Space Colony (Mac)

by Aspyr

Product Features

• Over 100 buildings at your disposal -- use them to build a colony for all your people's needs
• Contend with 20 strange alien species - get ready to deal with the conflicts that will arise, as they socialize with humans
• Establish great extraction industries with the army of androids and robots at your disposal
• Resource management is key here -- manage the credits you make from ore extraction and space chicken production to build what your colonists need
• Every Sim has its own personality -- build the right relationships between colonists and make them happy, or your colony will disappear

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B0001LTT3C
• Media: CD-ROM
• Release Date: June 14, 2004
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #32,967 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
  • #82 in Video Games > Mac Games > Simulation
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Space Colony gives you the chance to manage a complete space community. Choose your properties, deal with alien species, and manage your colonists properly. Keep them from arguing and going crazy, while keeping the colony profitable!

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Challenging simulations..., July 3, 2005

By 

J. McGlothlin (Pittsburgh, PA) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Space Colony (Mac) (CD-ROM)

I love this game!!! I can't tell you how many hours I've played it.

I agree with another reviewer that called the game - Sims with goals! There are some games that I play because I like to follow an adventure or story. Some games challenge my creative problem-solving skills. This game offers both a story and a challenge.


Space Colony vs. The Sims

Space Colony is a bit more amusing than the Sims (I haven't tried Sims 2 yet), with characters having specific personalities and sayings that make me giggle!

I can see how some gamers who love the Sims would find the game too challenging. Some situations take a few repetitions to get a feel for the landscape and "natives," but that only challenges me to try several strategies until I complete the sim.


Minor Complaint

One complaint with the (Mac) game is that the Pazuzu section crashes, but as I've completed almost all of the other sections of the game, it's a fraction of a huge game that offers many, many fun hours of game play!


Future games

I hope that the developers continue to offer updates and patches, or create similar goal-oriented simulation games!

8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Space Colony Rocks!, September 8, 2004

By 

Paul Mitchell "Just this guy, you know?" (Chicago area) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Space Colony (Mac) (CD-ROM)

Space Colony has something for everyone! It is challenging, funny, demanding, cute, frustrating, attractive, dangerous, and diverse. If you don't believe me, download the free demo and give it try! The full game is even better.

I'm having a blast with this game!

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars fun for a day, January 5, 2006

By 

egirl - See all my reviews

= Fun:3.0 out of 5 stars 

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This review is from: Space Colony (Mac) (CD-ROM)

This game was fun for the first few hours, but the lack of variety makes it boring. It's also too much management.. you have to keep the station running while socializing the characters. You also have to play the same characters over and over and can't create your own characters. There isn't much variety with what you can put in the space station either.. overall, I regret buying this game.. to me at least, it was a waste of money.