Buck Rogers: Countdown to Doomsday

Welcome to the 25th Century
It is the year 2456.

Humanity has spread across the terraformed planets and satellites of the solar system. Colonies drift though the upper regions of the Jupiter gas clouds and cities have been carved out of asteroids. Mars, the seat of power among the inner worlds, is home to a powerful, despotic Russo-American Mercantile (RAM). Its goal: The enslavement of the solar system.

But what of Earth?

The ancestral home of mankind now struggles to overcome the devastation of war and pollution. All hope for a return to its former glory lies in a daring band of rebels, the New Earth Organization (NEO) led by Buck Rogers.

Now you and the members of your team can join Buck and his allies to rid the solar system of RAM tyranny!

Countdown to Doomsday is a detailed computer role-playing game based on TSR's new BUCK ROGERS XXVc role-playing system, and uses a special enhanced version of SSI's award winning AD&D computer fantasy role-playing system.

Assemble a team of Rocketjocks, Warriors, Engineers, Rogues and Medics, recruited from Terrans, Martians, Venusians, Mecurians or genetically engineered Desert Runners and Tinkers.

As your team explores the solar system, characters gain valuable skills such as piloting, zero-g maneuvering or demolition. These skills can prove more valuable then a good laser pistol in the toxic atmosphere of Venus or the sun-blasted surface of Mercury.

But hang on to that laser pistol! The 25th century is a dangerous place - especially for those who join Buck Rogers and NEO in the heroic fight for interplanetary justice and freedom!

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software: Gold Box Engine,

display: raster

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Buck Rogers: Countdown to Doomsday (C64)
Buck Rogers: Countdown to Doomsday (MS-DOS)
Buck Rogers: Countdown to Doomsday (Mega Drive)