This month, MAC stuff goes gaming with a look at Ambrosia's very recently released sequel to its original classic, Escape Velocity . Override presents a galaxy five times the size of the original one, a new engine for improved game play and an open architecture to allow other scenarios to 'plug into' the base game. The premise In the distant future, humans have colonized the galaxies, and technology prevails.
Pioneers roam the galaxy in search of riches and treasures.
Now, as civil war wages across the universe, you are cast as a pioneering space captain with only a small shuttlecraft, a few credits, and a strong sense of destiny. It's going to take more than a Saturday morning to play this scenario out. The object of the game is to survive. How you accomplish this is strictly up to you. You can pillage and plunder ships as a renegade pirate or you can choose to fight for honour and freedom under the leadership of the new United Earth government to defeat the dreaded Voinian empire.