Whale's Voyage

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1993 video game

Amiga CD32

ReleaseFebruary 1993^[1]Genre(s)Role-playing

Whale's Voyage is a 1993 role-playing game developed by an Austrian company Neo Software and published by Flair Software. The game was programmed by Hannes Seifert and Niki Laber.

Plot

The player is a space traveler who becomes stranded in space after making a bad deal purchasing the spacecraft "Whale". Left orbiting a remote planet, they must use trade and skill to upgrade the ship enough to escape.

Reception

Amiga Format praised the title, despite describing it as huge, complicated, and daunting,^[2] and thought it lacked the depth and immersion of space adventures like BAT 2. Amiga Power thought the game offered CD32 owners something to play other than pinballers and platformers.^[3] Amiga Joker thought the game was a successful debut, and congratulated the Austrian video gaming industry.^[4] CU Amiga thought the game did not inspire confidence in the Austrian games market.^[4] Amiga Dream gave it a score of 85%.^[5]

In 1994, the game was voted by readers as #2 Best RPG in 1993 in the Amiga Joker magazine.^{[citation needed]}

Legacy

A sequel was released in 1995 entitled Whale's Voyage II: Die Übermacht. While never originally released in English, the sequel was unofficially translated into the language in 2018.^[6]

References

^ "Whale's Voyage". Neo Software. Archived from the original on 1 February 1998.
^ Amiga Format - Issue 056 (1994-02)(Future Publishing)(GB). February 1994.
^ Amiga Power - Issue 33 (1994-01)(Future Publishing)(GB). January 1994.
^ ^a ^b "Google Translate". amigareviews.classicgaming.gamespy.com. Archived from the original on 2008-01-31. Retrieved 2018-02-23.
^ Fredo_L. "Le site des anciennes revues informatiques". download.abandonware.org.
^ "Whale's Voyage 2 - The sequel to a great Amiga game gets an English translation". www.indieretronews.com. Retrieved 2018-02-23.