Software:SpaceStationSim

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SpaceStationSim
SpaceStationSim 2006 Windows Cover Art.jpg
Developer(s)Vision Videogames
Publisher(s)Enlight Interactive[1]
1C Company
Designer(s)Vision Videogames
EngineRenderWare[2]
Platform(s)Microsoft Windows
ReleaseNovember 2006[3]
Genre(s)Life simulation
Mode(s)Single-player

SpaceStationSim is a space station simulation video game by American studio Vision Videogames.[4] The game was developed with cooperation from NASA[4][5][6] and the Japanese Space Administration.[7][8] A PlayStation 2 version for the game was announced but never released.[6]

Gameplay

Character select screen

SpaceStationSim is a life simulation game. The player takes the role as Chief Administrator of NASA.[1][9][10]

Development

The game was in developed for 5 years with a team of 20 people from Vision Videogames, as well as over 30 contributors from NASA.[11] Officially, the game was announced in September 2003 by GRS Games, the then predecessor of Vision Videogames.[12] GRS Games was an independent development company based in Towson, Maryland, that was working on the game. The company was acquired by Vision Videogames in March 2004 in a management buyout.[13][14][15] The game's budget was $3 million but then raised to $3.5 million.[13]

Reception

Reception
Aggregate score
AggregatorScore
Metacritic57%[4]
Review scores
PublicationScore
GamesRadar+60%[17]
IGN45%[16]
PC Gamer (US)65%[4]

The game has a 57% rating on Metacritic, based on 5 reviews.[4] GameZone rated the game 7.5 of 10.[18] The Space review praised the game, saying its one of the best contemporary space program-themed computer games for kids.[19]

SpaceStationSim eschews the hard-core management focus and deserves merit as the first simulation of space station life, bladder-challenged astronauts and all. It is an immersive and endearing game that, although ultimately a bit shallow, those with a love of games and space should consider picking up. The Space Review[19]

The game holds a 23% rating on Absolute Games.[20]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Wanaseljan, David (July 5, 2007). "PC Review - 'Space Station Sim". https://worthplaying.com/article/2007/7/5/reviews/43290/. Retrieved July 4, 2019. 
  2. ↑ "SpaceStationSim Game Engine and Technology". Archived from the original on December 11, 2004. https://web.archive.org/web/20041211223553/http://www.grsgames.com/products/game1/tech.html. Retrieved August 10, 2019. 
  3. ↑ "Enlight Announces SpaceStationSim Coming In November". November 2, 2006. https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/enlight-announces-spacestationsim-coming-in-november. Retrieved August 3, 2019. 
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 "SpaceStationSim For PC". CBS Interactive. https://www.metacritic.com/game/spacestationsim/critic-reviews/?platform=pc. Retrieved June 30, 2019. 
  5. ↑ Terdiman, Daniel (February 3, 2005). "Games Join Space Race". Archived from the original on April 4, 2005. https://web.archive.org/web/20050404012949/http://www.wired.com/news/space/0,2697,66475,00.html?tw=wn_tophead_5. Retrieved July 6, 2019. 
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Affordable Space Tourism: SpaceStationSim". https://spinoff.nasa.gov/Spinoff2006/ch_3.html. Retrieved July 12, 2019. 
  7. ↑ North, Phil (June 30, 2008). "Space Station Sim review (PC)". Archived from the original on July 2, 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20080702003434/https://www.gamezine.co.uk/reviews/game-types/strategy/space-station-sim-review-pc--$1229534.htm. Retrieved July 28, 2019. 
  8. ↑ "Space Station Sim-Developed in conjunction with NASA and the Japanese Space Administration, no less.". May 29, 2008. https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/space-station-sim-developed-in-conjunction-with-nasa-and-the-japanese-space-administration--no-less. Retrieved August 10, 2019. 
  9. ↑ "Build and manage your own space station with Space Foundation Certified Imagination Product". October 19, 2006. Archived from the original on January 26, 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120126040456/http://www.vision-play.com/images/Space_foundation_press.pdf. Retrieved August 3, 2019. 
  10. ↑ "Space Station Sim". June 17, 2008. https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/space-station-sim-escape-from-it-all-by-building-your-own-orbital-home. Retrieved August 10, 2019. 
  11. ↑ Wallis, Alistair (October 6, 2006). "Road To The IGF: Vision Videogames' SpaceStationSim". UBM Technology Group. https://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/102115/Road_To_The_IGF_Vision_Videogames_SpaceStationSim.php. Retrieved June 30, 2019. 
  12. ↑ "GRS Games Is Proud To Announce". September 22, 2003. Archived from the original on October 20, 2003. https://web.archive.org/web/20031020115928/http://www.grsgames.com/about/press/index.html. Retrieved August 3, 2019. 
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 Kinnear, Victoria (March 10, 2004). "Towson Md Based Grs Games Acquired by Vision Videogames in Management Buyout". Archived from the original on April 11, 2004. https://web.archive.org/web/20040411175200/http://grsgames.com/about/press/index.html. Retrieved August 3, 2019. 
  14. ↑ "Vision Videogames acquires GRS Games" (in ru). March 12, 2004. https://gamemag.ru/news/11516/vision-videogames-priobrela-grs-games. Retrieved August 3, 2019. 
  15. ↑ Jolex Del Pilar (March 11, 2004). "NASA video game under new publisher". Archived from the original on May 4, 2004. https://web.archive.org/web/20040504061318/http://www.vgln.com/general/107905684041472.shtml. Retrieved August 10, 2019. 
  16. ↑ Habib, J (March 20, 2007). "SpaceStationSim Review". Ziff Davis. https://www.ign.com/articles/2007/03/20/spacestationsim-review?page=1. Retrieved June 30, 2019. 
  17. ↑ Antista, Chris (January 13, 2007). "SpaceStationSim review". https://www.gamesradar.com/spacestationsim-review/. Retrieved July 4, 2019. 
  18. ↑ Cowboy, Code (January 22, 2007). "SpaceStationSim Review". Archived from the original on February 7, 2007. https://web.archive.org/web/20070207095842/http://pc.gamezone.com/gzreviews/r28431.htm. Retrieved July 2, 2019. 
  19. ↑ 19.0 19.1 Percy, Henry (March 27, 2006). "Review: SpaceStationSim". http://thespacereview.com/article/584/1. Retrieved June 30, 2019. 
  20. ↑ "SpaceStationSim Review" (in ru). December 9, 2006. https://ag.ru/games/spacestationsim/review. Retrieved August 3, 2019. 

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