| Released: | February 1993[1] |
| Genre: | Role-playing |
| Publisher: | Flair Software |
| Developer: | Neo Software |
Whale's Voyage, known in North America as Distant Frontiers, is a 1993 role-playing game developed by an Austrian company Neo Software and published by Flair Software. The game was programmed by Hannes Seifert and Niki Laber.
The player is a space traveler who becomes stranded in space after making a bad deal purchasing the spacecraft "Whale". Left orbiting a remote planet, they must use trade and skill to upgrade the ship enough to escape.
Amiga Format praised the title, despite describing it as huge, complicated, and daunting,[2] and thought it lacked the depth and immersion of space adventures like BAT 2. Amiga Power thought the game offered CD32 owners something to play other than pinballers and platformers.[3] Amiga Joker thought the game was a successful debut, and congratulated the Austrian video gaming industry.[4] CU Amiga thought the game did not inspire confidence in the Austrian games market.[4] Amiga Dream gave it a score of 85%.[5]
In 1994, the game was voted by readers as #2 Best RPG in 1993 in the Amiga Joker magazine.
A sequel was released in 1995 entitled Whale's Voyage II: Die Übermacht. While never originally released in English, the sequel was unofficially translated into the language in 2018.[6]
