Strange Odyssey

December 31, 1979 Adventure International, Adventure International Commodore Business Machines, Inc., Commodore Electronics Ltd., Texas Instruments Incorporated, StarCraft, Adventure International
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bbcmicro Atari8bit PC-9800 Series PC-8800 Series Dragon 32/64 C64 TRS-80 Color Computer Acorn Electron C16 Apple][ TRS-80 FM-7 C+4 ti-99
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While orbiting an asteroid your space ship malfunctions. In this text adventure you have to find five alien artefacts - and a way home.
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Release Date December 31, 1979
Developer Adventure International, Adventure International
Publisher Commodore Business Machines, Inc., Commodore Electronics Ltd., Texas Instruments Incorporated, StarCraft, Adventure International
Game Modes Single player
Perspective Text
Themes Science fiction