Underplayed Gems

Altered Space (1991)

Altered Space cover
Developer
Software Creations
Publisher
Hi Tech Expressions, Sony Imagesoft, Epic/Sony Records
Platforms
Game Boy
Genres
Puzzle, Adventure
Rating
2.4 of 5, 1 player ratings

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The 3D catalog: game boxes on wooden shelves, with the cat sitting at the counter next to its greeting.

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The same catalog has a room you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real games from it when you tell them what you feel like playing. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this game is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

Navigate an alien spaceship in this pioneering isometric puzzler where oxygen management and alien avoidance define survival.

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About

The player is an astronaut trapped on an alien spaceship who has to try to find his way out while avoiding aliens and continually replenishing his oxygen supply. This was the first isometric view game on the Game Boy

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This page is from Underplayed Gems, a catalog of older and overlooked games. Not quite it? You can browse by platform and genre, or take this one into the 3D catalog and ask the Catbot for something closer.