Play Star Saga Two - The Clathren Menace Online

Star Saga Two: The Clathren Menace came out in 1989 for MS-DOS, published by Masterplay Publishing. It was a sequel in a series that tried to bring a detailed, choose-your-own-adventure style of space exploration to the computer, back when games often came with thick manuals and expected you to keep a notebook handy. It fit right into that era of PC gaming where complexity and player investment were part of the appeal, not something to be streamlined away.

You control a lone starship captain exploring a dangerous sector of space, managing your ship's systems, fuel, and weapons while making narrative choices that branch the story. The main goal is to survive encounters, gather intelligence, and ultimately thwart the Clathren threat. Key mechanics include plotting precise hyperspace jumps (a single miscalculation can leave you stranded), engaging in text-based combat or diplomacy, and navigating through a series of descriptive, screen-by-screen encounters. The pacing is deliberate, almost methodical, and the difficulty is unforgiving, demanding careful planning and a willingness to fail and restart. It feels like piloting a fragile ship through a story where every decision has weight, and the quiet moments between jumps are just as tense as the confrontations.

Each game uses different controls, most DOS games use the keyboard arrows. Some will use the mouse , "Alt" ,"Enter" and "Space bar".