Voyager

About

Pilot a single-seater spacecraft through ten moons of Saturn in this 1989 DOS/Amiga shooter. You play as Luke Snayles a convicted ex-pilot turned last line of defense against an alien invasion. Each moon features escalating waves of enemy ships protecting advanced weaponry. Destroy all hostiles to clear the way through warp gates while scavenging power-ups from floating equipment pods to upgrade lasers shields and missiles. The polygon-based 3D environments were cutting edge for the era offering a straightforward but tense mix of reflexes and resource management. Voyager stands out as a pioneering first-person shooter with its use of wireframe graphics long before FPS became mainstream. The relentless difficulty curve and minimal save points keep tension high as you progress from Janus to Saturn’s final moon. With its lean 16-player limit and no multiplayer options it remains a niche pick for fans of retro sci-fi action.

Storyline

The roxis (enemy) have gathered their resorses on the ten moons of Saturn. Starting on Janus,each successive moon is defended by deadlier troops guarding a more lethal array of weaponry. Only one guy in the universe is brave and foolish enough to try and take them out:l Luke Snayles -convict, ex-pilot,...psychopath. All earth's defence forces have been annihilated,so Snayles is the last hope. Travelling in his small craft and equipped with limited facilities,he must destroy all of the aggressors on each moon,in order to eliminate the installations and progress to the next via a "warp gate". Along the way he can scoop equipment pods to substantially increase his weaponry and other facilities. The mission begins...