USA.jpg
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| ImageDescription = MS-DOS - USA - 1st Edition.
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| Developer        = Various
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| Publisher        = {{VideoGamePublisher|Keypunch Software}}
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| PublishedYear    = 1986
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| PublishedMonth  = 07
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| PublishedDay    = 08
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| Platforms        = {{Platform|DOS}}
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| Genres          = Compilation
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| Distributions    = {{VideoGameDistribution|Commercial}}
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'''''Space Games''''' is a compilation of four [[science fiction]]-themed video games published by [[Keypunch Software]] for [[MS-DOS]] on 1986-07-08. The games included in the package were very dated, and the packaging was very low-quality, the back of the box even had the wrong screenshot on it. The menu system was also a mess written in BASIC and requiring a reboot to exit one of the games and a maze of executables for another.
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'''''Space Games''''' is a [[shovelware]] [[compilation video game]] of four [[science fiction]]-themed video games published by [[Keypunch Software]] for [[MS-DOS]] on 1986-07-08. The games included in the package were very dated, and the packaging was very low-quality, the back of the box even had the wrong screenshot on it. The menu system was also a mess written in BASIC and filled with typos.
  
 
==Games==
 
==Games==
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| ''[[Space Commanders II|Invaders]] || Renamed version of the 1985 ''Space Commanders II'', a ''Space Invaders'' clone.
 
| ''[[Space Commanders II|Invaders]] || Renamed version of the 1985 ''Space Commanders II'', a ''Space Invaders'' clone.
 
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| ''[[Alien (1982 video game)|Alien]]'' || The 1982 text adventure, ''Alien''.
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| ''[[Alien (1982 video game)|Alien]]'' || The 1982 text adventure, ''Alien'' with the title screen altered to make it look like Keypunch wrote it.
 
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| ''[[Lunar Lander|Lunar Landing]]'' || A clone of ''Lunar Lander'' released in 1982.
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| ''[[Lunar Lander|Lunar Landing]]'' || Bruce Guthrie's clone of ''Lunar Lander'' released in 1982.
 
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==Personal==
 
==Personal==
My cousin had this and several other Keypunch titles for his Tandy 1000 in the late 1980s. I wasn't as impressed by this collection of games as ''Lunar Landing'' was over in a few seconds, and ''Invaders'' was just a remake of ''[[Space Invaders]]'', which I was already bored with, and ''Space Trek'' seemed too random to be enjoyable. I was interested in ''Alien Explorer'', and almost beat it, but got stuck near the end.
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| Own      =
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| CantOwn  =
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| Won      =
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| CantWin  = See individual game pages.
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| Finished =
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==Status==
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My cousin had this and several other Keypunch titles for his Tandy 1000 in the late 1980s. I wasn't as impressed by this collection of games as ''Lunar Landing'' was over in a few seconds, and ''Invaders'' was just a remake of ''[[Space Invaders]]'', which I was already bored with, and ''Space Trek'' seemed too random to be enjoyable. Although ''Alien'' was just a dull text adventure, I found it interesting, and mapped much of the game out, but gave up at some point. Decades later, I beat it.
I do not own this game. I have not beat any of the games.
 
  
 
==Media==
 
==Media==
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Space Games - DOS - USA.jpg|The art is interesting and fits the theme.
 
Space Games - DOS - USA.jpg|The art is interesting and fits the theme.
 
</gallery>
 
</gallery>
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==Play Online==
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{{PlayOnline|https://classicreload.com/space-games.html|MS-DOS}}
  
 
==Download==
 
==Download==
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[[Category: Games]]
 
[[Category: Video Games]]
 
[[Category: DOS Games]]
 
 
[[Category: Compilation Games]]
 
[[Category: Compilation Games]]

Latest revision as of 14:55, 14 March 2024

Space Games

Space Games - DOS - USA.jpg

MS-DOS - USA - 1st Edition.

Developer Various
Publisher Keypunch Software
Published 1986-07-08
Platforms DOS
Genres Compilation
Distribution Commercial

Space Games is a shovelware compilation video game of four science fiction-themed video games published by Keypunch Software for MS-DOS on 1986-07-08. The games included in the package were very dated, and the packaging was very low-quality, the back of the box even had the wrong screenshot on it. The menu system was also a mess written in BASIC and filled with typos.

Games

This compilation contains four games. Because Keypunch was essentially a pirate organization, they sourced the games from free sources like magazines and BBSes and stripped the names of the developers. Any unnecessary documentation or credits were removed. Prior to shipping, the games were re-titled, both to prevent the developers from finding out their programs were stolen, and also to make the buyers think they were buying something more impressive than what the box contained.

Title Notes
Space Trek Called "Space Trek" on the box and menu, but "StarTrak" on the file name. It's just the 1982 BASIC game, NewTrek.
Invaders Renamed version of the 1985 Space Commanders II, a Space Invaders clone.
Alien The 1982 text adventure, Alien with the title screen altered to make it look like Keypunch wrote it.
Lunar Landing Bruce Guthrie's clone of Lunar Lander released in 1982.

Personal

Own?No.
Won?See individual game pages.

My cousin had this and several other Keypunch titles for his Tandy 1000 in the late 1980s. I wasn't as impressed by this collection of games as Lunar Landing was over in a few seconds, and Invaders was just a remake of Space Invaders, which I was already bored with, and Space Trek seemed too random to be enjoyable. Although Alien was just a dull text adventure, I found it interesting, and mapped much of the game out, but gave up at some point. Decades later, I beat it.

Media

Box Art

Play Online

MS-DOS

Download

Since Keypunch probably never secured the rights to these game in the first place, and has long since gone out of business, I'm making the software available here. The two-disk package is combined here in a single archive.

Links

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