Orbital: Part 1 - The Problem Child (Retro, EGA, Sci-fi)

[Stupot]

Halo ring? Great to see this is back though.

This is an Orbital, a concept of recently deceased novelist Iain M. Banks, my favorite author. I understand they're very similar to Halo rings, a game I never played myself (but I've heard of it and seen the Red vs Blue parodies) but I think they may be smaller.

I think Banks, in turn, got the concept from Larry Niven's Ringworld novels... upon which two adventure games are based.  they are abandonware and can be downloaded here.
I've not played them but they look worth a shot.

Anyway, as for Orbital.  It looks delicious and I look forward to playing it :-)

[JayeJaye]

I think Banks, in turn, got the concept from Larry Niven's Ringworld novels...

A very likely influence - the Ringworld fully circumscribes a star however, where as an Orbital (as with Halo) is much smaller and does not contain a star in the middle. In fact, Halo rings were apparently inspired (at least in part) by Iain Banks orbitals - if this source is reliable:

“All of us here at Bungie are huge fans of sci-fi literature,” says Griesemer, “and of course there are shades of Iain M Banks â€" think of Consider Phlebas with the ship being destroyed. But the influence of something like [Larry Niven's] Ringworld isn't necessarily in the design â€" it's in that feeling of being somewhere else." - EdgeOnline