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Game #2904
Hall of Belated Fame Inductee  Outer Ridge    View all Top Dogs in this genreCollection: 3U Games
Action   Vertical shooter

Rating: 8.1 (10 votes)

Outer Ridge box cover

Outer Ridge screenshot
Outer Ridge is a sadly overlooked Asteroids clone that was released as shareware in 1995. Games Domain has the rundown on this underdog:

"While it's not Terminal Velocity, or Lemmings 3-D, it's certainly one of the best raytraced action-games I've seen, especially at a ZIP file size of only 969k. It's basically a 3-D cockpit-perspective version of "Asteroids", with *big*, well-raytraced (3D-Studio), metallic-sheened rocks flying in all directions. The "explosion" graphics are better than those in DOOM, and even rival those in ROTT (get the dual cannons in O.R. before you pass judgement here). In addition, the game was designed well enough to run perfectly smoothly; even on slower systems. The game was completely smooth on my 486DX-50, and I can't imagine that it would be much worse on a DX-33. The fast-beating techno soundtrack fits the game perfectly.

The graphics alone make this one worth checking out. If you have any trouble running the game, try booting up with HIMEM/EMM386 rather than QEMM. Outer Ridge is definitely one of the best <1 meg games I've seen in a long time." Highly recommended, especially to Asteroids fans :)

Reviewed by: Underdogs
Designer: John McCarthy
Developer: GraphicWares
Publisher: GraphicWares
Year: 1995
Software Copyright: GraphicWares
Theme: Science Fiction, Shareware
Multiplayer:  
None that we know of
System Requirements: DOS
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If you like this game, try: Eagle's Rider, Astrofire, Wing Commander: Armada

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