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Topic: Greetings, Fellow *Campers* (Read 2276 times)
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Ixjuvin
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Hail, Centurion! And all that sort of thing.
As a child of five or six I had StarCon II for the 3DO. Although my mind was at that point too tiny to wrap itself around Story Mode, I loved (and sucked at) Super Melee and vividly remembered the look and weapons of several ships - the Chenjesu Broodhome and Ilwrath Avenger, along with of course the Ur-Quan Dreadnaught - for many years, long after the console had vanished and I had forgotten the name of the game. The only thing I could remember for the longest time was the two-hands-crushing-a-globe thing on the manual, which I see you have cunningly employed up there at the top of the screen.
So imagine my ecstasy when, while trolling Wikipedia for old games that I had once played, I came across beloved Star Control. I was quite happy to read about its genesis and the previous and later games. And then, at the bottom of the page, was: "The Ur-Quan Masters: an open-source port of Star Control II"
Bouncing up and down with glee like an Ilwrath in an Earthling nursery, I downloaded it and began to play. Everything, everything, was just how I remembered it (which admittedly wasn't very well.) I blasted through Story Mode in a couple days with the guilty help of the Ultronomicon. I loved every minute of it.
In any case, I'll be around until my interest wanes. My favorite race(?) is/are the Orz, followed closely by the Ur-Quan. However I have little to no skill with the Nemesis, so shipwise I rather like the Androsynth Guardian; as I have terrible reflexes and no aim, spittlebugging suits me well. Anyways I'll soon be trying to beat the game without going to the station.
See y'all around.
- t3h Ix
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Anthony
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Hey Ixjuvin.
Nice story. I enjoyed reading it.
It took me a long while to finish it. I didn't have any Pkunk furys, so it was very difficult for me.
By the way, did you get a chance to send an e-mail to Alex Ness about creating a new Star Control yet?
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Anthony
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I'm sorry, I meant your introduction that started with saying "As a child...."
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Ixjuvin
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Oh, right.
I saw something a few pages back aboot a ship editor, and somebody who was working on one for .5. Is it out yet anywhere?
EDIT: nevermind there, it's called the 'search' button. Jeez, I sound like a forum n00b or something. Not good for the... hmmr, 3rd post. Nobody actaully noticed that, did they?
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Okay, good.
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Sokea-ajaar
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awakenings,
ave Caesar!
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