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[[Image:Beneath_a_Steel_Sky.jpg|thumb|right|BASS running within ScummVM]]
{{GameDescription|
name=Beneath a Steel Sky|
        image=[[Image:Beneath_a_Steel_Sky.jpg|center|256px]]|
release=1994|
alternateNames=BASS, Steel Sky, Sky|
publisher=[[Revolution|Revolution Software]]|
developer=[[Revolution|Revolution Software]]|
platforms=Amiga, Amiga CD32, DOS|
engine=[[Sky|Virtual Theatre]]|
support=Since ScummVM 0.5.0|
purchase=The full game can be<br/>legally downloaded from<br/>our [http://www.scummvm.org/games/#sky downloads page]|
        resolution=320x200, 256 colors
}}
'''Beneath a Steel Sky''' uses a variant of Revolution's virtual theatre engine. The game takes place in the future, after the world is damaged from the ravages of humankind. The game first follows Robert Foster as he tries to escape from an enclosed city after he was kidnapped and brought there from his home in the Australian outback. Later, Robert discovers a plot involving the death of his mother, a government coverup, and the secrets about his own father.


'''Beneath a Steel Sky''' is a point and click adventure game by [[Revolution]], released in 1994.
==Legal Status==
In August 2003, the creators and copyright holders of Beneath a Steel Sky, Revolution Software, released the game as freeware for use with ScummVM. It is available for download from our [https://www.scummvm.org/games/#sky Downloads page].


Revolution made the game data files freeware in 2003 and provided the game source code (written in x86 assembler) to the [[ScummVM]] team for inclusion into ScummVM.
== Internal links ==
* [[Datafiles#Beneath a Steel Sky|Datafiles]] required by ScummVM


==External links==
==External links==
*[http://revolution.co.uk/_display.php?id=16 Official BASS website]
*[https://revolution.co.uk/games/beneath-a-steel-sky/ Official BASS website]
*[http://www.unet.univie.ac.at/~a0200586/videogames/steelsky/ BASS Windows installer, installs ScummVM + BASS data files)
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beneath_a_Steel_Sky Wikipedia entry on BASS]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beneath_a_Steel_Sky Wikipedia entry on BASS]
*[https://www.mobygames.com/game/beneath-a-steel-sky Beneath a Steel Sky at MobyGames]
*[http://www.mobygames.com/game/beneath-a-steel-sky Beneath a Steel Sky at MobyGames]
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20100104135257/https://www.unet.univie.ac.at/~a0200586/videogames/steelsky/ BASS Windows installer (installs ScummVM + BASS data files)]
*[https://www.scummvm.org/games/#sky Available for download from the Downloads page].
 
[[Category:Supported Games]]
[[Category:Virtual Theatre Games]]
[[Category:Freeware Games]]

Revision as of 19:06, 4 June 2020

Beneath a Steel Sky
Beneath a Steel Sky.jpg
First release 1994
Also known as BASS, Steel Sky, Sky
Developed by Revolution Software
Published by Revolution Software
Distributed by (unknown)
Platforms Amiga, Amiga CD32, DOS
Resolution 320x200, 256 colors
Engine Virtual Theatre
Support Since ScummVM 0.5.0
Available for
Purchase
The full game can be
legally downloaded from
our downloads page

Beneath a Steel Sky uses a variant of Revolution's virtual theatre engine. The game takes place in the future, after the world is damaged from the ravages of humankind. The game first follows Robert Foster as he tries to escape from an enclosed city after he was kidnapped and brought there from his home in the Australian outback. Later, Robert discovers a plot involving the death of his mother, a government coverup, and the secrets about his own father.

Legal Status

In August 2003, the creators and copyright holders of Beneath a Steel Sky, Revolution Software, released the game as freeware for use with ScummVM. It is available for download from our Downloads page.

Internal links

External links