Driller

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Quite a revolutiionary game on the Spectrum that pushed the now aging machine to it's very limits.

Using a new graphics engine called Freescape, the player can explore the landscape in 3D shaded graphics, admittedly in a very low frame rate, but revolutionary for the time.

The idea is to travel round a moon which has dangerous levels of gas building up under the surface. A series of refineries must be placed on the surface to remove the gas levels safely.

This would be a lot easier if it was not for the moon's defense systems, which have lasers, force fields and other such traps, that must be disabled or destroyed to progress.

Buildings can be explored, and puzzles solved to move to other quadrants.

More acclaimed games from incentive to use the graphics routine are Dark Side, Total Eclipse, and Castle Master.

 





Platform : ZX Spectrum
Format : Cassette
Publisher : Incentive Software
Authors : Major Developments (Chris Andrew, Ian Andrew, Stephen Northcott, Paul Gregory)
Date : 1987
Product Code : 5012968190346

Other Software by Incentive Software:

Item Manufacturer Platform Format Date
Splat! Incentive Software ZX Spectrum Cassette 1983
Millionaire Incentive Software ZX Spectrum Cassette 1984
Millionaire Incentive Software Ltd BBC Micro + Acorn Electron Cassette 1984
Moon Cresta Incentive Software Ltd BBC Micro 5.25" floppy disc 1984
Winter Wonderland Incentive Software Ltd BBC Micro Cassette 1984
Double Gold Incentive Software Ltd. BBC Micro Cassette 1984
The Saga of Erik the Viking Incentive Software Limited ZX Spectrum Cassette 1 Jan 1984
Confuzion Incentive Software Sinclair ZX Spectrum Cassette 1985
Moon Cresta (48k) Incentive Software Sinclair ZX Spectrum Cassette 1985
The Ket Trilogy (cassette) Incentive Software Ltd BBC Micro, Acorn Electron Cassette 1985
1984 Incentive Software Ltd. BBC Micro Cassette 1985
The Ket Trilogy Incentive Software Dragon 32 Cassette 1985
The Graphic Adventure Creator Incentive Software Amstrad CPC464 3.0" Floppy Disk 1985
Confuzion Incentive Software Ltd. BBC Electron Cassette 1985
The Graphic Adventure Creator Incentive Software ZX Spectrum Cassette 1986
The Graphic Adventure Creator (Cassette) Incentive Software Ltd BBC Micro Cassette 1986
The Graphic Adventure Creator Incentive Software Ltd Commodore 64 Cassette 1986
The Graphic Adventure Creator Incentive Software Ltd BBC Micro 5.25" Floppy Disk 1986
Driller (Disk) Incentive Software Amstrad CPC464 3" Floppy Disk 1987
Driller Incentive Software Commodore 64 Cassette 1987
Driller Incentive Software ZX Spectrum Cassette 1987
Driller (Hit Squad) Incentive Software Commodore 64 Cassette 1987
Dark Side Incentive Software Amstrad CPC464 Disc 1988
STAC Incentive Software Ltd Atari ST 3.5 Floppy Disk 22 Apr 1988
Castle Master Incentive Software Commodore 64 Cassette 1990
Castle Master also featuring The Crypt Incentive Software Amstrad CPC 3" Disk 1990

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This exhibit has a reference ID of CH18558. Please quote this reference ID in any communication with the Centre for Computing History.
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