Deuteros
Developer(s)	Activision
Publisher(s)	Activision
Designer(s)	Ian Bird
Release date(s)	1991
Genre(s)	Strategy
Mode(s)	Single player
Rating(s)	None
Platform(s)	Amiga and Atari ST; a PC version was under development but never released

Deuteros: The Next Millennium is the sequel to the sci-fi strategy video game Millennium 2.2, published by Activision for the Amiga and Atari ST. The game was designed and written by Ian Bird with graphics by Jai Redman and music by Matt Bates. This work is copyrighted. ... A video game developer is a software developer (a business or an individual) that creates video games. ... Activision, Inc. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... A game designer is a person who designs games. ... Notable events of 1991 in computer and video games. ... Video games are generally categorized into genres. ... Chess, one of the most well-known and played strategy games ever. ... In computer games and video games, single-player refers to the variant of a particular game where input from only one player is expected throughout the course of the gaming session. ... The original Amiga 1000 (1985) with various peripherals The Amiga is a family of home/personal computers originally developed by Amiga Corporation as an advanced home entertainment and productivity machine. ... The Atari 520ST Atari 1040STF with SC1224 color monitor The Atari ST is a home/personal computer that was commercially popular from 1985 to the early 1990s. ... Science fiction is a form of speculative fiction principally dealing with the impact of imagined science and technology, or both, upon society and persons as individuals. ... Chess, one of the most well-known and played strategy games ever. ... “Computer Games” redirects here. ... Millennium 2. ... Activision, Inc. ... The original Amiga 1000 (1985) with various peripherals The Amiga is a family of home/personal computers originally developed by Amiga Corporation as an advanced home entertainment and productivity machine. ... The Atari 520ST Atari 1040STF with SC1224 color monitor The Atari ST is a home/personal computer that was commercially popular from 1985 to the early 1990s. ...

Ian Bird, the author of this game, confirmed the existence of a PC port of Deuteros but unfortunately the source code was lost in a hard disk crash and any chance of releasing the game to the community died with the disk. Ian Bird is a game programmer and game designer. ...

Overview

The game is set some 800 years after Millennium, to a time where mankind has won the struggle to make the Earth habitable again but lost its spacefaring capabilities, which it's now seeking to regain. While the game shares themes of space exploration and resource gathering - plus some elements of its interface - with its predecessor, the two are highly different in gameplay. Deuteros has been noted for its uncanny sense of timing in introducing new technologies that ease and automate tasks as they become trite, a graphics style somewhat similar to the works of H. R. Giger and a high difficulty level, whereas in Millennium losing was next to impossible. Adjectives: Terrestrial, Terran, Telluric, Tellurian, Earthly Atmosphere Surface pressure: 101. ... Birth machine Hans Ruedi Giger (IPA: ) (born at Chur, Grisons canton, February 5, 1940) is a Swiss painter best known for his design work on the film Alien. ...

The object of Deuteros to mine and manage resources, explore the Solar System and beyond, and rid the galaxy of the evil Methanoids. To win you have to collect 8 parts of a mysterious machine as asked by a mysterious race that sends enigmatic messages to you. Upon winning the game ends in a kind of mini video clip that shows three picture-slots with icons and pictures of in-game objects changing every 3 seconds accompanied by the main music of the game. Major features of the Solar System (not to scale; from left to right): Pluto, Neptune, Uranus, Saturn, Jupiter, the asteroid belt, the Sun, Mercury, Venus, Earth and its Moon, and Mars. ... The Methanoids are a fictional race of people from the game Deuteros. ...

The game was eagerly awaited by Millennium 2.2 fans, but they soon started to realise that Deuteros had its problems, such as bugs causing system hangs, a buggy save system, and an unfinished game plot.^{[citation needed]} The game was also criticized as being repetitive after leaving the Solar System.

External links

• Deuteros at MobyGames
• Deuteros at Home of the Underdogs<noinclude>
• Deuteros at dixiak.com
• Deuteros: The Next Millennium download