Transarctica

Transarctica (or Arctic Baron) is a 1993 video game made by the French company Silmarils for the Amiga and ported to IBM PC compatibles, Atari ST, Macintosh and Atari Falcon.

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Released: 1993-01-01
User rating: 0.00 / 5
Genres: Strategy
Platforms: PC, Classic Macintosh, Commodore / Amiga, Atari ST

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The story is based on a post-apocalyptic science fiction saga La Compagnie des Glaces (The Ice Company) written by Georges-Jean Arnaud and the comic strip Le Transperceneige (The Snowpiercer) by Jacques Lob. In the 21st century, mankind is being ravaged by the greenhouse effect. A last-ditch effort to counteract it is designed and executed. It works far too well. Centuries if not millennia later, the planet is entirely covered in a thick, opaque cloud layer. Giant wolf packs roam the frozen wastes, and the mammoth has re-emerged from the elephant stock. Mankind ekes out a living in a …

Released: 1993
Genres: Simulator, Strategy, Adventure
Platforms: Atari ST/STE, DOS, Amiga
Game modes: Single player
Developer: Silmarils
Publisher: Silmarils

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publication date: 1993-01-01

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Transarctica (or Arctic Baron) is a 1993 video game made by the French company Silmarils for the Amiga and ported to IBM PC compatibles, Atari ST, Macintosh and Atari Falcon.

==Plot== The story is based on the post-apocalyptic science fiction novel series La Compagnie des glaces by the French writer Georges-Jean Arnaud.