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Old 16-05-2013, 12:59 AM   #1
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Default Old Freeware PC Space 4x Type Windows Game

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?
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Old 16-05-2013, 04:30 AM   #2
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Is it similar to Stars!?
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Old 16-05-2013, 08:10 AM   #3
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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.
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Old 16-05-2013, 10:32 AM   #4
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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.
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Old 16-05-2013, 08:21 PM   #5
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Spaceward Ho!.
Space Empires 3
Warpath
Unfortunately, I'm not able to found more on Moby about it.
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Old 16-05-2013, 11:37 PM   #6
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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.
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Old 17-05-2013, 05:49 AM   #7
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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.
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Old 17-05-2013, 09:31 AM   #8
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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
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Old 20-05-2013, 07:16 AM   #9
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I too thought about Spaceward HO! and Warpath already but they don't fit the description.
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Old 20-05-2013, 04:17 PM   #10
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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.
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