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Article #105984Re: Favourite space sim <<from the past if possible>>
From: Memnoch
Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2008 12:31
Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2008 12:31
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On Wed, 31 Dec 2008 08:56:38 +0100, "MindFever" <MindFever@blowme.org> wrote: > > >"Memnoch" <memnoch@nospampleaseimbritish.ntlworld.com> wrote in message >news:qsfll49l2ag65tof68lomcq4t14bcro8i2@4ax.com... >> On Tue, 30 Dec 2008 15:24:39 +0100, "MindFever" <MindFever@blowme.org> >> wrote: >> >>>The one that REALY blew my mind were: >>> >>>Freelancer (friggin awesome MP support) and Tachion. I mean,the story was >>>so >>>friggin compelling... >>> >>>Ofcourse X3 Reunion is cool ,but gets kinda boring from time to time...but >>>it is fucking interesting ! ;) excuse my language ( i ment to say that it >>>is >>>indeed well done) >>> >>> >>>But i seriously want another one that has a compelling story.Remember the >>>days where space-sims had a verry cool dialogue and "atmosphere" ? (heh,in >>>figurative terms ofcourse). >>>Indipendence Wars was a prime example.Though i hated the fact that in the >>>2nd one you were a lame kid ...but okay,it was a great story and the >>>interface just rocked the world. >>> >>>I use childish grammar (and ofcourse my grammar is not that good since my >>>native language is not english) because it brings up memories where >>>everything was just fine ,you know? >>> >>>So excuse my word usage ,if you can ... please ? :) >>> >>> >>>Oh,the bottom list is this: Battlecruiser v.1 ,Battlecruiser Millenium >>>(dissapointment over promised and not delivered features... fuck you >>>Derek ) >> >> Starflight 1 and 2 were great fun. I also liked the two Megatraveller >> games >> although I prefered the first one. > >Megatraveller ? On what system was that? > >Starflight ... hmm,i think i played this one a few times.Was it also on >Amiga? I believe so. I should still have my copies laying around somewhere. One of the things I liked about Starflight was the ability to orbit a planet, then send down a rover to explore, sometimes finding special artifacts.
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