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Shooting Target  Group: Members Posts: 1,717 Joined: 23-March 09 From: Weymouth, UK Member No.: 17,007  |
Is there any simulation type games where one can micromanage resources to ensure survival for, say, a colony on Luna (the Moon)? If anyone's played the spacebuild gamemode in Garry's Mod, something like that would be good, but with more realism.
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Jul 22 2011, 01:47 PM
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Incertum est quo loco te mors expectet; Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 6,546 Joined: 24-October 03 From: DeeCee, U.S. Member No.: 5,760 |
Video or RPG?
For video games, there was the Sierra game Outpost (?) which was fantastic. Moon Base Alpha is neat, but basically a teaser. |
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Jul 22 2011, 05:29 PM
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Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,654 Joined: 29-October 06 Member No.: 9,731 |
If you like a little humor in your management sims, check out Startopia. It's basically Dungeon Keeper in space. It's not on Good Old Games, Steam, or Impulse, but you might be able to find it in a bargain bin somewhere.
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Jul 22 2011, 06:37 PM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,717 Joined: 23-March 09 From: Weymouth, UK Member No.: 17,007 |
I'll keep an eye out for Outpost, already downloaded Moonbase Alpha, and I've just remembered Alpha Centauri, which I have.
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Jul 23 2011, 04:46 AM
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Incertum est quo loco te mors expectet; Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 6,546 Joined: 24-October 03 From: DeeCee, U.S. Member No.: 5,760 |
Good luck with Outpost. It was released in the 90s. However, I played it again last year and it was still a lot of fun.
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Jul 25 2011, 12:08 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 127 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Sweden Member No.: 1,313 |
Ohh, Alpha Centauri... it was actually pretty great with lots of options and quite hard depending on wich faction you choose. Diplomacy had lots of options too. I might have to find this again. Though I remember being annoyed when some opponent had invested heavily in water-techs and built cities like crazy in the ocean.
Ohh! Nukes really meant something in AC, large craters in the terrain... very fun in a very wrong way. |
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Jul 25 2011, 05:57 PM
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Neophyte Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,328 Joined: 2-April 07 From: The Center of the Universe Member No.: 11,360 |
QUOTE (Cakeman @ Jul 25 2011, 07:08 AM)  Ohh! Nukes really meant something in AC, large craters in the terrain... very fun in a very wrong way. But but nuking the U.N. Faction winers was sooo much fun! My favorite space games of all time: 1.Galactic Civ II 2.MOOII 3.Starcraft 4.Star Control (the original) 5.Starfleet Command 6.Birth of the Federation (Moo like for star trek) 7.Alpha Centauri 8. Yars Revenge 9. X-Wing 10. MOO X-com the original would be on there, but that really did not involve much use of space (final mission only) |
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Jul 25 2011, 11:35 PM
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Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,579 Joined: 30-May 06 From: SoCal Member No.: 8,626 |
You list X-Wing but not TIE Fighter? For shame...
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Jul 26 2011, 02:23 PM
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Neophyte Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,328 Joined: 2-April 07 From: The Center of the Universe Member No.: 11,360 |
I thought the missions in X-wing were better done--though admittedly I played TIE fighter significantly less than X-wing.
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Jul 26 2011, 04:38 PM
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Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,579 Joined: 30-May 06 From: SoCal Member No.: 8,626 |
QUOTE (Warlordtheft @ Jul 26 2011, 07:23 AM) I thought the missions in X-wing were better done--though admittedly I played TIE fighter significantly less than X-wing. Gameplay and missions they are both about equal (with TIE fighter edging it out for the ability to target subsystems on ships) but TIE Fighter had, for me, a far superior story. They even give you the great Imperial twist on everything. You're not stomping out freedom fighters to impose rule, you're halting a civil war and helping to restore peace to the system. |
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Jul 27 2011, 04:22 PM
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Neophyte Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,328 Joined: 2-April 07 From: The Center of the Universe Member No.: 11,360 |
You know that is making me want to go back and both of those games again.
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Jul 27 2011, 04:30 PM
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Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,579 Joined: 30-May 06 From: SoCal Member No.: 8,626 |
QUOTE (Warlordtheft @ Jul 27 2011, 08:22 AM) You know that is making me want to go back and both of those games again. I've been waiting for GOG to hopefully put them up some day. I still have my collector's CD for both games but no real desire to sit down and fiddle with them to make them work. |
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Jul 29 2011, 02:49 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 292 Joined: 21-February 07 Member No.: 11,050 |
QUOTE (Cakeman @ Jul 25 2011, 08:08 AM) Ohh, Alpha Centauri... it was actually pretty great with lots of options and quite hard depending on wich faction you choose. Diplomacy had lots of options too. I might have to find this again. Though I remember being annoyed when some opponent had invested heavily in water-techs and built cities like crazy in the ocean. Ohh! Nukes really meant something in AC, large craters in the terrain... very fun in a very wrong way. Alpha Centauri is on Good Old Games for $5.99 http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/sid_meiers_alpha_centauri |
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Jul 29 2011, 05:18 PM
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Immortal Elf Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 14,358 Joined: 2-December 07 From: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Member No.: 14,465 |
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Aug 6 2011, 11:17 PM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,918 Joined: 14-March 11 From: Calgary, AB Member No.: 24,349 |
How could there be a PC space game thread with no mention of the Space Quest series?! Tsk tsk. For shame. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
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