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Help Me Remember This Game Title
DataVortex
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This is driving me absolutely batty! Please help my poor recollection.
I played a game in 1998 and I want to play it again, but despite 2 hours of googling and going over many wikipeida articles, I can't find the title. Maybe someone here will remember it. Here is everything I can recall about the game:
Thanks very much for your help, and your solid memories of decade-old games!
-- DV
I played a game in 1998 and I want to play it again, but despite 2 hours of googling and going over many wikipeida articles, I can't find the title. Maybe someone here will remember it. Here is everything I can recall about the game:
- ran on Windows
- strategy game, I believe turn-based
- you could play one of a few alien races
- implemented a technology tree that ended in "time dilation" (which made creating resources trivial)
- allowed you to build an alien "city" on a resource grid
- you could build laser towers, etc, for city defense
- decent graphics for a strategy game, and had sound effects
- had an annoying advisor that would recommend next actions
Thanks very much for your help, and your solid memories of decade-old games!
-- DV
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my first guess was that it was an xcom spinoff, but I don't think there were really any xcom spinoffs... it looked kind of like Civilization, right?
You could try looking down this list:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_strategy_video_games
particularly in the 4X section (if that's the type of game it was) (unless you already browsed that list in your googling blitz)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sid_Meier%27s_Alpha_Centauri
Edit: Nope, that came out in 1999. So unless you're remembering the time wrong, it's gotta be something else. The "Looks like Civilization" really got me thinking I had it, though.
This game, assuming my recollection is accurate, had a much smaller world map. I believe you just got to act within a single screen-sized grid, and opponents would just come in from the edges of your view. I think you may have been able to view opponent's 'cities' as well, but they didn't share any placement on a larger world map.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deadlock_II:_Shrine_Wars
Great game by the way. Still have a copy I break out every now and then.
Origin: theRealElMucho
YES! Thank you, thank you, thank you! You have saved me from losing my mind.
I am going to find a copy TODAY. That game is fantastic.
I really appreciate your help, and keen memory.
Origin: theRealElMucho