Space Game, That never was.

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Space Game, That never was.

Post by :FI:Sacktime » Sun Oct 18, 2009 5:54 pm

Acouple of weeks ago some of us were chatting on TS and someone mentioned waiting for a good Space Sci fi game, Homeworld like. Well here is a link to a game that never was, but appeared to have a lot of potential.

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Re: Space Game, That never was.

Post by :FI:Macca » Sun Oct 18, 2009 9:48 pm

That looks great, Sack;)) So it was never released??

I think X series are great space sci-fi games - it consists of X-Beyond the Frontier and X-Tension, X2-The Threat, X3-Reunion and X3-Terran Conflict.

Here are some movies from these:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVmilIZPyHE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0gZ-pvktqg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2BYxSivFZE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2QpfYpbPwQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kX4fbsdpjQg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpSL9pku ... re=related



However....I dream of a new Frontier game which would make use of today's PC's computing power.... Elite and Frontier still weren't matched by any space game IMHO.
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Re: Space Game, That never was.

Post by :FI:Sacktime » Mon Oct 19, 2009 12:51 am

:FI:Macca wrote:However....I dream of a new Frontier game which would make use of today's PC's computing power.... Elite and Frontier still weren't matched by any space game IMHO.

You've read my mind my friend. Elite Frontiers 2 wasted many a night for me. If you are nostalgic here is a link to a GL version of Frontier Elite 2.

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Post by :FI:Falcon » Mon Oct 19, 2009 1:46 am

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Yeah, your own wee ship in a good space sim with rpg and strategy elements without having to juggle fleets and empires would be great.

Keep the faith guys.


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Re: Space Game, That never was.

Post by :FI:Macca » Mon Oct 19, 2009 5:09 am

And newtonian physics;):)

thx for the link,mate;)
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Re: Space Game, That never was.

Post by :FI:Scott » Mon Oct 19, 2009 10:30 am

Oh god, this makes me feel ancient.

Sat in front of the TV with a BBC 'B' computer and a 2 button jostick waiting for a tape loading copy of Elite to finish running up.

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Re: Space Game, That never was.

Post by :FI:Macca » Mon Oct 19, 2009 12:12 pm

I used to play Frontier on Amiga...goood old times;)

and First Encounters on PC.Damn, such games are no longer being made....
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Re: Space Game, That never was.

Post by :FI:Armitage » Mon Oct 19, 2009 8:20 pm

ahh elite on the c64 a great game
spent years playing that and the next two on the amiga
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Post by :FI:Sneaky_Russian » Thu Oct 29, 2009 1:57 pm

open beta for trekkies


Impressive graphics , just wonder how gameplay translates into that. Guess we'll never know.
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