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On Sat, 30 Dec 2006 18:07:28 +1100, Lazarus <devnull@lukewarmmail.com>
wrote:

>Allan Parent wrote:
>
>> Magnate wrote:
>>>>
>>> Wow, I totally missed this game. Did it ever reach Europe? I have the X
>>> series and the Homeworld series, but today is the first I've heard of
>>> Starshatter. I notice there's an expansion/upgrade too, called
>>> Gathering Storm (isn't that a HoMM title??).
>>>
>>> Anyway, what's it like? Is it worth buying for those starved of
>>> space-sim fun? My rig is too old to run Darkstar One so I've not found
>>> a decent space sim since Freelancer ... (ok ok apart from X2 & X3 ...)
>>>
>>> CC
>> 
>> Try the demo at http://www.starshatter.com/downloads.htm
>> 
>> 
>> Allan
>
>After making my orig. post I decided to retry the demo.  Only to find 
>it's NOT the game I was first thinking of [blush] (what that was called, 
>I have /no/ idea!) but the demo has been fun.
>
>Every flight has ended up in disaster so far... it's definitely not a 
>freelancer clone, but 'tis fun enough that I keep going back to try and 
>do it right.  I'm gonna RTB succesfully once or die trying!  ;)
>
>I see that the full game is available via download, so I guess the CD I 
>was first offered may very well be an "original."  I'm still dubious 
>about buying from that bloke though, for a variety of reasons, but I can 
>see Starshatter being added to my game collection soon, soon...

Glad to hear you like it. Starshatter is essentially a one man
operation and Milo does a fantastic job with it. If you have any
questions about the game, he is more than willing to help.

Allan