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Critical Mass for Windows

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Key Details of Critical Mass

  • Command a squadron of spaceships on one of 30 types of missions.
  • Last updated on 9/2/2015
  • There have been 1 updates
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Editors' Review

Download.com staff
This curious turn-based space-action game has the player commanding a squadron of attack fighters out to destroy an enemy space station. The spacecraft maneuver in two dimensions against a starry background dotted with asteroids. At the start of each turn, the player selects thrust and rate of turn, and if necessary, chooses a missile to fire. Clicking the End Turn button moves the action forward a few clicks. It sounds maddening, and it is. For their part, the graphics and the sound effects would have seemed primitive fifteen years ago. And the gameplay is terribly limited. Your control over the other ships in the squadron is limited to a few basic formation commands. No half-decent gamer will need any more than two or three tries to beat the demo's one included level. Move along, space fans. There's nothing to see here.

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Full Specifications

GENERAL
Release
November 12, 2004
Latest update
September 2, 2015
Version
4.0a
OPERATING SYSTEMS
Platform
Windows
Operating System
Windows XP, Windows NT, Windows ME, Windows 10, Windows 98, Windows 95, Windows 2000
Additional Requirements
None
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Developer's Description

By Sean O'Connor's Windows Games
Command a squadron of spaceships on one of 30 types of missions.

Critical Mass is a game set in the future where you are the commander of a squadron of spaceships. You will be sent on different missions, ranging from protecting a convoy, to attacking an enemy starbase, to defending Earth. You fight enemy spaceships using six types of missiles which home in on the nearest target, so you have to be careful not to destroy your own friends.

Version 4.0a features new graphics; updated gameplay; squadron chatter; and extra ship objects: Stealth and Repair Bots.