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Another session of whats is this game!
« on: June 17, 2009, 12:51:26 AM »
About 10 (maybe less) years ago my stepbrother had an old mac and when he came in town we would always play this game on it. It was a top view space action/RPG game. There where two universes, classic and newer expansion one. In the latter you would start on Sol in the middle of Human space and go around to different planets and do missions. You could buy new ships, weapons, and equipment and eventually could travel to other solar systems and whatnot in the galaxy to alien planets. There was maybe 5 different races and they all had different ships and weapons. A few i can remember where like the "zigidar" and their rivals the "izigidar". You could choose which to befriend, and then the others wouldn't like you, then you would do missions for them etc.
The other mode was in an earlier time when there where different human factions and in the end you fought unknown alien invaders during a first contact situation. I didn't like this mode as much and never really played it, so i don't remember much else.
It was really awesome at the time because of it's depth. the name was ____ overdrive or something.

Anyways, ever since my stepbrother moved away about 8 years ago, i have been looking for this game off and on.
He use to say it was only for mac but I am not sure if that is true. I figured I'd ask you guys and see if any old mac owners have ever heard of or played this game or something similar.

Thanks and sorry if this is kind of vague, i will try and give more information as i remember it.
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Re: Another session of whats is this game!
« Reply #1 on: June 17, 2009, 02:49:58 AM »
The game is Escape velocity by Ambrosia Software. It ran natively on Mac OS originally but has since been open sourced and ported over to windows. Escape velocity was a series of games all of which have been ported over.
"This series follows the general licensing rule for Ambrosia Software. All three games are shareware. Ambrosia's shareware system allows most distribution of unregistered games. Copies of the first two Escape Velocity games will work without limitation for 30 days.  :(Afterward, the player is simply reminded at startup that they have not registered, and told how many times they have run the game, as well as for how many hours it has been run. There is also the character called 'Cap'n Hector' (named after Ambrosia's mascot and office parrot) who reminds the player to register. During the trial this is done by flying by the player's ship and sending a message. After the trial period has expired, the character starts attacking the player, but in EV Override, Cap'n Hector also steals the player's credits. Players can not damage Cap'n Hector directly, though in the original game it was possible for splash damage to disable or destroy his ship.

An unregistered copy of EV Nova is more limited. In addition to the attacks by Cap'n Hector, certain ships and technologies cannot be obtained after the thirty-day trial ends, and even before then, the game's story lines stop about two thirds of the way through, and plug-ins are not supported. Once the game has been registered, Cap'n Hector and all of the other restrictions disappear from the game." (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escape_Velocity_(computer_game) It's $30 to buy the nova and $20 for the other one. I believe only nova has been ported over for the pc. Hope this ends your search.
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Re: Another session of whats is this game!
« Reply #2 on: June 18, 2009, 12:57:59 AM »
Your my hero :D
I'll have to buy it when I get the cash.

Edit: Forgot to ask, is Nova really similar to Overdrive in terms of the races, tech, gameplay etc? I would just buy overdrive but i dont have a mac...
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Re: Another session of whats is this game!
« Reply #3 on: June 18, 2009, 01:18:42 AM »
My brother and I did do the research
Ha I have one this for you to find out.
what is the japans version of Mechwarrior?
hint: you can play as a mech or person depending on the level.
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Re: Another session of whats is this game!
« Reply #4 on: June 18, 2009, 10:45:56 AM »
Shogo?

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Re: Another session of whats is this game!
« Reply #5 on: June 18, 2009, 03:11:49 PM »
yes give it still fun after all these years.
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Re: Another session of whats is this game!
« Reply #6 on: June 18, 2009, 03:50:18 PM »
I remember playing a game as a Kid(yes, it's been 10 to 15 years) where you had a sail-ship, which you had to outfit with propellers, balloons, wings and little sails and try and get it to fly . . to do what with? i have no idea. never got the frigging things off the ground. but i remember the game. and somehow, remember it fondly. somebody know what this game might be called?
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Re: Another session of whats is this game!
« Reply #7 on: June 19, 2009, 08:13:03 PM »
how old are you it help the search and how old you where?
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Re: Another session of whats is this game!
« Reply #8 on: June 19, 2009, 08:38:36 PM »
Old . . 25 Tomorrow <.<
Back when? 8 to 10 Years i think.
'any kind of discussion of randomness ALWAYS WILL EQUATE to being able to critically hit a mech's reactor by firing a micro beam laser while facing 80 degrees to the side, shooting the ground, which would cause a random explosion which would randomly crit his entire team's reactors which would randomly cause the server itself to explode which would randomly generate a strange quark which would randomly hit the earth and randomly randomness randomfapp the shit fapp random!'
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Re: Another session of whats is this game!
« Reply #9 on: June 29, 2009, 10:45:08 AM »
Soo, anyone have an idea as of yet? O.o
'any kind of discussion of randomness ALWAYS WILL EQUATE to being able to critically hit a mech's reactor by firing a micro beam laser while facing 80 degrees to the side, shooting the ground, which would cause a random explosion which would randomly crit his entire team's reactors which would randomly cause the server itself to explode which would randomly generate a strange quark which would randomly hit the earth and randomly randomness randomfapp the shit fapp random!'
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Memory: GSkill 2x4Gb DDR3 1333Mhz
Video: MSI N580GTX Lightning Xtreme Edition 3072MB
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Re: Another session of whats is this game!
« Reply #10 on: June 29, 2009, 07:51:44 PM »
nothing that I can find dude that is not is the super secret game library. That me and my friends made.
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Re: Another session of whats is this game!
« Reply #11 on: June 29, 2009, 09:25:24 PM »
damn it <.<
'any kind of discussion of randomness ALWAYS WILL EQUATE to being able to critically hit a mech's reactor by firing a micro beam laser while facing 80 degrees to the side, shooting the ground, which would cause a random explosion which would randomly crit his entire team's reactors which would randomly cause the server itself to explode which would randomly generate a strange quark which would randomly hit the earth and randomly randomness randomfapp the shit fapp random!'
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Re: Another session of whats is this game!
« Reply #12 on: June 29, 2009, 11:48:17 PM »
Old . . 25 Tomorrow <.<
Back when? 8 to 10 Years i think.


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Re: Another session of whats is this game!
« Reply #13 on: June 30, 2009, 04:10:45 PM »
Guess this game!


Your objective is to build an interstellar empire, and it takes place in turns. You may attack a planet known as Orion- and get new technology.

Guess the game.
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Re: Another session of whats is this game!
« Reply #14 on: June 30, 2009, 10:47:52 PM »
Any space-based RTS/Strategy game out there?  :P
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