What is Omega (for Apple II)?

Omega casts the player into the role of a cyber-tank designer and programmer. The goal is to design a powerful tank capable of defeating opponents within the frames of a limited budget. A successful completion of this task grants the player character a higher security clearance and a large budget. Combat plays little to no role in the game; the gameplay is dedicated to designing the tanks themselves.

The player programs tanks by using a built-in text editor. It is possible to assign different artificial intelligence script commands that control various aspects of the tank, as well as enable communication between several tanks in a group. The player must take into account the equipment of a tank and its attributes in order to design a vehicle that would prove successful in combat.

See also: Macintosh version

Download Omega (for Apple II)

Architecture

Other/Non-Mac architecture

Compatibility notes

Apple II

• 64K required

Apple IIgs

• 768K  required

Emulating this? It could probably run under: KEGS