====== The Duel That Spanned The Ages ======
by Oliver Ullmann

Played for IFComp 2009: https://www.bradleycbuchanan.com/b/ifcomp-2009/

Grade: A

>The title didn’t lead me to expect much from this game, probably because it evoked memories of [[http://www.rinkworks.com/duel/|The Duel of the Ages]] which was entertaining but would in no way produce a good work of IF. The opening is the weakest part of the game – once I got into the action, I enjoyed DtStA immensely. The atmosphere while you’re walking around the base infested with robot spiders is terrific. Here’s the moment that made the game for me: “A huge dome spans overhead; it is crusted with thousands of unmoving chrome spiders. They are twinkling down like stars through the dusty atmosphere… A battered desk is balanced precariously at the edge of the platform.” I did find one bug – once the autoturret was loaded, I left it in the storage room and it still shot things wherever I went. Then I went into surgery… and died because I didn’t have the autoturret with me.

{{tag>videogame "interactive fiction" "released in 2009" played "played in 2009" "played on PC"}}