http://macintoshgarden.org/taxonomy/term/4575/0 en http://macintoshgarden.org/games/beyond-the-wall-of-stars <img class="imagefield imagefield-field_screenshot" width="471" height="455" alt="Game screenshot" src="http://macintoshgarden.org/sites/macintoshgarden.org/files/screenshots/beyond_the_wall_of_stars.jpg?1402980634" /><p>This is one of the earliest, and most unknown, computer games to take advantage of the CD-ROM's storage capacity. Written and designed by R.A. Montgomery, a prolific author whose "Choose Your Own Adventure" books were highly popular in the early 1980s, BTWOS is best described as a multimedia CYOA book - you read the story like a book, then, once every few "pages," select one of two choices for your action that will affect how the story unfolds. The plot is standard, and even cliche, sci-fi fare: you are leader of an urgent expedition sent by the Celadon planet.</p> <p><a href="http://macintoshgarden.org/games/beyond-the-wall-of-stars" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://macintoshgarden.org/games/beyond-the-wall-of-stars#comments Adventure 1992 Text + Illustrations Creative Multimedia R. A. Montgomery Tue, 17 Jun 2014 04:50:36 +0000 mrdav 8822 at http://macintoshgarden.org