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> wrote:
> I'm looking for an old, mid 90's game on the Macintosh. Only problem,
> I don't remember the name of it...although I don't think it's any of
> the "Orion" series.
> What I remember about it-
> It's a turn based space strategy game.
> You start on one planet with a basic level of technology. You build
> ****ps on that planet with that level of tech. You send them out to
> the other planets. The ****ps speed and firepower is a function of
> it's level. As you take over planets you can use them to make more
> ****ps. When you capture a planet it gets the tech level of the the
> ****ps that invaded. You can send ****ps from higher level tech planets
> to raise the level of lower level planets.
>
> OK...that isn't a lot to go on, but I'm just casting out the biggest
> net I can in hopes of getting some help finding the demo version that
> I had (it would let you play up to the 100th turn)
>
> Anyone got any vague ideas from my vague memories??
Sounds a lot like Galactic Frontiers. It's like the standard space
strategy game stripped down to its absolute essence. You have a little
star field in a window, then another window that lets you make adjustments
to planets. Planetary production is ****ps, then you can spend ****ps to
improve the various numbers on each planet, like radar, defense, etc.
It was a fun little game, nice to play quickies, although a little
simplistic. There are screenshots here, you can see if they ring a bell:
http://www.mocaz.com/Galactic_Frontiers/GalacticShots.html
For a modern version of this you may try Pax Galaxia. It's realtime and
therefore faster paced but has the same kind of delightful simplicity.
--
Michael Ash
Rogue Amoeba Software
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