A Dark Sky Over Paradise (1989)

In the future, Earth's resources have been stretched to their limit from it's ever expanding population and the future of mankind looks very bleak and hard. The governing body, FourNations have devised a plan to colonise Mars to send the overspill of man to ease the problems on Earth. The building starts well but the cost spirals out of control sending Earth into a deep recession. Years later the project is still proceeding but very slowly and you have been sent to a MoonBase for some unknown instructions that could be to do with the launch of a rocket and keep the colonisation project moving. As you are summoned to various meetings a bomb explodes and you find out that it from a terrorist group called the Mining Group who are trying to prevent the launch of the rocket. In this text adventure you have to explore various locations described by text, to find out what your mission is, find out more about the terrorist group and what their reasons are. You type in commands with the keyboard to interact with your locations, objects and people.

• Release Date: December 31, 1989
• Developer: Interactive Technology