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Spheroid world

Other (objects, etc.) concept

Instead of regular flat surface of some unspecified size, the world is depicted as a sphere-like mass in-game.

41
games
15
platforms
Planetary Annihilation (Linux)
Planetary Annihilation
LIN 2014-09-05
Reus (Windows)
Reus
WIN 2013-05-16
UFO: Aftershock (Windows)
UFO: Aftershock
WIN 2005-10-21
X-COM: UFO Defense (MS-DOS)
X-COM: UFO Defense
DOS 1994
Light of Altair (Windows)
Light of Altair
WIN 2009-06-04
X-COM: Terror from the Deep (PlayStation)
X-COM: Terror from the Deep
PS1 1996
Populous: The Beginning (PlayStation)
Populous: The Beginning
PS1 1999-04-02
Spore (Windows)
Spore
WIN 2008-09-05
Aether (Flash)
Aether
FLA 2008-09
Heavy Duty (Windows)
Heavy Duty
WIN 2006
Fate of the World (Windows)
Fate of the World
WIN 2011-02-28
Beyond Gravity (Linux)
Beyond Gravity
LIN 2014
See also: wrapping world
NOT in terms of the fiction but from technical and visual point.

Implies seamlessness for each planet.

2D maps that wrap end to end are not spheroids unless it clearly runs around. Easiest to see if you can zoom out enough to see the whole world (and not as a separate screen).

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The first Spheroid world video game was released on December 29, 1991.

EA Games, Uber Entertainment and Microprose published most of these games.

Platforms

Windows 13
Linux 9
Mac OS X 4
PS 3
MS-DOS 2
Amiga AGA 1
Wii 1
PSP 1
X360 1
PS3 1
Flash 1
3DO 1
Pandora 1
Amiga CD32 1
SNES 1

Most common companies

EA Games6
Uber Entertainment6
Microprose5
Abbey Games2
Doppler Interactive2
Electronic Arts2