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Angus wrote:
> In article <MPG.270827adce3bb061989a06@news.individual.net>, 
> no.one@this.address says...
>>> So to recap and in no particular order, and sticking with single player 
>>> games:
>>>
>>>
>>> Freelancer
>>> IWar 1 and 2
>>> Freespace 1 and 2
>>> Starlancer
>>> Hardwar 
>>>
>>> Tell me there's some gems I don't know about.  :)
>>>
>>> X-Wing Alliamce?
>> In my opinion X-3 is hard to beat for an elite-clone with pretty much better Everything.
>> Getting started cold (like I did) requires a little steep learning curve time, but there's a 
>> great resource out on the web, somebody's collected all the faq and walkthroughs and strategy 
>> guides published for it and put them in a (pdf?) book that's free to download.
>>
>> As far as I'm concerned, this game is better'n anything I tried so far, and I just wish I had 
>> more time to play it. 
>>
> 
> 
> Thanks for the info. I've not bought a copy of the game. I'm just trying 
> to decide when I get round to playing it if I should start with X2 which 
> I picked up cheap a while back.
> 
> I think the next game I will try is Freespace.

Don't know if you subscribe to comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action?
But 'Spalls Hurgenson' just recommended the following in that group.

<quote>

* Star Wars - Battle for Endor (replay)
It's not quite the next X-Wing game, but for a quick shot of 
space-combat action, Battle For Endor can't be beat. Available 
for free from http://www.bruneras.com/ it features that epic 
space battle from /Return Of The Jedi/ against dozens of Star 
Destroyers and hundreds -if not thousands- of TIE Fighters. A 
second free upgrade enhances the sounds and visuals somewhat, 
making this an unbelievably fun game. For variety, pick up the 
sister game, "Battle For Yavin".

</quote>

Something to check out.


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