SpaceCutter

SpaceCutter is a video game in the action genre developed by Maelstrom Games Ltd and published by Firebird Software originally released in 1988. It is currently playable on Amiga.

In SpaceCutter, the player is trapped inside the Whirligig (which is also the original European name of the game) and needs to find five so-called 'solids' to create a portal back to Earth. The solids are distributed in about 4 billion 'eigenspaces' that are chained by between three and eleven stargates per space. Where they lead to is mathematically defined, which, coupled with the fact that the location of the solids is revealed in the manual, means that the player can plan the route in advance.

Of course, there are also the inevitable alien spaceships trying to kill the player. The player's Meson-class fighter is equipped with two weapons with limited ammunition: heat-seeking missiles (if the enemy is not targeted, the ship itself will be hit) and chaff pods that are used to repel nearby enemies. The third resource is fuel, which is expended when steering, accelerating or braking; flying in a straight line is free. All three resources can be replenished by visiting the space stations that are distributed throughout the spaces (also following a mathematical basis).The spaceship is controlled through mouse movements, e.g. pushing the mouse forward accelerates the ship, and the keyboard is only used for commands such as pausing the game. While the spaces themselves are flat fields with multidirectional scrolling, the objects have a three-dimensional appearance.

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