Feature: Daiva Tried To End Format Wars Once And For All, But Almost Killed Its Creator In The Process

“When I next woke up, I was temporarily blind”.

Imagine if the 1993 space opera classic Master of Orion had been released not only for DOS, but six other major formats, and its selectable races were locked to specific hardware. The NES version would be the only one with Bulrathi, and be more of a platformer; the SNES release would have the best visuals, the Mega Drive the most races, the TG-16 the highest number of unique events, while the Apple Mac would ditch any action and have a weird interface.

You’re now basically imagining Active Simulation War: Daiva, an epic sci-fi space opera combining intergalactic strategic movement, planetary and ship resource management, tactical turn-based ship battles, and side-scrolling shooting action stages.

Read the full article on timeextension.com

“When I next woke up, I was temporarily blind”.

Imagine if the 1993 space opera classic Master of Orion had been released not only for DOS, but six other major formats, and its selectable races were locked to specific hardware. The NES version would be the only one with Bulrathi, and be more of a platformer; the SNES release would have the best visuals, the Mega Drive the most races, the TG-16 the highest number of unique events, while the Apple Mac would ditch any action and have a weird interface.

You’re now basically imagining Active Simulation War: Daiva, an epic sci-fi space opera combining intergalactic strategic movement, planetary and ship resource management, tactical turn-based ship battles, and side-scrolling shooting action stages.

Read the full article on timeextension.com

 

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