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The optional speech synthesis, although advanced at the time, adds drama to the gameplay: Although it warns of advancing enemy craft (except for Killer Satellites) and of low fuel levels, both of these features are duplicated by on-screen visual cues and are easily predictable by an experienced player. The sole exception is in the asteroid belts between levels, whose length increases with the level number: The speech synthesizer provides a spoken countdown not duplicated by any on-screen display, such that without the speech synthesizer there is no indication of how long the asteroid belt will last.
The voice of the on-board computer was performed by Aubree Anderson, who at the time was a student at Texas Tech University.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Internet Archive: 99'er Magazine: February 1983: Twenty Questions with the Voice of Parsec|httpsurl=ftp://archivewhtech.orgcom/magazines/details99er/99er8302/page/n41/mode/2up/search/.pdf|work=99'er+magazine?qMagazine - Feb 1983|accessdate=99%27er+magazine12 September 2012}}</ref>
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