Anyway, Philip’s assessment of the games was that they’re passable but have rather basic animation and rudimentary mapping which makes them fine for hand held devices but somewhat disappointing for full screen applications. Although, I noticed those space rats in the ship tripped him up more than once, so some skill is involved.

The main focus of the Academy room as you enter is a giant bow of a space galleon, lit with the appearance of solar energy playing across the sails. Very effective. There’s a fun little “walk the plank�? and a climbing wall (scaled down considerably) and ships ladders to climb and a GREAT Bosun’s Chair set up where you hoist yourself up in the air up to a height of 20 feet, ring the bell and then let yourself down. Hands filled with coffee and donuts (and fear of embarrassment over the increasing effects of gravity due in large part to past donuts) prevented us from attempting this, but it looked like lots of fun!

In the room just east of the Space Academy is “Treasure Quest�?, a game played in teams in a darkened room that resembles a holodeck of sorts with circular shuffle board patterns on the floor. The crowds were pouring in the arena to cue up for play and there is a video monitor just outside the room so that you can watch the action in progress.