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"Nats" <nstutt@homecall.co.uk> wrote in message 
news:495b89b5_1@mk-nntp-2.news.uk.tiscali.com...
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> The only space games (theyre not simulators) that really interested me 
> were Elite Frontier and First Encounters. Other good games were X-Wing, 
> Space Shuttle and Wing Commander. Other than that I havent played anything 
> worth while for ages.
>
> Must be too old to enjoy those kinds of games these days because I hate 
> the X games, I hated Tachyon, I didnt really enjoy the Privateer games all 
> that much either.
>
> Elite is far far above anything else though by a mile - in fact its 
> practically the only game that I have ever played for literally months on 
> its own non-stop (other than EF2000, TAW and Falcon 4). I havent played 
> any games half as much as these four games which probably combined take up 
> 80% or more of my whole 20 years worth of game playing time! I am so glad 
> there are not any games around now of this quality as I really would have 
> started to regret my gameplaying addiction by now if it had continued. Now 
> I play practically nothing.
>

Oh yes,Wing Commander was quite memorable...i remember playing it with 6 
disks (or 5) on Amiga 500+.What an engaging story it was!
And i loved the fact that you could change your aircraft (every single one 
of them had a different cockpit).but i don't remember how much of the choice 
you realy had.

Hehe, I have fond memories of the Wing Commander Officer's Mess ;) (trying 
to move my score higher and higher)

Elite,well i haven't actualy played this when it came out...i played it on 
on P166MMX ,but i liked it.Too bad it didnt run well (crashed alot).
It was interesting though... Elite had the possibility to travel arround to 
other planets ,right?
I remember i found out that you could also land on planets.I was like 
"OMFG!" :)

EF 2000 was great.I remember the SILVER cd with that big-ass manual ;) was 
fun and the atmosphere was authentic. I dont remember if i ever saw the most 
pretty above-the-clouds flights on any other simulator. The moonling was 
just so amazing ,you could feel "right there" when you played it...and yet 
you knew that danger was near.
It was creepy actualy. who agrees with me ? :)