Orbita

**Salvage what Earth made, 1983–1999.**

You are an observer from another civilization, alone in a small pod orbiting Earth. Around you drifts a ring of debris from satellites that broke apart between 1983 and 1999. Each capsule you salvage carries what Earthlings were making that year: magazines, films, music, posters and software.

There is no way to lose. Float, look out the windows, and slowly fill your pod with the culture of another planet.

**What you can do**

- Catch capsules with the sonar and the net, open them and keep what you like.

- Stick posters, photos and magazines to the walls (and windows) with velcro.

- Read real 80s and 90s magazines, watch films on the pod's screen and play full albums and cassettes.

- Use the pod's computers for real: a working DOS, a BASIC ROM and a Commodore 64 (with free Open ROMs), plus floppy disks you can swap in and out.

- Every so often another satellite appears and docks through your front window, full of things from another country and another year.

- Watch Earth turn below you, from day to night and back.

**Good to know**

- Most content arrives live from archive.org and Wikimedia Commons, so every game is different. Some of it may be meant for adults.

- Your game is saved in your browser, and you can also export it to a file.

- Keyboard and mouse. Spanish and English.

Made with the help of AI (Claude), directed by the author. Earth imagery: NASA (public domain).