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Author Topic: Looking for a really old space exploration game  (Read 6550 times)

burningpet

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Looking for a really old space exploration game
« on: July 12, 2010, 05:31:08 pm »
I have been trying to find a game i used to play as a kid, its a dos game from about 15 years ago in which you command a group of space travelers across a vast galaxy, it is a top down game that made a great impact on me and i really wanna see it again as i am thinking of starting to create something along it lines.

i think it was called Travelers, but it might just be us non-english speaking kids who called it that way.
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Re: Looking for a really old space exploration game
« Reply #1 on: July 12, 2010, 05:34:04 pm »
Starflight?
Sequel?
Planet's Edge?
Just look on Abandonia.
You'll likely find it eventually.
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Re: Looking for a really old space exploration game
« Reply #2 on: July 12, 2010, 05:51:15 pm »
Thanks for the quick reply!

its non of these games, altough Planet's Edge also brings a nostalgic smile on my face :)

edit - and thanks alot for the refrence to abandonia, i think i found it:

megatraveler - http://www.abandonia.com/en/games/660/MegaTraveller+1+-+The+Zhodani+Conspiracy.html
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Re: Looking for a really old space exploration game
« Reply #3 on: July 12, 2010, 06:23:34 pm »
Looks neat, I'll probably check it out.
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Re: Looking for a really old space exploration game
« Reply #4 on: July 12, 2010, 06:24:06 pm »
I remember that game. Haven't thought about it in years.
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Re: Looking for a really old space exploration game
« Reply #5 on: July 13, 2010, 04:27:33 am »
Wow ... seems pretty interesting (and complex).

After reading your original post, I thought you are talking about Strange Adventures in Infinite Space (or the later Weird Worlds: Return to Infinite Space), an awesome and funny, quick, procedurally generated game by Electric Eel.
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Re: Looking for a really old space exploration game
« Reply #6 on: July 13, 2010, 11:00:46 am »
I tried playing the first Megatraveler. Never was able to get my party members to shoot, tho.

Creating your characters is the more fun part tho. Specially in Megatraveler 2.
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Re: Looking for a really old space exploration game
« Reply #7 on: July 13, 2010, 11:27:32 am »
Eilte? What thats not top down. Still a good game
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Re: Looking for a really old space exploration game
« Reply #8 on: July 13, 2010, 05:00:17 pm »
Oh wow.  I hadn't realized Traveller as popular enough to have a computer game.


(EDIT:  Dammit.  DOSBox refuses to work on this computer, it keeps thinking my \'s are ]'s.  Also my right shift doesn't work.

Help?

Oh, I think I found something.

I have no idea what any of that means.  I don't want to mess with my drivers and stuff, as I am tech-inept.  Guess I'll just play it on my XP computer~)
« Last Edit: July 13, 2010, 06:09:33 pm by Farce »
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Re: Looking for a really old space exploration game
« Reply #9 on: July 13, 2010, 06:25:53 pm »
I tried to play it, however it seems to be too old for my XP to run, and I have no idea where to find an Emulator. I just noticed my title, why is it different from everybody else's  :'(
« Last Edit: July 13, 2010, 06:27:35 pm by bgfan »
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Re: Looking for a really old space exploration game
« Reply #10 on: July 13, 2010, 06:27:44 pm »
What sort of emulator are you looking for? DosBox is fairly easy to use.
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Re: Looking for a really old space exploration game
« Reply #11 on: July 13, 2010, 06:29:54 pm »
 I just need an emulator so that I may run older games, and I seem unable to find any.
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Re: Looking for a really old space exploration game
« Reply #12 on: July 13, 2010, 06:33:42 pm »
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Re: Looking for a really old space exploration game
« Reply #13 on: July 13, 2010, 06:41:02 pm »
 The issue is, that's for Win 32, I have a 64-bit
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Re: Looking for a really old space exploration game
« Reply #14 on: July 13, 2010, 06:55:15 pm »
It certainly isn't. I have Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit. Dosbox works fine.
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