A Mac-exclusive sequel to First Star's 1982 Atari/C64 game, Astro
Chase.

> Astro Chase� 3D? was released in March 1994 for color Macintosh
> computers, by First Star's licensee MacPlay, a division of Interplay
> Productions, Inc.
>
> Astro Chase 3D is an extremely fast space-combat action game
> featuring spectacular photo-realistic 3D graphics simulating travel
> in true, three-dimensional space. Astro Chase 3D contains 40 levels
> of play, digitized speech, and Single Thrust Propulsion?, a
> proprietary interface which lets the player steer a flying saucer in
> one direction while simultaneously shooting in his/her choice of the
> same or any other direction.
>
> Astro Chase 3D was developed by First Star Software, Inc. using the
> Software Accelerated Graphics Engine? (S.A.G.E.?) which enables
> extremely fast real-time manipulation, scaling, and rotation of
> bitmapped graphics. S.A.G.E. permits the emulation of hardware
> sprites which are common in videogame systems but which are not
> available on either the Macintosh or PC platforms.
>
> ? official description

> At the time I had a IIci with a 20" monitor. The system was greatly
> underpowered for 3D games and everything had to be played in a
> little 640�480 window on that huge screen. Even at 640�480 [Doom
> II][1] was choppy and slow. Astro Chase 3D was the only game that
> not only played at the native 1280�1024 resolution, but played
> flawlessly fast.
>
> ? [Matthew Wilber][2]

> Would you believe I actually pulled the game out just for the sake
> of reviewing it, to warn people about it? But this time, with
> patience, concerted effort, and repeated visits to the manual, I
> scrambled over the harsh learning curve and stolid training levels
> to emerge in the blinding light of a glorious action game. It's
> truly frantic and fun, with a distinctive control system and one of
> the best radar systems in any shoot-em-up ever!
>
> ? [Bloomer (GameFAQs)][3]

Compatibility
Architecture: 68k

  [1]: http://macintoshgarden.org/games/doom-ii
  [2]: http://web.archive.org/web/20151016174922/http://www.mwilber.com/retrogaming/astrochase3d/
  [3]: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/mac/581992-astro-chase-3d/reviews/17884

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