Sands of Mars
After Dr. Grady and some other members of the archeologic Explorer II expedition on planet Mars went missing, it is your task to find them and bring them back home safely. You start your mission by outfitting…
Sands of Mars is an adventure, released 31 December 1981 on Apple II, Atari 8-bit and TRS-80.
What Sands of Mars is
Sands of Mars was released in 1981. It was published by Crystalware. It is available on Apple II, Atari 8-bit and TRS-80.
The premise, in the publisher's words
After Dr. Grady and some other members of the archeologic Explorer II expedition on planet Mars went missing, it is your task to find them and bring them back home safely. You start your mission by outfitting your space ship with all nessecary supplies. After having blasted off to space you encounter asteroid fields, enemey spacecraft but also friedly space traders. At last, after landing on Mars you find the remnants of the two ancient alien species which once lived on our red neighbour - the insectoid Zanti and the reptilian Meshim.
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it launched against
Sands of Mars launched on 31 December 1981, within three weeks of Ms. Pac-Man, Zaxxon, Gorf and Robotron: 2084.
Released around the same time: Ms. Pac-Man, Zaxxon, Gorf, Robotron: 2084.
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