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[Glenthegrand]

Hello folks,

im looking for a game i played when i was young

its kind of a space exploration game with about 800 planets to explore (NOT elite) and a genious story about every sun in the galaxy becoming supernove from the right side to the left side of the galaxy.

the hero, his ship and the crew had to find out what starts the novae (they where not naturally) and the solution where a crystalline lifeform that tried to save themselfe because mankind used the crystalline lifeform as fuel.

there was a part 2 of this game with an almost better story...

this game was ingeniuos 15-20 years ago... delivered on 1 or 2 diskettes... 800 planetsurfaces to explore (i think they described the landscape with some fractal formulas), upgradeable spacesships, different races, wars and so on...

the game was CGA graphics and was available on pc and apple

bye,

glen

[BLOODUK]

http://www.virtualapple.com

anything on here?

[Timpsi]

Maybe Starflight 1&2? http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/Maze/...starflight.html

[BLOODUK]

http://www.bunnzy.com/index.php?page=game&id=115
http://www.bunnzy.com/index.php?page=game&id=100

starflight downloads, couldnt get that geocities to load

[Glenthegrand]

Its indeed starflight 1 and 2

Thank you very much.

bye,

glen

[Borodin]

It's surprising that nobody has tried to do a modern remake of either title.

[Timpsi]

Originally posted by Borodin@Jan 3 2005, 06:00 AM
It's surprising that nobody has tried to do a modern remake of either title.

Actually, people are trying, like for example those at http://www.starflight3.net/

However, it seems that and the others I came across are not going to be completed soon, if at all.

[Borodin]

Originally posted by Timpsi@Jan 3 2005, 11:24 AM
Actually, people are trying, like for example those at http://www.starflight3.net/

However, it seems that and the others I came across are not going to be completed soon, if at all.

I should have been clearer. I meant, it's astonishing no commercial developers have jumped on the idea of a new Starflight title. But then, I also feel that way about Star Control, Quest for Glory, Darklands, and even Hyperspeed (an excellent Microprose title which did poorly for lack of advanced promotion). I would think the guys at Toys for Bob or the Coles would have difficulty in lining up development support, but clearly they do.

-Back to the matter at hand. Unfortunately, the likelihood of a Starflight 3 is small. The new development team, an avocational one, is pragmatic:

"Since we're doing this in our spare time we don't know when completion will be. People join and people leave all the time, sometimes not getting anything done for us and sometimes not submitting what they have done, resulting in setbacks. This is one of the negatives of an internet-based fan project and everyone will just have to be patient. When the game is close to completion and release, believe us, you'll know."

That's well and good, and I wish them the best. But they're still pre-alpha, and they've been at it since 2000, by their own figures; possibly earlier.

[Dave]

Starflight (1986) by Electronic Arts, Inc.
Abandonware

Starflight 2: Trade Routes of the Cloud Nebula (1989) by Electronic Arts, Inc.
Abandonware

[Japo]

Great. This was the precursor of Star Control II, :w00t: and Star Control 3 basically plagiarized its story from here. :not_ok: There is a Starflight III, only named diferently because it wasn't distributed by the company owning I and II BUT yes it was made by the programmers of I and II, so it's SF3 anyway you see it except for the name. It's called Protostar and is AW and already on the site. k: