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Digital Images recently released new screenshots of their space station management game, Space Station 3000 along with News on a number of other titles that they have in the works.
Here is some info to remind you what Space Station 3000 is all about - Space Station 3000 is about the management of a space station, it is the sequel to the
original PD Space Station by Digital Images.
The basic idea is to build a space station and equip it to defend yourself from anyone or
anything that may attack it, with you having control over the space station and the
people who dock with it. As far as defense of your station is concerned, you can buy
weapons and defenses such as shield generators, fighter ships, battle cruisers and
UFO's. A nice little feature is that once a enemy ship has been disabled, you can use
the opportunity to board the ship and take it for yourself.
Researching is crucial for obtaining new equipment for the
station, or new things to trade with when ships dock with your
station. All you require is a science lab and a science officer, if
you want to trade goods then a manufacturing plant is needed.
To trade with ships they need to dock with the station and once
they have docked you start earning money for they have to pay a
docking charge, rent out a room, and then trade with you. But
they may not want to dock due to a bad reputation, so it's
important to stay out of constantly attacking ships.
The planet that your space station is in orbit over plays a role in
whether your prospects will be good or bad. A rich planet like
Earth, can make a lot of money from trading with people, but
there won't be much in the way of fights because of the high
security. The safer a planet is, the more money you are likely to
make. Shops may rent out premises on the station, paying quite a bit but in a cheap star system the shop prospects won't be very
good, neither will the money, but there will generally be plenty of fighting there. To go to another planet requires a hyper drive
but permission needs to be granted to be in a planets orbit.
Space Station 3000 is in some ways like Theme Park and just like
in Theme Park you'll need to have staff to keep the station
running. If you don't have enough engineers then things will
break down, not enough weapons officers then your station won't
perform very well in battle. If crew get injured in battle your going
to need a hospital or they'll die.
Space Station 3000 will be CD-Rom only, requiring at least 2MB
Fast Ram and 3MB Hard Disk space. An OCS/ECS version will also be included on the CD due to demand from non-Aga owners. I think many readers will
agree that the developers Digital Images have got plenty of good
ideas and perhaps you many wish to help them out by sending them
more ideas, pictures, or even some music (MOD's).
Digital Images also have two other titles planned, a 3D beat'em up and a 3D soccer title like the ones seen on the consoles. They require the help of Programmers who can programme in C/C++ or Assm., and 3D Graphics Artists to put these plans into effect.
If you want to join this team of dedicated developers or just give your support, then e-mail Digital Images using their New E-mail Address at:-
stuart
digital-images.demon.co.uk
Visit their web site at :-
E-mail - philip 
amigaflame.demon.co.uk
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Digital Images recently released new screenshots of their space station management game, Space Station 3000 along with News on a number of other titles that they have in the works.
Here is some info to remind you what Space Station 3000 is all about - Space Station 3000 is about the management of a space station, it is the sequel to the original PD Space Station by Digital Images. The basic idea is to build a space station and equip it to defend yourself from anyone or anything that may attack it, with you having control over the space station and the people who dock with it. As far as defense of your station is concerned, you can buy weapons and defenses such as shield generators, fighter ships, battle cruisers and UFO's. A nice little feature is that once a enemy ship has been disabled, you can use the opportunity to board the ship and take it for yourself. Researching is crucial for obtaining new equipment for the station, or new things to trade with when ships dock with your station. All you require is a science lab and a science officer, if you want to trade goods then a manufacturing plant is needed. To trade with ships they need to dock with the station and once they have docked you start earning money for they have to pay a docking charge, rent out a room, and then trade with you. But they may not want to dock due to a bad reputation, so it's important to stay out of constantly attacking ships. The planet that your space station is in orbit over plays a role in
whether your prospects will be good or bad. A rich planet like
Earth, can make a lot of money from trading with people, but
there won't be much in the way of fights because of the high
security. The safer a planet is, the more money you are likely to
make. Shops may rent out premises on the station, paying quite a bit but in a cheap star system the shop prospects won't be very
good, neither will the money, but there will generally be plenty of fighting there. To go to another planet requires a hyper drive
but permission needs to be granted to be in a planets orbit.
Space Station 3000 is in some ways like Theme Park and just like in Theme Park you'll need to have staff to keep the station running. If you don't have enough engineers then things will break down, not enough weapons officers then your station won't perform very well in battle. If crew get injured in battle your going to need a hospital or they'll die. Space Station 3000 will be CD-Rom only, requiring at least 2MB Fast Ram and 3MB Hard Disk space. An OCS/ECS version will also be included on the CD due to demand from non-Aga owners. I think many readers will agree that the developers Digital Images have got plenty of good ideas and perhaps you many wish to help them out by sending them more ideas, pictures, or even some music (MOD's). Digital Images also have two other titles planned, a 3D beat'em up and a 3D soccer title like the ones seen on the consoles. They require the help of Programmers who can programme in C/C++ or Assm., and 3D Graphics Artists to put these plans into effect.
If you want to join this team of dedicated developers or just give your support, then e-mail Digital Images using their New E-mail Address at:- digital-images.demon.co.uk
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