Let's Play Space for the Apple II [STROBE WARNING]
2STROBE WARNING: This gameplay footage contains large blocks of flashing text (black and white), which you may wish to avoid.
--Contents--
00:00:00 - Intro
00:05:30 - Characters
00:48:02 - First Blood
00:53:51 - Trader
01:02:47 - Defend!
01:06:51 - Explore!
01:24:34 - Trader
Join me, if you will, in the brave new world of Space, a text-based roleplaying and simulation game by Steven W. Pederson and Sherwin A. Steffin, published by Edu-Ware in 1979 for the Apple II.
The game's scenarios range widely, omitting details you might expect, and leave a lot of room for contemplation of the fear and wonder of the situation and the workings of its oblique hidden systems.
A gameplay video for Space really needs time to explore what it does and how it feels. I've settled on a slow, measured presentation and only then skimmed the surface of each of its facets. Some of those facets might *only* be superficial, though - that's part of the mystery.
There is little sound in the game so I briefly contemplated adding a soundtrack but concluded that the silence is integral. In many respects, so is the hardware that it originally ran on: I've tried to conjure up associated sensations with some additional foley, sourced from the below, and a gentle, companionable hum.
Foley:
https://freesound.org/people/SavageFX/sounds/388192/ by SavageFX
https://freesound.org/people/SavageFX/sounds/388191/ by SavageFX
More information about the game and disk images can be found here:
http://www.freelancetraveller.com/infocenter/swlist/appleprogs.html
I hope you enjoy the journey and share the wonder I experience in Space.