Wow, I can see how many people would find this to be a very boring game but it looks amazing to me. Sad that I missed its golden age.
In case anyone wants to play around with DECtalk without downloading the game, there's https://webspeak.terminal.ink/
Here is my favorite one: https://youtu.be/aFbuSShYKpc
huehuehuehuehuehue john madden john madden
I'm not sure why but that is one of the funniest things I've ever seen on the internet.
Similar fun has been had with Windows2K/XP speech synthesis:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3db_4xYahVc
"ROFLcopter soi soi soi soi"
Obligatory John Madden song clip showing off the speech to text engine: https://youtu.be/ovcTKHupdxo?si=Qh_nsYmkGtwcxrMR
John Madden? John Madden!
Spent years playing this game. It is the closest thing I've seen to real time chess. Also excellent soundtrack that sets the mood.
EDIT: whoops I thought this was moonbase commander, another NASA sponsored game from another time.
> real time chess
That would describe Crypt of the NecroDancer.
Bah, thought this was related to the classic UK TV series Space:1999.