Starflight

MoleculorMoleculor Namer-of-Bob Join Date: 2002-01-24 Member: 9Members
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<div class="IPBDescription">I couldn't hold back any more!</div>Ok, I just couldn't hold back... Insane's avatar kept reminding me of it...

Has anyone ever played Starflight? Anyone here -remember- that game? Wasn't it just the coolest? <!--emo&:D--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':D'><!--endemo--> Did you find Earth? How about the Red Cylinder? Did you ever beat the game?
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  • C0nan_The_LibrarianC0nan_The_Librarian Join Date: 2002-07-31 Member: 1039Members
    Ive never even heard of the game...whats it about?
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  • MoleculorMoleculor Namer-of-Bob Join Date: 2002-01-24 Member: 9Members
    *grins*

    It's a 1982 space-RPG. You have a spaceship, a crew, and you have a MASSIVE (and I mean -massive-, by even today's standards) section of galaxy to explore in, complete with solar systems and planets that you can land on and drive around on exploring.

    It fit on two 5.25 disks. And took my father and I a year to beat.
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  • C0nan_The_LibrarianC0nan_The_Librarian Join Date: 2002-07-31 Member: 1039Members
    That sounds like earth and beyond but older....i want it.
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  • InsaneInsane Anomaly Join Date: 2002-05-13 Member: 605Members, Super Administrators, Forum Admins, NS1 Playtester, Forum Moderators, NS2 Developer, Constellation, NS2 Playtester, Squad Five Blue, NS2 Map Tester, Subnautica Developer, Pistachionauts, Future Perfect Developer
    /me stares at avatar

    Heheh, 1982 is a bit before my time  <!--emo&:)--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':)'><!--endemo-->  The game sounds cool, though.  Is it at all like Elite?
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  • MoleculorMoleculor Namer-of-Bob Join Date: 2002-01-24 Member: 9Members
    I have no idea what Elite or Earth and Beyond are. (What are they? <!--emo&:)--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':)'><!--endemo--> )

    You haven't heard of Starflight? Your avatar is the -exact- symbol of the government/space agency of the game. Except there's was in 16 (or maybe 256) colors.



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  • LegionnairedLegionnaired Join Date: 2002-04-30 Member: 552Members, Constellation
    Jesus, that was before I was born.....

    I feel young....
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  • C0nan_The_LibrarianC0nan_The_Librarian Join Date: 2002-07-31 Member: 1039Members
    Earth and beyond is a game where you build a ship and character and go around exploring different star systems getting jobs, etc you can be an explorer fighter, and many other types. You can actually explore different star systems and such the envirement is HUGE! In the beta there are 4 different galaxies and about 10 to 15 star systems, so its a really fun game but my ocmputer cant play it because of my vodoo 3. Their website is <a href="http://www.earthandbeyond.ea.com" target="_blank">http://www.earthandbeyond.ea.com</a>
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  • MoleculorMoleculor Namer-of-Bob Join Date: 2002-01-24 Member: 9Members
    Wow. Nice. In Starflight there were about... oh... 200 or so star systems, about half of which had planets, everywhere from 1 to about 7 (with one, Sol, having 8 or 9).

    And don't worry about feeling young. I was -born- in 1982. I didn't play Starflight till about 6 years later.



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  • TychoCelchuuuTychoCelchuuu Anememone Join Date: 2002-03-23 Member: 345Members
    I think I have an idea of the game Mole is talkin about. Not much like Earth and Beyond, which is (from what I hear) a "point and click" to shoot and a "point and click and pay the man" to upgrade yer ship.
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  • MoleculorMoleculor Namer-of-Bob Join Date: 2002-01-24 Member: 9Members
    Oh definitely not that. Think... any of the Ultima games with only one town, and in space, and just money for 'leveling up'. Then add in about 150 planets, all of which are explorable and so large that you can not explore more than about 1/20th of a planet without landing in another area, seven or so races of aliens, and you'll have an idea of the game.
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  • InsaneInsane Anomaly Join Date: 2002-05-13 Member: 605Members, Super Administrators, Forum Admins, NS1 Playtester, Forum Moderators, NS2 Developer, Constellation, NS2 Playtester, Squad Five Blue, NS2 Map Tester, Subnautica Developer, Pistachionauts, Future Perfect Developer
    <!--QuoteBegin--Moleculor+Sep. 30 2002,14:03--></span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td><b>Quote</b> (Moleculor @ Sep. 30 2002,14:03)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE"><!--QuoteEBegin-->You haven't heard of Starflight? Your avatar is the -exact- symbol of the government/space agency of the game. Except there's was in 16 (or maybe 256) colors.<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Damn, that's freaky.  All that was was me messing around with a sky picture and then putting a funkay looking "I" on top.  Wierd.
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  • MoleculorMoleculor Namer-of-Bob Join Date: 2002-01-24 Member: 9Members
    Interstel! I think... I think that's what it's name was... been -so- long... It's the I that's the symbol (not the sky).



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  • CollateralDamageCollateralDamage Join Date: 2002-07-15 Member: 949Members
    I can't say I was very impressed by Starflight...

    Anyway, some people apparently love it enough to recreate it...

    <a href="http://www.starflight3.net/" target='_blank'>http://www.starflight3.net/</a>
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  • MoleculorMoleculor Namer-of-Bob Join Date: 2002-01-24 Member: 9Members
    That's not a recreation, that's a new game based on the first two. [edit]Wow. They've gotten much farther.[/edit]

    BTW, the first one was -way- better than the second.



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  • Lord_FrodoLord_Frodo Join Date: 2002-09-26 Member: 1333Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--Moleculor+Sep. 30 2002,10:03--></span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td><b>Quote</b> (Moleculor @ Sep. 30 2002,10:03)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE"><!--QuoteEBegin-->Ok, I just couldn't hold back... Insane's avatar kept reminding me of it...

    Has anyone ever played Starflight? Anyone here -remember- that game? Wasn't it just the coolest? <!--emo&:D--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':D'><!--endemo--> Did you find Earth? How about the Red Cylinder? Did you ever beat the game?<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    I never played the original starflight, but I was ALL about starflight 2 bay-bee!

    I freakin' LOVE that game, it's really one of the most fun I've ever played. A perfect example of how excellent gameplay can make up for lack of flashy graphics.
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