First published at 22:57 UTC on September 2nd, 2021.
Alive ... Behind the Moon! (also released as Moon 2037) is a mix between adventure game and survival simulator. It was developed by the French "Dialogo Team" and released by French company CPIO Multimedia, and distributed by German company…
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Alive ... Behind the Moon! (also released as Moon 2037) is a mix between adventure game and survival simulator. It was developed by the French "Dialogo Team" and released by French company CPIO Multimedia, and distributed by German company Nova Media Verlag. I don't know if a French or English language version was ever released.
The game is a remake of Alive, which was released in 1991 for the Amstrad CPC by French company Lankhor.
Something weird is going on on the dark side of the moon. Something strange is polluting it. Various sects are interpreting this as a sign and propagate panic. The resulting uproar is a threat to an industrial cartel, so they they decide to send someone to the moon to find out what's going on. The cartel bribes a spaceship off the army and hires two people to fly to the moon, promising them one million dollars reward if they get back. You play one of these men, a former astronaut called James Butterfield. Unfortunately, something goes wrong on the flight, and the ship crash-lands on the dark side of the moon. It turns out there is a breathable atmosphere, vegetation and water there. But that's the only good news, as your ship is broken and your partner Sven is severely injured. So you need to take care of Sven and then find a way to get home.
The game is played from a first person perspective. You move around similar to games like Myst: the environment consists of pre-rendered still shots, and you move or turn around in steps with your cursor. You have a compass and a detector for lifeforms at your disposal. The detector is important, since enemies like wolves move in realtime. You can get into fights with hostile creatures, where you have to click on moving hit zones in real-time. Naturally, you also got a health meter. Apart from that, you also have a hunger, a thirst and a fatigue meter, so you need to eat, drink and sleep enough.
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