R3 (computer game)
Encyclopedia
R3 - The Art of Rocketry was a computer game for the Amiga
series of computers in 1995. It was released as a playable demo on the coverdisks of Amiga Power
(issue 54) in October 1995 and on Amiga Format
(issue 89) in September 1996. The game was an independent release and orderable directly from the author, Bruce Webster and several other agents scattered worldwide.
clone where the player navigates his craft by rotating it in the direction he wishes to travel and applying power, against gravity. These games are quite diverse but all eventually trace back to the classic Asteroids.
R3 featured many innovations to the genre, such as the ability to purchase new and better craft, which were organised into five classes and each craft in the same class would generally have similar characteristics, such as class 3 being large on the cargo space and shields, but low on missiles and low on thrust power. Each class had three craft within it, the weakest having lower everything (engine power, gun range, gun speed, cargo space, shields) but being much cheaper.
The registered version of this shareware
game also featured Tritus from Davin Pearson, which was a three player competitive Tetris
-inspired game, much in the same manner of the game Super Foul Egg
.
R3 and Tritus were both featured on the Amiga Classix 3 PC/Mac/Amiga CDROM with the appropriate emulators (e.g. WinUAE) although the legality of such compilations tends to be dubious.
Amiga
The Amiga is a family of personal computers that was sold by Commodore in the 1980s and 1990s. The first model was launched in 1985 as a high-end home computer and became popular for its graphical, audio and multi-tasking abilities...
series of computers in 1995. It was released as a playable demo on the coverdisks of Amiga Power
Amiga Power
Amiga Power was a monthly magazine about Amiga computer games. It was published in the United Kingdom by Future Publishing, and ran for 65 issues, from May 1991 to September 1996....
(issue 54) in October 1995 and on Amiga Format
Amiga Format
Amiga Format was a British computer magazine for Amiga computers, published by Future Publishing. The magazine lasted 136 issues from 1989 to 2000. The magazine was formed when, in the wake of selling ACE to EMAP, Future split the dual-format title ST/Amiga Format into two separate publications...
(issue 89) in September 1996. The game was an independent release and orderable directly from the author, Bruce Webster and several other agents scattered worldwide.
Genre
R3 is a ThrustThrust (computer game)
Thrust is a computer game originally for the BBC Micro and Acorn Electron. The perspective is 2 dimensional platform-based and the player's aim is to maneuver a spaceship by rotating and thrusting, as it flies over a landscape and along corridors....
clone where the player navigates his craft by rotating it in the direction he wishes to travel and applying power, against gravity. These games are quite diverse but all eventually trace back to the classic Asteroids.
R3 featured many innovations to the genre, such as the ability to purchase new and better craft, which were organised into five classes and each craft in the same class would generally have similar characteristics, such as class 3 being large on the cargo space and shields, but low on missiles and low on thrust power. Each class had three craft within it, the weakest having lower everything (engine power, gun range, gun speed, cargo space, shields) but being much cheaper.
The registered version of this shareware
Shareware
The term shareware is a proprietary software that is provided to users without payment on a trial basis and is often limited by any combination of functionality, availability, or convenience. Shareware is often offered as a download from an Internet website or as a compact disc included with a...
game also featured Tritus from Davin Pearson, which was a three player competitive Tetris
Tetris
Tetris is a puzzle video game originally designed and programmed by Alexey Pajitnov in the Soviet Union. It was released on June 6, 1984, while he was working for the Dorodnicyn Computing Centre of the Academy of Science of the USSR in Moscow, Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic...
-inspired game, much in the same manner of the game Super Foul Egg
Super Foul Egg
Super Foul Egg is a computer game for the Amiga and the Acorn Archimedes.The game, a Super Puyo Puyo clone, was inspired by Amiga Powers comment that no decent clone of the game was made for the machine...
.
Availability
The full version of the game can be downloaded with the authors permission from Aminet (http://www.aminet.net/package/game/2play/R3).R3 and Tritus were both featured on the Amiga Classix 3 PC/Mac/Amiga CDROM with the appropriate emulators (e.g. WinUAE) although the legality of such compilations tends to be dubious.
External links
- Amiga Report review of R3
- R4 (Rocketman) is the sequel to R3