Other Space sims

sunlover72 · Post by **sunlover72** » Fri Nov 05, 2010 9:48 am

Just curious what other space sims you guys have enjoyed and played ..or recommend?. Im having great fun on oolite right now, but do play a few other games.

For me, i know its linear but i got quite into wing commander.

Remember loving privateer

Thought I-War 2 was good and played a fair bit though it was actually linear too.

Enjoyed freelancer (multiplayer) for a while.

But, for pure combat rushes i adored freespace 2, the huge scale battles with capital ships blasting away etc used to really give a rush.

Commander Smivs · Post by **Smivs** » Fri Nov 05, 2010 9:59 am

Asteroids

Post by **Disembodied** » Fri Nov 05, 2010 10:04 am

Wing Commander was good fun, and TIE Fighter was a hoot. And, although not first-person 3D, Ambrosia's Escape Velocity games kept me going through the long dark years before Oolite! Again, not a FP3D game, but Digital Eel's Weird Worlds is a fun little timewaster, too (although it's a shame there aren't more and better mods for it).

Killer Wolf · Post by **Killer Wolf** » Fri Nov 05, 2010 10:13 am

I've played most of the Wing COmmander series. Prophecy was my fave, especially when i got a little ship-switcher util off the net, that allowed you to change the ships in the mission. had some fkoff mass battles w/ Devil Rays etc.

drew · Post by **drew** » Fri Nov 05, 2010 10:16 am

I preferred part III of the wing commander series. There was something about women flirting throughout and finally throwing themselves at me that appealed.

Outside of that X-Wing and Tie-fighter were good. I still play any version of Galaxians that shows up. I've got a copy of Privateer, but never really got into it. It's still in my drawer awaiting time to try it out properly - read unlikely to happen!

Cheers,

Drew.

sunlover72 · Post by **sunlover72** » Fri Nov 05, 2010 10:18 am

Killer Wolf wrote:
I've played most of the Wing COmmander series. Prophecy was my fave, especially when i got a little ship-switcher util off the net, that allowed you to change the ships in the mission. had some fkoff mass battles w/ Devil Rays etc.

I cant remember each individual episode names now..but i remember one episode of wing commander was interspersed with FMV?.. and they had even hired luke skywalker to play the commander

My nephew hated that aspect, but i liked it

drew · Post by **drew** » Fri Nov 05, 2010 10:34 am

Mark Hamill surely? I'm sure Luke Skywalker was busy doing some stuff a long time ago in a galaxy far far away...

Cheers,

Drew.

Post by **another_commander** » Fri Nov 05, 2010 11:33 am

Freespace 2 was one of my favs. I nearly got involved with development on that at some point, but I found Oolite shortly after.

Other sims I really enjoyed and remember vividly even up to now were Wing Commander (esp. The Price of Freedom, with Mark Hammill and Malcolm McDowell in the cast) and Privateer. Ahh, good times.

Darkbee · Post by **Darkbee** » Fri Nov 05, 2010 11:52 am

Speaking of FreeSpace2, I played a demo(?) of Beyond the Red Line, which is a sort of combat space simulator (I want to say loosely based on Battlestar Galactica the newer TV series). I gather it is based on the FreeSpace2 game. I'm not really up on all the folklore and stuff but the game was pretty hardcore (those days of ignoring the manual and getting straight into the game are behind us). I did a quick search on the net and it seems to have spun off into two factions, but there's no sign of a real game yet.

I don't really know of many other games other than what have already been mentioned and I didn't really play those.

Not really games as such but Celestia (3D educational Space simulator) and Stellarium (3D Astronomy tool) are both pretty cool, Space-related products (and Open Source!).

Killer Wolf · Post by **Killer Wolf** » Fri Nov 05, 2010 11:58 am

WIng Commander III....Rachel Coriolis....phwaarrr.

Darkbee · Post by **Darkbee** » Fri Nov 05, 2010 12:07 pm

Killer Wolf wrote:
WIng Commander III....Rachel Coriolis....phwaarrr.

Are you requesting permission to dock, sir?

sunlover72 · Post by **sunlover72** » Fri Nov 05, 2010 12:19 pm

Darkbee wrote:
Killer Wolf wrote:
WIng Commander III....Rachel Coriolis....phwaarrr.
Are you requesting permission to dock, sir?

lol im reading this forum at work, now all the girls in the office want to know why im laughing.

Not sure if its a dodgy topic, but... do you think there will ever be an elite 4, or is it vapourware now?. Its about...15 years late and counting

Post by **another_commander** » Fri Nov 05, 2010 1:24 pm

sunlover72 wrote:
Not sure if its a dodgy topic, but... do you think there will ever be an elite 4

No.

Website · Post by **DaddyHoggy** » Fri Nov 05, 2010 1:35 pm

Favourite Space Sims:

3D Star Strike (Spectrum 48K - not mine)

[Sit down Star Wars - Atari Arcade Machine - which I fed with many a 10p throughtout my summer holidays]

Elite (C64 - mine, BBC B/Master - School's)

Frontier (but not as much as I expected/hoped - Amiga)

FOFT (Federation of Free Traders - Amiga [came with its own built in programming language!]

X-wing v Tie Fighter (DOS PC)

Freelancer

Freespace 2

B5:IFH (although it was stupidly difficult to do even the early training missions!)

Elite:TNK

Oolite

drew · Post by **drew** » Fri Nov 05, 2010 1:56 pm

Darkbee wrote:
Killer Wolf wrote:
WIng Commander III....Rachel Coriolis....phwaarrr.
Are you requesting permission to dock, sir?

Nail, hammer, on head, impact.

I'd forgotten about 3d starstrike. That was excellent.

Anyone remember Code Name Mat 1 and 2 on the humble speccie? Rose tinted remembrance seems to give them a whiff of excellence.

Not quite a space sim, but the RTS Battlezone occupied for a long while, as did the Homeworld series. Still play them sometimes.

Cheers,

Drew.