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Programming was carried out by James Long, David Sykes and Tony Warriner. Design was done by Charles Cecil, Dave Cummins, Dave Gibbons and Dan Marchant, while the Virtual Theatre (VT) design was done by Tony Warriner. The game's story was scripted by Dave Cummins with graphics and artwork done by Dave Gibbons, Paul Humphreys, Steve Ince, Stephen Oades, Les Pace and Adam Tween. Hobart is the capital city of the Australian state Tasmania. The back-story involves a conflict between Union City and the Hobart Corporation fighting over 'market' dominance by the use of sabotage which is used as a common theme throughout the story. Those that oppose the Unions' ideals are called 'Corporations'.Īll of the City States are described as either being Corporations or Unions. Ironically, those that subscribe to these principles are called 'Unions' contrasting the real world definition of what a Union pushes for. Notably ASIO is Australia's national intelligence agency.Īfter the 'Euro-American War' all participants agreed upon a set of ideals described as the 'neo democratic principles' which removes all labour representation and social benefits. Union City is the second largest of the six remaining city states after the acquisition of Asio-City. In the future world of 'Beneath a Steel Sky', the six states and two territories of Australia have been consumed by their respective capital cities and are described as 'city states'. Joey, however, is not always happy about Foster's choice of body for him. This allows Joey to change bodies as the situation requires, provided his circuit board is not damaged. Joey's personality is stored on a small circuit board, which can easily be inserted and removed from many types of robot bodies.

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This was confirmed in a 2005 interview with the Australian gaming magazine, PC PowerPlay.įoster manages to escape from his captors as the helicopter transporting him back to Union City crashes just after entering the dome, leaving him and his robot friend, Joey, to find out why they were brought there and where to go next, while security continues to search for him.

Interestingly, Union City mentions prominent suburbs and train stations found within Australia's largest city, Sydney, leading some to speculate that Union City was once Sydney. Foster even learns engineering and technology and builds a talking, sentient robot called Joey.Īfter Foster has reached adulthood, he is kidnapped and his tribe annihilated by storm-troopers sent from Union City by its all-powerful computer LINC. Too young to fend for himself, Robert is adopted by a local group of Indigenous Australians, who teach him the skills he needs to survive in this harsh new environment they name him Robert Foster, partly due to him being fostered by them and also because of the discovery of an empty can of Foster's Lager, an Australian beer, found near him at the crash site. The game's backstory is introduced via a comic book, drawn by well-known comic artist Dave Gibbons, that tells the story of a young boy called Robert who is the sole survivor of a plane crash in 'the Gap' (the name applied to the Australian Outback at the time of the game). The game takes place at an unknown point in a dystopian future in Australia, where the Earth has been significantly damaged by pollution or nuclear fallout. It was initially released for DOS and Amiga.

Beneath a steel sky game nostalgia software#

It featured comedy elements and was developed by Revolution Software and published by Virgin Interactive Entertainment. 'Beneath a Steel Sky' is a British 1994 science fiction point and click adventure game in the cyberpunk genre.

Requirements = PC: 386, DOS 3.3+, 2 RAM Talkie: CD-ROM & Sound card