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[Koden]

I don't remember too much about this game, but let me list out what I can tell you.

• I'm pretty sure I downloaded it from AOL back in the day when AOL was the main way people got online in the US, during the dial-up years.
• The game was in Windows, either windows 95 or windows 98 I think.
• I'm 99% sure the game came out in the 90s.
• The graphics looked fairly simple, 2d images with little or no animation.
• It was a turn based space conquest/colonization strategy game.
• When you created your race, you had to pick between two types of propulsion systems, I think it was Ion drive and star drive. I remember that one was instant travel limited by tech range and the other was over time travel limited by speed.
• I remember that when you colonized a planet, that you were able to pick the planet's specialization, like if it was a resort planet or if it was a military colony.
• I think the game only had planets instead of planet systems.
• I can't remember if it had any sound or music.
• I /think/ it had local hot-seat multiplayer and possibly had play by mail multiplayer.

Does anyone have any idea what it is I'm talking about, or what this game turned into?

[Smiling Spectre]

Is it similar to Stars!?

[Eagle of Fire]

What this user is looking for is not STARS! and it most likely not similar to it.

And I have no idea what it is.

[Koden]

Originally Posted by Smiling Spectre

Is it similar to Stars!?

Similar menu style, but the way the maps and stars/planets are done is different.

I keep thinking the game had a Z in it, but that doesn't seem to have helped me find anything, that could be a false lead.

[Smiling Spectre]

Spaceward Ho!.
Space Empires 3
Warpath
Unfortunately, I'm not able to found more on Moby about it.

[Koden]

Originally Posted by Smiling Spectre

Spaceward Ho!.
Space Empires 3
Warpath
Unfortunately, I'm not able to found more on Moby about it.

Nope, not either of those. I think it's older than Space Empires 3 though, I remember finding SE3 a bit after this one came out. So it odds are is pre 1997.

We are narrowing it down at least >.> I don't think it's on mobygames, unless I overlooked it.

[Eagle of Fire]

The part you mention picking specialization for a planet kind of nibble on a small part of my brain... But I can't put a finger on it.

The part about choosing the engine type disqualify pretty much every single 4X space game I know unfortunately. The only game which I could relate to with your description is Ascendancy but I really don't think it fit your description.

[The Fifth Horseman]

Could be one of these:
http://www.mobygames.com/game/pax-im...eminent-domain
http://www.mobygames.com/game/window...re/screenshots
http://www.gog.com/gamecard/fragile_...84544f19e70227
http://www.deltatao.com/ho/
http://www.mobygames.com/game/win3x/warpath

[Eagle of Fire]

I too thought about Spaceward HO! and Warpath already but they don't fit the description.

[MrFlibble]

There's a shareware space strategy game called Stardate 2140.2: Crusade in Space that was published by MVP Software. I haven't played it and there's very little info about it on the net, but you can download the shareware version here and check it out yourself.