Virus
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Zarch (also released as Virus) is a 3D video game developed by David Braben in 1987 for the launch of the Acorn Archimedes computer. Zarch started off as a demo called Lander which was bundled with almost every release of the Acorn Archimedes.
In 1988, ports of Zarch, renamed Virus, were published for the Atari ST and Amiga (coded by David Braben) and IBM PC (coded by Chris Sawyer). It was later ported to the ZX Spectrum by Steven Dunn.
The game was groundbreaking for the time, featuring a 3D mouse-controlled craft (the "lander") flying over a tile-rendered landscape that dazzled reviewers in a primarily 2D-dominated game industry. ACE (Advanced Computer Entertainment) magazine led with the headline "SOLID 3D - the future of games?" when it reviewed Zarch with a score of 979, the highest rating ACE had given at that time, only bettered by the Atari ST port Virus at 981.
From Wikipedia's article Zarch, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0
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This is a PC game: it uses the keyboard the way it did under MS-DOS, and the mouse where the game supports it. Click the game screen first so it gets your key presses.
Many DOS games start with a menu or ask a question first — read the screen and answer with the keyboard. Arrow keys, Enter, Space, Ctrl and Alt are the usual game keys.
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Controls
This is a PC game: it uses the keyboard the way it did under MS-DOS, and the mouse where the game supports it. Click the game screen first so it gets your key presses.
Many DOS games start with a menu or ask a question first — read the screen and answer with the keyboard. Arrow keys, Enter, Space, Ctrl and Alt are the usual game keys.
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