SkyRoads (video game)


SkyRoads is a remake of the video game Kosmonaut developed by BlueMoon Software and released in 1993, selling internationally and getting low cost retail distribution deals from the U.S. to Taiwan.

Gameplay

The space bar and directional keys are used to create an easy "jump and move" motion. Up accelerates the ship and down slows down the ship. Meters at the bottom indicate the ship's speed, Oxygen Levels, and Fuel Levels. The meter to the left indicates the level progress, next to a grav-o-meter that describes the planet's gravity. The level is restarted if the ship is destroyed, runs out of fuel or oxygen or falls off the roads.
Certain colors on the roads indicate special properties upon contact:
The levels always end with a tunnel that ends into space, signifying a win.

Legacy

Following the success of the original Skyroads, Bluemoon released a Skyroads XMAS-Special version in 1994, which featured exactly the same interface and features, but different and considerably harder levels.
Bluemoon made a simple non-interactive hardware demo to be bundled for the Texas VR gear company titled Stellar Xpress which effectively was a modern update to SkyRoads/Kosmonaut, but the project was cancelled.