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EV Override is a Macintosh-only role-playing game that takes place in space. It is the sequel to Escape Velocity, a game developed by Ambrosia Software. Although it is a sequel, it features a much more powerful game engine, an entirely new story line, a much bigger universe, and many more governments and missions than the first. The game involves the player as an independent space captain making his way through the galaxy. There are several governments which control different sectors of the galaxy: United Earth at the center of the galaxy, the Voinians to the west, the Miranu to the north, and the Strand races: the Igadzra, Zidagar, and Azdgari. The player has the choice of aiding any of these governments through doing missions and completing different plotlines. However, like the rest of the Escape Velocity series, it has no real ending and the player can play the game without ever getting involved in the politics of the galaxy. Mac OS X v10. ...
Escape Velocity is a single-player, role-playing, space computer game series. ...
Ambrosia Software is a predominantly Macintosh software company located in Rochester, New York. ...
Although it began exclusively as a Classic (Mac OS9 or earlier) game, Ambrosia Software has developed a plugin for EV Nova to simulate EV Override using the new engine developed for Nova. Escape Velocity has been ported as well. Because EV Nova runs on both Mac OSX and Microsoft Windows, virtually anyone can play all three games regardless of operating system. Classic is an emulation layer in Mac OS X that allows applications written for earlier versions of Mac OS to run on OS X systems, without having to boot the system using one of those versions. ...
Ambrosia Software is a predominantly Macintosh software company located in Rochester, New York. ...
Escape Velocity Nova is a computer game by Ambrosia Software, in collaboration with ATMOS. It is the third game in the Escape Velocity series. ...
Escape Velocity is a single-player, role-playing, space computer game series. ...
Mac OS X is the latest version of the Mac OS operating system for Macintosh computers. ...
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Gameplay
The player starts out in United Earth territory with a small shuttlecraft, the weakest ship in the game. The player can land on planets, where he can buy different outfits for his ship, buy a new ship, buy and sell commodities on the Commodities Market, and get missions in either the Mission Computer or the Spaceport Bar. Missions generally available in the Mission Computer are simple shipments and cargo runs that pay a fair amount of money, whereas missions in the Spaceport Bar are generally connected to a set of missions or a story line that will change the galaxy should you choose to accept.
The player can travel to different systems in the galaxy, controlled by different governments, each with their own planets. Missions usually involve traveling to other systems and either landing on a planet or destroying an enemy fleet or ship. In Override, systems have the ability to change in response to missions, and often times after completing one of the main plotlines systems will have been conquered and/or destroyed.
One of the principles of the Escape Velocity series is that the player does not have to participate in special missions or politics. Any player can make a living by simply doing the missions in the mission computer or buying and selling commodities. Though many of the ships in the galaxy are only available after completing different sets of missions, there are a huge selection of ships available to the player, allowing a simple trader to get stronger and richer as he becomes more powerful. If a player is powerful enough, he can even conquer other governments' systems by demanding tribute and defeating the planet's defense fleet (although the original government usually isn't very happy about it).
See also Escape Velocity Nova is a computer game by Ambrosia Software, in collaboration with ATMOS. It is the third game in the Escape Velocity series. ...
Escape Velocity is a single-player, role-playing, space computer game series. ...
Ambrosia Software is a predominantly Macintosh software company located in Rochester, New York. ...
This article or section should be merged with Escape Velocity Matt Burch is a computer programmer who created the computer game Escape Velocity and its sequels Escape Velocity: Override and Escape Velocity: Nova, the last with Ambrosia Software and ATMOS. Burch was born June 30, 1978 in Loveland, Colorado in...
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External links - Ambrosia Software: Escape Velocity (http://www.ambrosiasw.com/games/ev/)
- Ambrosia Software: EV Override (http://www.ambrosiasw.com/games/evo/)
- Ambrosia Software: EV Nova (http://www.ambrosiasw.com/games/evn/)
- EV-Nova.net (http://www.ev-nova.net/)
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