Countdown to Doom

Topologika, Acornsoft 1982

Language:: English
Authors:: Peter Killworth
Systems:: T/SAL
Platforms:: Spectrum, BBC/Electron , PC
Related:: Doom Trilogy [1: Countdown to Doom, 2: Return to Doom, 3: Last Days of Doom]
Entered by:: dave, iamaran
Added:: 10-05-2010
Edited:: 13-09-2010

Synopsis

Doomawangara. Abbr.: Doom.

Climate: Varies dramatically from desert to jungle, glacier to swamp. Atmosphere intensely volatile; explorers must guard against rapid corrosion of equipment and spaceship alike.

Dangers: Atmosphere, as above. Automatic defence system. Also the Ruins, reputed to have been the home, aeons ago, of The Ancients; none who has entered them has ever returned. Special features: The large number of crashed spaceships littering its surface, many of which had been carrying treasure from one planet to another, make Doom a potentially lucrative source of income for that special breed of explorer known as Adventurer...