Скачать или смотреть Stellar 7 - Software Entertainment Company, 1983 - Apple II (4K)

A short play of Damon Slye's Stellar 7, published by his and Jeff Tunnell's Software Entertainment Company for the Apple II in 1983.

Stellar 7 is a first-person, arcade-like tank simulation game featuring wireframe graphics. The player controls a tank called the Raven, navigating through seven levels, each filled with various enemies with the ultimate goal of destroying The Supreme Overlord of the Arcturan Empire, Gir Draxon

While Slye, a young undergraduate from the University of Oregon, frequently had visited Tunnell’s software store in Eugene, one day he brought in a 3D wireframe tank game inspired by Atari's Battlezone, he was working on. Impressed by Slye's work, Tunnell hired him to work in the store and assist in completing his edutainment title, Electronic Playground. Tunnell persuaded Slye to publish his game and Stellar 7 was released under their newly established label, Software Entertainment Company.

Initially, Electronic Playground and Stellar 7 were sold through mail order under the Software Entertainment Company label, but sales were limited. Tunnell realized self-publishing was not viable, recognizing the need for more products and financial resources, and decided to leave publishing to established companies. With industry giants like Activision dominating the market, Tunnell concluded that the best path forward was to focus on development and partner with a major publisher. Software Entertainment Company was abandoned and the two founded Dynamix.

The technology used in Stellar 7 would continue to evolve and play a major factor in Dynamix's success through the '80s and into the '90s.

Stellar 7 was remade by Dynamix in 1990, using contemporary technology.

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0:28 Mission briefing
3:30 Sol system
6:11 Antares system
9:22 Rigel system
13:41 Deneb system