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2025-12-29: I have restored the wiki to a backup from the end of November. Starting in September 2025, accesses went form the 800MB-1.2GB range per month to 26GB in September, 42GB in October, and 70GB in November with most accesses originating from China. As soon as I realized what was causing all the access problems in November, I shut it down (it had reached 36GB by then) behind a password/login screen. The database had gotten corrupted, and I tried a restore from just before the spike in access but that didn't work. Thus, end of November. I still have the other daily backups so if there were any important additions in December, let me know and maybe they can be recovered. - Allen H.
Koronis Rift
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| Koronis Rift | |
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| Year | 1987 |
| Publisher | Epyx, sold through Tandy/Radio Shack |
| Author | Ken Rogoway (Lucasfilm Ltd., for Epyx) |
| Media | disk only, OS-9 Level II or NitrOS9 |
| Requires | Color Computer 1,2,3, 128K RAM, joystick. |
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Koronis Rift is an original arcade game put out for various platforms by Lucasfilm games (a division of the company that made the Star Wars movies. Using the same terrain generating algorithm that Rescue On Fractalus used. However, unlike the more simple search and rescue mission that Fractalus had for game play, in Koronis Rift, you have to drive on the surface, trying to find old hulk space ships, and loot them of their hardware (see the 'looting a hulk' screen shot above). You have Guardian Saucers that will try to kill you while you are looting, and as you progress further and further into the game, you will get stronger and stronger (and, sometimes, completely new) hardware that you can use on your own ship (increase your speed, for example). you can only have 6 devices active at a time, so you have swap parts in and out as you find better ones. The multiple screens you see at the top of the screenshots eventually get used by some of your better hardware, as you collect it through the game (radar, etc.). From my looking on the web at the various screenshots of this game on other platforms (Commodore 64, Atari 800, Sinclair Spectrum), I think the Coco version has the best graphical detail of them all.
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