MMOCrunch.com nabbed 50 beta keys for Moonbase Alpha, so if you are interested in the NASA title, go grab one quick!
The developers of Moonbase Alpha, a simulator where you play an astronaut, had no idea that their text-to-speech tool would be the one thing that put their game on the map. This is trolling at its finest and not in a bad sense either. See, the developers installed this text-to-speech tool to help the alpha testers communicate until they got the VOIP functioning. Whatever you type into the chat bar, gets read aloud by a computer-like voice. The alpha testers enjoyed it so much that the developers decided to keep it.
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In tribute to the passing of legendary astronaut Neil Armstrong, Rant Gaming compiles a list of the ten most memorable trips to the moon in gaming history.
Dead Space is an awesome game, and I'm a sucker for space horror (see: Alien), but I don't think they go to the moon in that one.
haha,i am first:
Moonbase Alpha Beta Key Giveaway
We have 49 beta keys to give away for this game
I'll add it to the news post on the site, but here's the Technical Specifications
Minimum System Requirements
• Win XP SP3
• 2.0+ GHZ Single Core Processor
• 2 GB of System RAM
• NVIDIA 7000-series or ATI Radeon X1900 Video Card
• 2 GB of Free Hard Drive Space
• DirectX 9.0c
Recommended System Requirements
• Win XP SP3 / Vista / Windows 7
• 2.4+ GHz Dual Core Processor
• 4+ GB of System RAM
• NVIDIA 9000+ or ATI Radeon 3600+ Video Card
• 5 GB of Free Hard Drive Space
• DirectX 9.0c for XP/Vista, DirectX 10 for Windows 7
Uh oh, Mac user :( Maybe I'll check it out on my desktop, but it can't handle much.
This is an interesting idea, because Moonbase Alpha is kind of a "proof of concept" for the very notion of NASA games. It's almost like its purpose is to prepare you for the MMO in a psychological way
I just dont see NASA making a very fun game, but you never know