Gamers Ages

[tgb]

I was always an Atari man. First (computer) war game I ever played was Chris Crawford's Eastern Front. When I was with ANTIC magazine I remember meeting Joel Billings (I doubt he remembers this) at his mother's(!) house to see a demo of something he was working on for SSI. I wish I could remember what it was.

[Lord Karg]

First of all, I'm 53, so I go back farther in the 4X games. Now I use to play an EXCELLENT game called "Stars!", from Mare Crisium. The graphics were simple, but the game design and multi-player game play was great. Other than MOO and MOO2 and Firaxis's "Alpha Centauri" there have not been all that many other great 4X games. Space Empires 4 and 5 where good too but not in the same league as these others. "Stars!" had a community of players who played the game, but the author was working on a sequel called "Stars! Supernova" that he could never complete due to lack of money. One of the hallmarks of the best 4X games is that the authors have tried to improve them by adding content even after the initial release (or went on to a sequel). I hope we see that here, as this game looks promising.

[Aurelian]

ORIGINAL: rich12545

ORIGINAL: Aurelian

I played Computer Bismark on an Apple, and Battle for Normandy, (I think that was it), when it was on a cassette tape.

First game I ever bought Cosmic Balance, I think..........

Yeah, Bismarck and a crappy Napoleon were the first wargames by SSI way back when. First wargames on disk. For the apple II+. $60 in 1980 dollars. In today's dollars probably $150. This is why I never complain about game prices.

Yeah. I payed about $60 for CAW for the C64. Payed less for the current Uncommon Valor. WiTP-AE is a bargain compared to the original CAW.

[ASHBERY76]

ORIGINAL: Lord Karg


First of all, I'm 53, so I go back farther in the 4X games. Now I use to play an EXCELLENT game called "Stars!", from Mare Crisium. The graphics were simple, but the game design and multi-player game play was great. Other than MOO and MOO2 and Firaxis's "Alpha Centauri" there have not been all that many other great 4X games. Space Empires 4 and 5 where good too but not in the same league as these others. "Stars!" had a community of players who played the game, but the author was working on a sequel called "Stars! Supernova" that he could never complete due to lack of money. One of the hallmarks of the best 4X games is that the authors have tried to improve them by adding content even after the initial release (or went on to a sequel). I hope we see that here, as this game looks promising.

It was a real shame that Supernova got canned.It shared some similarities with DW.

[shinobu]

ORIGINAL: Lord Karg


First of all, I'm 53, so I go back farther in the 4X games. Now I use to play an EXCELLENT game called "Stars!", from Mare Crisium...

Yes, I remember "Stars!" very well- great game. Lots of versatility and a great deal of options in terms of how to play (i.e. strategy, tactics, etc.). Thinking back on it, I believe the first computer space game I ever played was a game called "Starflight".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starflight

It was a role playing game and great fun; really the forerunner of "Star Control", if anyone remembers that.

[Epsilon]

38, my first computer was a vic-20

[JosEPhII]

My 1st ever Space TBS game wasn't a computer game but was the Avalon Hill board game "Freedom In The Galaxy The Star Rebellions, 5764AD" put out in 1981.

Still have it.

JosEPh

[Footslogger]

I'm 38. Does anyone remember the C-64 days? PSI 5 Trading Company, Earth Orbit Stations, Outpost, Europe Ablaze, etc
I would play for hours everyday for I think since I was 12. Do the math [;)]

[DivePac88]

I am fifty-one, and have been playing space strategy/exploration games for about fifty of those years.

[shinobu]

Footslogger: I remember Outpost. It was a very compelling game in the initial stages of gameplay, but the game went nowhere if I recall. The developers never really "finished" the game, so you couldn't get anywhere after a certain point. It did however satisfy the obsessive-compulsiveness that I assume is present in most of us gamers ("just one more turn"...) [;)]