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Originally Posted by Old Gamer

maybe it's my nostalgia talking, but this game deserves a higher user rating! I loved this game when it came out and still do.
The best thing to do right off is to go to Earth and do what the starbase commander suggests.
Also, get the Urquan Masters port and all the extras for it! You won't run into so many technical problems. This is one of the few old games I come back to time and again to play, it's just awesome! So be sure to send your petition to get the original creators to make a sequal, thanks!

Sadly enough, most games on Abandonia get a 3.x rating despite being brilliant. Personally, this is definitely a 5/5 game as it's a perfect example of how the early 90s inspired original yet deep games.

I do prefer the original DOS version because it's just more nostalgic.

There was a sequel to this game though: Star Control 3. Released some 12 years ago I believe. It wasn't terrible but it wasn't on par with SC2's brilliance. The humour wasn't as good, the brilliant MOD music of SC2 was replaced with more generic music, the story was poor (especially what they did to the legendary Precursors :mad: ) and the slightly tilted melee combat view made combat more frustrating and less fun.

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Now I'm not sure if people condone this... but does that old lander 'bug' work on this downloadable version?

[twitchcoe]

I noticed a lack of posts in this forum. But for anyone interested, if you have the Ur-Quan Masters version, if you haven't found these already, there is a nice collection of fan made mods.

http://www.star-control.com/fan/mods.php

There are some that rebalance the game, remove/extend the time limit, and one that makes it way more challenging. I don't know if you can use them all at once or not, but I have several different copies set up with the different mods. Totally new experience for a few different playthroughs once you beat the original

[Borodin]

Originally Posted by twitchcoe

I noticed a lack of posts in this forum. But for anyone interested, if you have the Ur-Quan Masters version, if you haven't found these already, there is a nice collection of fan made mods.

http://www.star-control.com/fan/mods.php

There are some that rebalance the game, remove/extend the time limit, and one that makes it way more challenging.

I'm not finding any mod that removes the time limit. One extends it by 100 years, but do you know of a mod that actually removes it?

Well, Betrayal at Krondor being the 2nd contestant...

We still have beer & pretzels Super Melee battles with friends.

The grand adventure with all the background and various tidbits is simply amazing as well.

Last time I played this game, must have been 15 years ago, but I think I will never forget

"Must break target into component compounds"

Such an awesome, awesome game.

[Frodo]

Sold on GOG now.

[legolas558]

didn't read the whole thread, but what about the music: I am playing it now and it's awesome! perfect setting and electro style!

@jdogbrunner: can you attach the file here (in 7z or rar format)? that URL didn't work

[dosraider]

Originally Posted by legolas558

@jdogbrunner: can you attach the file here (in 7z or rar format)? that URL didn't work

Hosted@ http://www.angelfire.com/wv/skanko/starcon2.html

[Chevalier]

I spent tons of my free time as a 12 year old going through and making my own hint book for StarCon, listed every rainbow world, the best planets for resources and aliens, and all the major items. I did the same for StarCon 3 when it came out, but it was never as fun as SC2. For anyone who wants a tip, you should focus on tech from the melonorme as much as possible...once you use their tech to upgrade your Flagship, it is unstoppable.