What happened to all the good space sims??

[Powerslave]

I consider TIE Fighter, along with the Wing Commander series, the greatest flight sim I've ever played.

 

X-Wing Alliance had very nice graphics, and an extremely easy to use mission editor which could produce some amazing battles). Scenario-wise, it left me totally uninterested.

[Gorth]

The last two good space sims I played was X-Wing vs. Tie Fighter (never could find a store that had X-Wing Alliance) and before that Elite II

 

I also had Freelancer (at least I think that was the one) which came as bundled software with some hardware, but ironically, it didn't run on my computer <_>

Edited April 19, 2006 by Gorth

[astr0creep]

X-Wing

Wing Commander series

Tie Fighter

X-Wing Vs. Tie Fighter

X-Wing Alliance

Starlancer

Freespace 2

Tachyon : The Fringe

Freelancer

 

Colony Wars(PS1)

[mkreku]

Oh, and anyone looking for a space sim strategy game should take a look at the upcoming Sword of the Stars. It's looking good so far.

[Judge Hades]

*Hades begins to sing*

Where have all the space sims gone and where are all the mods?

Where's the great Wing Commander to fight the rising odds?

Isn't there a Freelancer or even a Silpheed?

Late at night I toss and I turn and I dream of what i need

 

I need a Space Sim

I'm holding out for a Space Sim to keep me up at night

I gotta have a ship that's strong and it gotta be fast

and gotta be fresh for the fight

I need a Space Sim

I'm holding out for a Space Sim till the morning light

Its's gotta be a Freespace clone and its gotta be right

And has Mark Hamill doing the pilot's voice

Doing the pilot's voice.

 

Somewhere after midnight

In my torn up c-ockpit

The enemy just beyond my reach

There's someone reaching back for me

with guns blazing and shooting a missile seeking my heat

It's gonna take a good wingman to keep me on my feet

 

I need a Space Sim

I'm holding out for a Space Sim to keep me up at night

I gotta have a ship that's strong and it gotta be fast

and gotta be fresh for the fight

I need a Space Sim

I'm holding out for a Space Sim till the morning light

Its's gotta be a Freespace clone and its gotta be right

And has Mark Hamill doing the pilot's voice

Doing the pilot's voice.

Edited April 19, 2006 by Judge Hades

[astr0creep]

 

Hades you just made my day whole again.

[Judge Hades]

*tee hee* :ph34r:

[Calax]

alliance was better than XvT.

 

Xwing vs tie fighter was just a series of missions that you could use that were designed for multiplayer, Alliance actually had mission objectives and new craft to toy around with.

 

Also In alliance you get to fly the falcon down the Death star 2's throat.

[astr0creep]

Apparently this is very good.

 

And what about Star Trek Bridge Commander... by Larry Holland?

[Dark_Raven]

I heard that all of the Star Trek games sucked. They usually get bad reviews from what I have read.

[Darque]

That's because star trek sucks. (w00t)

[alanschu]

The 25th anniversary Star Trek game was crazy fun.

 

As was a reaaaaally old game for the Mac called NetTrek (multiplayer space combat back in 1988 baby!)

[Dark_Raven]

That's because star trek sucks.  (w00t)

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

 

No, the games suck, not the franchise.

[metadigital]

There are about forty Star Trek games. Some are noxious. A lot are ordinary. Some are good.

[Dark_Raven]

There are about forty Star Trek games. Some are noxious. A lot are ordinary. Some are good.

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Define and catagorize them.

[alanschu]

Net Trek and 25th Anniversary = Good.

 

Though I don't think the Net Trek game was official.

[metadigital]

There are about forty Star Trek games. Some are noxious. A lot are ordinary. Some are good.

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Define and catagorize them.

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

No.

 

I will say this much, though:

[*]the first ever computer game ran on an IBM mainframe and was about Star Trek

it was text as graphics, where E represented the Enterprise, and K represented a Klingon warship, etc, projected on a backdrop of about ten by ten sectors in each of about sixty-four quadrants.

It included lots of details, like recharging the Enterprise at Star Bases, and limited resources (energy for phasers and shields and torpedoes), and managing damage from battles, etc.

[*]This became a cross-over game, and I played it on the Apple ][

[*]Elite Force was the last game, and it was basically exactly the same as the previous one, except it had better graphics and Patrick Stewart

[alanschu]

I have played the game that meta described.

 

I did not know it was the first ever computer game though. I thought that that went to "Spacewar"

Edited April 19, 2006 by alanschu

[Dark_Raven]

There are about forty Star Trek games. Some are noxious. A lot are ordinary. Some are good.

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Define and catagorize them.

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

No.

 

I will say this much, though:

[*]the first ever computer game ran on an IBM mainframe and was about Star Trek

it was text as graphics, where E represented the Enterprise, and K represented a Klingon warship, etc, projected on a backdrop of about ten by ten sectors in each of about sixty-four quadrants.

It included lots of details, like recharging the Enterprise at Star Bases, and limited resources (energy for phasers and shields and torpedoes), and managing damage from battles, etc.

 

 

[*]This became a cross-over game, and I played it on the Apple ][

 

 

[*]Elite Force was the last game, and it was basically exactly the same as the previous one, except it had better graphics and Patrick Stewart

[Darque]

That's because star trek sucks.  (w00t)

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

 

No, the games suck, not the franchise.

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

 

The only Star Trek game that looked even remotely appealing to me was cancelled.

 

It was a Borg RTS game.

[Dark_Raven]

That's because star trek sucks.  (w00t)

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

 

No, the games suck, not the franchise.

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

 

The only Star Trek game that looked even remotely appealing to me was cancelled.

 

It was a Borg RTS game.

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Now that would have been a cool game.

[Judge Hades]

*Hades begins sto sing again*

 

Star Treking across the universe!

Always going forward because

we can't find reverse!

 

Star Treking across the universe!

On the starship Enterprise,

under Captain Kirk!

 

Zefram Cochrane, inventer of the warp drive!

Watch out for the Enterprise!

 

BWAAHAAAHAAAA!

[alanschu]

Close, but no donut.

[Judge Hades]

Its a danish, not a donut. A DANISH!

[alanschu]

That Zelfram Cochrane part isn't actually part of the song is it?