Kid Fenris
11-07-2007, 11:00 PM
Okay, here's the deal: I can't remember the name of a certain computer game, probably because I never even played it. The first one to figure it out gets a box of stuff, including a cheap four-player Genesis adapter and a randomly chosen shitty game for the Japanese PlayStation. Sounds good, right?
Here's what I remember about the game, or, rather, the ad for it.
It focused on an '80s version of World War III...IN SPACE. The ad showed a rugged American dude and a hot Russian woman not-quite-embracing in front of an orbital battlefield full of Soviet and U.S. spaceships blowing each other up. The copy went something like this: “He’s a daring U.S. fighter pilot. She’s a beautiful, high-ranking Soviet officer. They’re caught in the middle of an brutal space war, and only you can bring them together—or tear them apart!”
That’s all I’ve got. I don’t recall anything about the title, the computer system that ran it, or what sort of game it was. I was too young to care about any of that. I just liked the idea of blasting Space Commies and rescuing a gorgeous woman from her own Marxist delusions.
I can’t even tell you exactly when I saw this ad in a computer magazine. It could’ve been at any point from 1987 to 1991. There's also the possibly that it isn't a computer game at all, but rather a tabletop role-playing thing or some sort of novel.
As you might guess, Googling all of this doesn't help. So if you can somehow come up with the game I'm thinking of, you'll get some crappy prizes and my eternal gratitude.
Here's what I remember about the game, or, rather, the ad for it.
It focused on an '80s version of World War III...IN SPACE. The ad showed a rugged American dude and a hot Russian woman not-quite-embracing in front of an orbital battlefield full of Soviet and U.S. spaceships blowing each other up. The copy went something like this: “He’s a daring U.S. fighter pilot. She’s a beautiful, high-ranking Soviet officer. They’re caught in the middle of an brutal space war, and only you can bring them together—or tear them apart!”
That’s all I’ve got. I don’t recall anything about the title, the computer system that ran it, or what sort of game it was. I was too young to care about any of that. I just liked the idea of blasting Space Commies and rescuing a gorgeous woman from her own Marxist delusions.
I can’t even tell you exactly when I saw this ad in a computer magazine. It could’ve been at any point from 1987 to 1991. There's also the possibly that it isn't a computer game at all, but rather a tabletop role-playing thing or some sort of novel.
As you might guess, Googling all of this doesn't help. So if you can somehow come up with the game I'm thinking of, you'll get some crappy prizes and my eternal gratitude.