The NeverEnding Story
The land of Fantasia is being consumed by Nothingness. It takes Bastian, a boy from the real world, to believe in Atreyu and all the magical beings of Fantasia to save it from extinction.
The NeverEnding Story is an adventure developed by Ocean Software, released 17 September 1985 on Amstrad CPC, Apple II, Atari 8-bit and Commodore C64/128/MAX.
What The NeverEnding Story is
The NeverEnding Story is an adventure game developed by Ocean Software and released in 1985. It was published by Datasoft, Inc.. It is available on Amstrad CPC, Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Commodore C64/128/MAX and ZX Spectrum.
The premise, in the publisher's words
The land of Fantasia is being consumed by Nothingness. It takes Bastian, a boy from the real world, to believe in Atreyu and all the magical beings of Fantasia to save it from extinction.
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action and fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
Where it sits in the The NeverEnding Story series
The NeverEnding Story is the first of 2 entries we hold in the The NeverEnding Story series. The next entry was The Neverending Story II: The Arcade Game in 1991.
What it launched against
The NeverEnding Story launched on 17 September 1985, within three weeks of Winter Games and Starquake.
Released around the same time: Winter Games, Starquake.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
Screenshots
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Quick answers
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