The Colony

The Colony (1988)

by Mindscape, Inc.
Genres:Adventure, Arcade
Themes:Action, Science fiction
Game modes:Single player
Story:"This is Commander Bagdasarian of space frontier colony Delta 5-5. We have been overrun. I repeat, we have been overru....." The recording ended in a wash of static. "That's all we've got." The dispatcher spoke with the deliberate and unemotional tone that always signified trouble. "As Regional Marshall it's up to you. We don't want anything fancy here, not another 'Ganymede Incident.' Just find out if there are any survivors and get them out. This was Settler Plot. You know... families." "Children?" "Yes." "Damn!" Thus you enter The Colony and embark on an adventure so real you become part of the surroundings. Explore labs, computer rooms, halls, offices, and homes in real-time 3-D as you investigate a colony suddenly bereft of human life. Outfitted with the latest in Power Armor technology, you soon discover that it will take more than force to get out alive.Show more
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January 29, 2025
The Colony was one of the first 3D FPS Adventure games on Mac, PC, and Amiga. I spent hours playing this game but never solved it. David Alan Smith (the developer) has since released the game's source on Github, but it would be nice to have a compiled version that ran well on modern systems. Many write-ups of the game (including the one on Wikipedia) state that the DOS version was black and white only. Not true! With the right hardware, the DOS version was in color. Players could toggle between two display modes - wireframe and filled polygon.
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