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Cleuseau Remos posted:Apple II Oregon Trail
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Velocity Raptor posted:Could it be Goldfields? Probably it! Thanks for finding it. Now I just need to find a copy. Many thanks.
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Apr 13, 2024 23:31
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Cleuseau Remos posted:Probably it! Thanks for finding it. Now I just need to find a copy. Here ya go. https://archive.org/details/GOLDFIELDS
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Now that I played it..... I'm not sure this is it. It could be though I remember it being very time consuming and nobody had enough computer time to finish it. There was just the one computer in our math class.
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Apr 14, 2024 00:29
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Cleuseau Remos posted:Apple II How much text was it? 100%? Mostly with some graphics? Since it was school I'd point at Miner's Cave first, that was a MECC game from back in the day. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6qOCIXyC9g
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I thought it could be by MECC but Miners Cave is not it. The mining part was moving a spinning cursor into a wall. like - backspace \ backspace | backspace / backspace repeat. Goldfields is the closest so far but that overview map I'm pretty sure I would have remembered. It was the only game so far you could goldpan or mine with a pick. Anyway, fun stuff, thanks for digging around everyone.
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I am trying to remember the name of a game but I just cannot. It is a space game I never finished. It is not Starsector but it was like Starsector. https://fractalsoftworks.com/ It was a completed game, not in early access where you controlled (I think only) a single ship from a top down perspective like Starsector and travel around space on a big rear end map for some grand quest. It was not Space Rangers nor SPAZ and I played it at some point in the last year years when it was still somewhat new. I saw a video referencing Starsector and was reminded of "Oh that space game like it I enjoyed but never finished..." yet now I can't remember it! I do not believe there was any base building and am not certain if you could bring other ships with you and only control one at a time. If I recall correctly your ship had some special ability to travel in a way others could not... which was also a plot point in Starsector but it was not Starsector. I think you end up stranded in some part of space far away from wherever you came from right at the start but am not 100% sure, but I believe you did? Any ideas what it may have been? Thank you very much! Diogines fucked around with this message at 01:10 on Apr 16, 2024 |
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Diogines posted:I am trying to remember the name of a game but I just cannot. It is a space game I never finished. It is not Starsector but it was like Starsector. Transcendence, maybe Hwurmp fucked around with this message at 01:11 on Apr 16, 2024 |
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I just looked that up, that was not it, although I do think I played that at some point, but never beat it.
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Endless Sky?
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I do not think that was it either.
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Even if it isn't Starcom: Nexus you should play that game, because it's very good. Do you remember any details beyond what you've already said? When did you play it? What were the graphics like? Was it fast-paced, slow? Did you interact with planets much, and if so in what way?
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Naev or Starcom: Nexus? https://store.steampowered.com/tags/en/Space%20Sim/ If it's on Steam, you can play around with the tag system. Not sure how to share a link with the tag filters applied but adding "Top-Down" and "Exploration" narrows it down to 25 or so.
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The only other top down starship game I can think of is Starscape https://store.steampowered.com/app/20700/Starscape/
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TooMuchAbstraction posted:Even if it isn't Starcom: Nexus you should play that game, because it's very good. Do you remember any details beyond what you've already said? Also as I look at this link... I think this may have been it, but am still not sure. In Starcom did you have some kind of ability to travel which was strange by the standards of wherever you were stranded? TooMuchAbstraction posted:When did you play it? TooMuchAbstraction posted:What were the graphics like? TooMuchAbstraction posted:Was it fast-paced, slow? TooMuchAbstraction posted:Did you interact with planets much, and if so in what way? koolkal posted:Naev or Starcom: Nexus?
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Could it be Wazzal?
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After thinking about this further I am pretty sure it was Starcom, so, thanks TooMuchAbstraction and koolkal!
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Starcom does have an unlockable jump drive, in addition to wormhole gates and just pointing your ship in a direction and waiting awhile. I don't recall if anyone passes comment on any of these as being strange, though.
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Starcom looks kind of similar to an MMO I think only I ever played, Starport Galactic Empires. Logged back in a few years ago and the 5 beards still playing it wanted to shower the newcomer with gifts because noone new ever shows up lol
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Speaking of top-down space games, which one had goons as a resource? VVV: Thanks. Pierzak fucked around with this message at 15:51 on Apr 19, 2024 |
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Pierzak posted:Speaking of top-down space games, which one had goons as a resource? Space Pirates and Zombies
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This isn't a video game, but I remember playing a board game as a kid which was chess-like, in that you had two "armies" facing down each other and had to take out your opponent, and I think there was a king-like piece that you win if you take out. The big interesting thing was that you got to choose where to place your pieces, and your opponent couldn't see what pieces you had where, since the pieces stood up vertically, with only your side showing what piece you had. I really want to reference this game as an example hidden-information but no chance game in my dissertation, so you will get an acknowledgement there if you know what this is!
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Apr 19, 2024 16:15
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Stratego.
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Mzbundifund posted:Stratego. Thank you, that is it!
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Note that in the early 2000s they inverted the rank numbers of all of the pieces, so no matter which version of the game you reference someone will tell you that you did it wrong.
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Stratego is legitimately a pretty fantastic board game for something that’s eighty years old that you can find at Wal-Mart.
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MegaZeroX posted:This isn't a video game, but I remember playing a board game as a kid which was chess-like, in that you had two "armies" facing down each other and had to take out your opponent, and I think there was a king-like piece that you win if you take out. The big interesting thing was that you got to choose where to place your pieces, and your opponent couldn't see what pieces you had where, since the pieces stood up vertically, with only your side showing what piece you had. Guess Who
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...! posted:Guess Who haha I had a friend 20 years ago who was the master of Judgmental Guess Who. That's where you're like, "Does this person cheat on their taxes?" or "Would this person try to sell you on an MLM scam?" I dont know who started this idea but Im sure its been around exactly as long as when they first started selling the game What he'd do in his off hours would discuss the Guess Who characters with you and months later when it was time to play, hed just remember long after youve forgotten. I actually think I saw something about this a few months ago on Instagram/reposted Tiktoks? which warms my heart  Tom is definitely a cannibal
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Dip Viscous posted:Note that in the early 2000s they inverted the rank numbers of all of the pieces, so no matter which version of the game you reference someone will tell you that you did it wrong. that drove me up the wall when a friend of mine linked me to a youtube video of the then most recent championships, but apparently the places people play it online these days let you set your view of the numbering to your preferred method, which is nice
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wizard2 posted:I had a friend 20 years ago who was the master of Judgmental Guess Who. That's where you're like, "Does this person cheat on their taxes?" or "Would this person try to sell you on an MLM scam?"
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Either I got the wrong impression of what kind of game Void Bastards was from only skimming over the reviews, or there was a game with a very similar setting a few years back that's a party based RPG. Does anyone know what I could be thinking of? It's not Deep Sky Derelicts, I played that.
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Hannibal Rex posted:Either I got the wrong impression of what kind of game Void Bastards was from only skimming over the reviews, or there was a game with a very similar setting a few years back that's a party based RPG. Duskers, maybe
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Hwurmp posted:Duskers, maybe Not Duskers either. I think it really was me being under a wrong impression about Void Bastards.
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Hannibal Rex posted:Not Duskers either. I think it really was me being under a wrong impression about Void Bastards. Maybe StarCrawlers? It's a similiar setting, but you control a party from a first person perspective like Wizardry.
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A Worrying Warlock posted:Maybe StarCrawlers? It's a similiar setting, but you control a party from a first person perspective like Wizardry. Yeah, that's it. Thanks!
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Trying to remember a game that came out--or at least the trailers came out--fairly recently. It's third-person and 3D. Your character is a little girl. Activities include exploring an island, interacting with friendly monsters, playing music and cooking food for them. It's based on folklore from a place that's not often represented in games. The name was one word iirc. Any ideas?
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Hwurmp posted:Trying to remember a game that came out--or at least the trailers came out--fairly recently. It's third-person and 3D. Your character is a little girl. Activities include exploring an island, interacting with friendly monsters, playing music and cooking food for them. It's based on folklore from a place that's not often represented in games. The name was one word iirc. Any ideas? Palia? You can make whatever character you want. If it's not that, I recommend looking through the last few Nintendo Indie Directs, because that sounds like kind of game that would've been featured in one of those.
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Hwurmp posted:Trying to remember a game that came out--or at least the trailers came out--fairly recently. It's third-person and 3D. Your character is a little girl. Activities include exploring an island, interacting with friendly monsters, playing music and cooking food for them. It's based on folklore from a place that's not often represented in games. The name was one word iirc. Any ideas? Tchia? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGqQbBxXtfM
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Rockman Reserve posted:Stratego is legitimately a pretty fantastic board game for something that’s eighty years old that you can find at Wal-Mart. It had pretty rad magazine ads. 
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This is the one. Thank you.
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