Space Colony

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This article is about the PC game, for information about real space colonies please see space colonization

Space Colony

Developer(s)	Firefly Studios
Publisher(s)	Gathering
Release date(s)	August 29, 2003 (US) September 26, 2003 (UK)
Genre(s)	PC strategy game
Mode(s)	Single player
Rating(s)	ESRB: Teen (T), PEGI: 12+
Platform(s)	PC, Mac OS X
Media	CD-ROM

Space Colony is a PC strategy game developed by Firefly Studios and published by Gathering in 2003. The basic premise is similar to The Sims in that the player has to care for the needs of a several individuals, however the game is mission orientated and involves setting up a futuristic base and carrying out these missions which involves mining minerals, developing relationships and harvesting resources. Aspyr Media released a Mac OS X port in 2004.

An official bonus campaign was released in 2004. It has 5 missions and takes place on the planet Cobash.

[edit] Space Colony minigame

To promote Space Colony a small 2D action-oriented game was created called Alien Horde. In the game, players assume the role of Space Colony's leading lady Venus. She has to fight back alien attacks and try to rescue Space Colony's hard-working Norwegian biker Stig, plus she has to prevent running out of oxygen. Alien Horde is open-ended, and the gameplay becomes more intense with each level. Beside the same setting the gameplay has not much in common with the more strategic-oriented gameplay of Space Colony.