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Sands of Mars

Main Game
Role-playing (RPG) Adventure Science fiction

Sands of Mars is a Role-playing (RPG) / Adventure game released on December 31, 1981 for Atari 8-bit, Apple II, TRS-80. 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 ou…

December 31, 1981
Released 16329 days ago
Atari 8-bit Apple II TRS-80

About

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.

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Release Dates by Platform

Atari 8-bit Worldwide
Dec 31, 1981
Apple II Worldwide
Dec 31, 1981
TRS-80 Worldwide
Dec 31, 1981

Game Info

Publisher
Crystalware
Game Modes
Single player
Perspective
First person
Genres
Role-playing (RPG) Adventure
Themes
Science fiction

Languages

Text / Subtitles
English

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