23-02-2006, 04:43 PM | #1 | ||
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Spaceward Ho
In 1987 I remember playing Spaceward HO! Now I know there are new versions available but, where is the old one? Yes, I know it is a MAC game but, there was a PC version as well. I have the game files in a zip but, the copy protection will only allow limited game time before it quits. How about a manual for the old one? Anyone know?
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23-02-2006, 04:59 PM | #2 | ||
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You can buy the game from http://www.joedelta.com/paypal.html
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23-02-2006, 05:09 PM | #3 | ||
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Expencive for a '87 old game. You would be crazy if you buy that.
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23-02-2006, 11:45 PM | #4 | ||
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It's still one of the best 4X games out there. Very funny too.
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24-02-2006, 04:01 AM | #5 | ||
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any of them is abandonware???
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24-02-2006, 07:48 PM | #6 | ||
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I have the Windows version of Spaceward Ho! 2.0, but it crashes a few turns in when running on Windows XP. It is the full version, but since it was written back for Windows 95 (maybe even win 3.1) - this version - it doesn't like XP.
Anway, you can buy v5, but I agree the price is a bit steep for it compared to other available games. However, I also agree that it is a really good explore the galaxy game.
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25-02-2006, 12:52 AM | #7 | ||
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I played the new version at a friends once not worth it.
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25-02-2006, 02:50 AM | #8 | ||
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Hmm, the name of this game sounds familiar, I can't place it....
Edit: Ah, I remember, I had a promo collection which included a promo this game and other Mac games. I remember I used to look at the picture and want to play it.... |
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28-02-2006, 08:32 AM | #9 | ||
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anyway have you ever thought about searching a crack for it? or copy protection codes on the net?
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28-09-2006, 08:09 PM | #10 | ||
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Hello there!
I'm a newbie so I hope I'm not doing anything wrong here... Look, I've been browsing this site for almost a week and I really think you people are doing a fabulous thing... I'm really into oldies, I just got many of the games that I loved so much playing in my childhood. Thanks a lot, guys ! But I have a big problem: As a small kid, my first contact with a computer was established through my dad's B&W Macintosh laptop and I remember in 1993 or so playing a game that I just found amazing: I think it was called "THE HO!" or something like that, I simply don't remember who created it (when the game started, there always appeared an annoying window telling the names of the 2 authors...) ; the game was about conquering a universe, you started off with a mother-planet and you had to invest resources into technological research, you had to build ships (there were mainly 4 types of them: explorer ships, battle ships, coloniser ships and sattelites for defending a planet) and it kind of lacked animation but I found it, as I said, really addictive. At the very beginning, the only planet you knew was your mother-planet and all the other planets were just some kind of discs with a question mark on them; as you explored them, the planets turned out to be either good for terraformation, not suitable for terraformation or -- as a voice said -- "Yuck!" Well enough of it, I just wanted to know if any of you abw-gamers out there might happen to know what I'm talking about and I was wondering if you could tell me if somehow I might get this game - OR SOMETHING SIMILAR - and magically get it to work on WinXP Thanks! LLRNR |
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