As ever I figure this is the place to ask, someone usually comes up with a decent answer to these sorts of threads.
I'm trying to remember a game I played back in the day on my cousin's computer. At a guess I'd say it was the early 90s (in the UK) and I think the game may have been freeware/shareware.
Was a space trading sim, no combat or flying, you told your ship which planet to goto next and do stuff when it got there. There may have been 'events' enroute but if so I think you were just informed of them upon arrival.
I remember you started off by getting a loan via a banker/gangster/mobster who I think was a very shark looking alien. And you had a certain amount of game time to pay him back (which I never managed).
You could make money by shipping goods or carrying passengers. The initial choice of ships you could afford were either pure cargo, mixed mode or pure passenger. I can't remember if you could modify the ships but I think you could set the passenger ticket price, too low and you made too little profit, too high and you didn't attract many passengers.
I think it was quite a cartoony style games but not really sure.
I'm afraid that's all I can think of for the moment, not much to go on I know.
Or failing anyone figuring out what game it was does anyone have any suggestions for something similar and preferably free?
Ta.
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For a more modern freeware remake which is straight-up trading, there's Via Galactica, which has nothing to do with the Broadway Musical of the same name, for PC and Dark Nova for iPhone/Android. There's also Space Trader: Merchant Marine (which has first person shooter elements for bounty hunting). For space trading with a fun overhead view pew-pew action (like Star Control), I'd recommend Space Pirates and Zombies (SPAZ). Space Rangers 2 is excellent, despite its age, and is well worth the price of admission. For another take on Elite (with procedural generation and great graphics), there's Evochron.
Are you looking for Gazillionaire? It was one of my favorite games growing up. It looks like there's a free browser based version out there somewhere.
I think this may well be it. Had a potter round one of the browser versions, not as good as I remember but glad to find it again. Cheers Fuzzy (and everyone else).