Reckless Space Pirates
You have a choice: join a crew of space pirates to steal priceless slime from a nest of mushroom-like aliens--or hoodwink the pirates and team up with the mushroom colony to prevent an interstellar war!
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June 16, 2017
9 years and 48 days ago
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You have a choice: join a crew of space pirates to steal priceless slime from a nest of mushroom-like aliens--or hoodwink the pirates and team up with the mushroom colony to prevent an interstellar war!
Reckless Space Pirates is a thrilling interactive science-fiction novel where your choices control the story. The game is entirely text-based--without graphics or sound effects--and powered by the vast, unstoppable power of your imagination.
Will you survive the infamous space-slime pits? Will you earn the respect of the crew, or even start a romance with a space pirate? Can you negotiate with the fungoid aliens, despite linguistic and cultural barriers? Or will you blast their rubbery guts, plunder the slime pits, and retire in luxury?
Reckless Space Pirates is a thrilling interactive science-fiction novel where your choices control the story. The game is entirely text-based--without graphics or sound effects--and powered by the vast, unstoppable power of your imagination.
Will you survive the infamous space-slime pits? Will you earn the respect of the crew, or even start a romance with a space pirate? Can you negotiate with the fungoid aliens, despite linguistic and cultural barriers? Or will you blast their rubbery guts, plunder the slime pits, and retire in luxury?
