Zeppelin: Giants of the Sky (DOS)

Zeppelin: Giants of the Sky

Platform:	DOS
Year:	1994
Developer:	Ikarion Software GmbH

Zeppelin: Giants of the Sky is certainly one of the slowest business simulators, but it's also one of the most historically accurate. You play the owner of a zeppelin company at the turn of the century; the 20th century that is. You begin your first day on January 1st, 1900 with only one zeppelin in your fleet. You must make strategic decisions in order to develop new airships to amass a fleet, setup offices in various cities, and maintain a thriving business. As time progresses in the world, all the major events of the past will surface and they will affect the price of fuel, gas, and ticket sales. As an added touch, the entire game is displayed in sepia in order to give it that "Old World" feel. If you're looking for a simple, fast-paced sim, you will not appreciate this game. However, if you want an unforgiving micromanagement replica, you may find solace in Zeppelin: Giants of the Sky.

Screenshots

Title screen.

Checking out the game map.

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Music

VGMPF Album Art

Zeppelin: Giant of the Sky has really nice music for an AdLib soundtrack which fits the game perfectly. The FM synthesis sounds less chippy, and more vintage. The game takes advantage of the Loudness Sound System, which offers nice music capabilities. To get in the mood, Steinwachs listened to a lot of Max Raabe, Claire Waldoff, and Berlin pop music of the 1920s and 1930s. Through his job at SFB (radio station in Berlin), he had access to "arguably the largest record collection in the city".

Recording

#	Title	Composer	Arranger	Length	Download
01	Zeppelin	Matthias Steinwachs	Unknown	3:48	Download
02	Menu	Matthias Steinwachs	Unknown	1:56	Download
03	Workshop	Matthias Steinwachs	Unknown	2:09	Download
04	Airship	Matthias Steinwachs	Unknown	2:17	Download
05	Fly	Matthias Steinwachs	Unknown	2:21	Download
06	City	Matthias Steinwachs	Unknown	2:03	Download
07	Finances	Matthias Steinwachs	Unknown	2:37	Download
08	Scheduled Flights	Matthias Steinwachs	Unknown	2:54	Download
09	News	Matthias Steinwachs	Unknown	2:35	Download
10	World Record	Matthias Steinwachs	Unknown	1:59	Download
11	Flying Competition	Matthias Steinwachs	Unknown	2:13	Download
12	Negotiating	Matthias Steinwachs	Unknown	2:05	Download
13	Fool	Matthias Steinwachs	Unknown	3:39	Download
14	Wedding March	Felix Mendelssohn	Unknown	2:17	Download
15	Crash	Matthias Steinwachs	Unknown	2:15	Download
16	End	Matthias Steinwachs	Unknown	3:06	Download

Credits

Ripper: TheAlmightyGuru
Recorder: TheAlmightyGuru
Game Credits:
- Sound: Matthias Steinwachs
- Sound FX: Sven Vogelgesang
- Not Credited Composer: Felix Mendelssohn
- Not Credited Programmer: Andras Molnar

(Sources: 1, 2)

Game Rip

Format	Download
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The LDS music files and RAW sound effects are located in the ./Sound folder. The music files have a .dat extension, but if you rename them to .lds they'll play in AdPlug without any other modification. The RAW audio files are encoded as mono unsigned 8-bit PCM data, with a sample rate of 11,025 Hz.

Since the game was originally programmed in German, most of the game's file names are also in German, but the rip available here for download uses translations or new names to more accurately match where the music is played in the game.

The soundtrack was recorded with AdPlug 1.8 in Winamp.