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Recently I was reading one of my computer gaming mags (I don't even remember
which one) and I remembered seeing a review for a Masters of Orion style space
exploitation game. The quirk was, the game was ONLY available for pruchase
online. Sadly, I do not remember the name, nor can I find my magazines (seems
my wife cleaned out the family room). I guess if nobody here can answer the
question, I'll have to go back and buy all the mags again...
Also, can anybody recommend some good SciFi naval warfare books? I've read
Weber, Drake, Feintuch, and Moon. All some great books, I especially like
Honor Harrington the most. I'm in need of a fix
though.... I just read Apocalypse Troll which, not entirely space-navy
based, was nonetheless an interesting read.
Thanks,
How about:
The early Miles Vorkosigan books by Lois Bujold The Helmsman books by Bill
Baldwin The Fleet and Battlestation antholoigies edited by Drake and Fawcett
The Starcruiser Shenandoah series by Roland Green Rogue Powers and Torch of
Honor by Roger Allen Most of the Berserker series. Space Vikings by Piper The
Pirates of Rosinante by Alexis Gilliland
The Star Wars X-Wing series by various authors
The Disinherited by Steve White
That should be a start. I can't say that all of these are GREAT, but most of
them read quickly enough.
I'm sure there are tons of others--these are just the ones I've found on
my bookshelf this morning.
Rob
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The game is called Space Empires 4 by malfador machinations (sp?) published by
shrapnel games. It is very good (though i still like MOO better). More
detailed than MOO, lots of options. The space combat is fun, but not exactly
full thrust like. The AI is weak, but they are improving it. It is lots of fun
multiplayer, but can take some time.
Between that and "Combat Mission: Beyond Overlord" (a WW2 3D wargame which
is great! - avail at www.battlefront.com) there are some great games
avail only online. A good trend i think, small publisher making great games.
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I think that online distribution is great. It allows small run games to
actually be published. One of my all time favorite games ever is Escape
Velocity Override, published by Ambrosia. Sorry to PC users, but it is Mac
only. Now if I had a dollar for every pilot I named Han Solo...
My point is that if all games were published in the same way, many really
great games would never have a chance to see your hard drive.
> The game is called Space Empires 4 by malfador machinations (sp?)
published
> by shrapnel games. It is very good (though i still like MOO better).
More
> detailed than MOO, lots of options. The space combat is fun, but not
Escape Velocity and its sequil, Escape Velocity Overdrive, are great games! I
spend many hours exploring and putting together a map of space for that game.
If you own a Mac, definatly download this game from Ambrosia Software
(http://www.ambrosiasw.com/news/). then purchase it. This company should
be encouraged to keep producing good games. Maelstrom, by the same company is
an excelent Asteroids-like game, also.
> At 8:13 AM -0800 1/25/01, Tony Christney wrote:
Right now the major PC gaming websites act as distribution points for game
demos and patches (www.avault.com) as well as news. If the distribution system
for games changed to Internet only, then I think we'd see those sites listing
and promoting games for online sale (think affiliate programs, wait! they're
patented!).
Of course, there are a lot of games now that should never see your hard drive
(Star Trek New Worlds for one).