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banpeikun wrote:
> I played this game a long time ago, it had VGA graphics. It's like a
> space colonization/conquest game. You take over planets and they
> produce different kinds of spaceships based on (i think) your
> technology level. The part I remember best is the battle screens. The
> attacking army files in from the top of the screen in a snaking path
> toward the bottom which is the planet surface. The defending army is
> composed of turrets/shield generators etc on the bottom of the screen.
> Each unit shoots a white dot at the other army every so many seconds,
> with the stronger units shooting bigger dots and the weaker units
> shooting smaller dots. Anyone ever played this? I thought it was pretty
> fun and was wondering if it was still around or remade.
> 
> Another space game I liked (even more primitive) was a game that ran in
> text mode (the good old 80x25). The playing field was a rectangular
> field of periods and planets were represented by upper and lower case
> letters. Each planet could make a number of fighters per turn, and was
> more or less desirable depending on how productive it was. Planets were
> different ANSI colors depending on ownership. When you sent a fleet to
> a planet, it would be "in transit" for a number of turns depending on
> distance. On the side of the map was a list of all the planets (a...z
> etc) and their production and strength numbers. Play could be
> multi-player, but you would have to leave the computer for someone else
> to play since you are not supposed to be privvy to their planets' data.
> Another fun game for its time.
> 
> Thanks in advance for anyone who reads my post. I haven't been on the
> usenet in ages.
> 
This is a complete guess but is it Maelstrom?